Did you go birding on 1st January? The great thing about birding on New Year’s Day is that all the birds are new for the year list and as such almost all the birders I know are keen to get out on the first day of the year, and this year I was no exception. [...]
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Local Birding; Darent Valley | British Birding
December 23rd, 2020 
Nick When I was at school almost all my birding was done in the local area, other than a few trips with my school wildlife club and family holidays around Britain. Over the years I have traveled much further afield in search of birds but right now I find myself back where I grew up, with [...]
Birding at Dartford Marshes | British Birding
November 20th, 2020 Nick Sometimes it is nice to travel to visit our favourite birding hotspots but at other time it is good to poke around local areas of open land to see what birds can be found. Particularly with the seasons changing and wintering bird numbers building up, local open spaces that may have become unproductive over the [...]
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Birding at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve | British Birding
November 9th, 2020 Nick One of the most pleasant aspects of this time of the year is the palette of colours provided by the foliage of trees and with some good weather over the last few days I decided that a good place to appreciate these colours was at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent where I hoped that these [...]
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Birding Walk in the Darent Valley | British Birding
November 4th, 2020 Nick It is not always necessary to travel far to see good birds. There is often the temptation to travel to bird hotspots or to chase after rarities to satisfy the urge to enjoy seeing a variety of scarce and interesting birds. However, today I was reminded that by spending time watching birds close to home [...]
Great Grey Shrike | British Birding
November 2nd, 2020 Nick Chasing around after rare birds is a style of biring that can either be a rewarding addiction, if you connect with the species you are looking for, or a disappointment if you end up in some supermarket car park only to be told that you should have been there half an hour ago. I don’t [...]
Birding Walk in the Churchyard | British Birding
October 28th, 2020 Nick On a day of showers with sunny spells I took a short walk across the fields to the local church at Sutton-at-Hone which has a nice variety of trees and overgrown patches that make it a mini wildlife haven. I arrived in the mid-morning, during a sunny spell and a high level of bird activity [...]
