St Aidan's Nature Reserve 29 May 2013 | 08:14 pm

I paid a visit to the newly opened RSPB reserve at the weekend. What a beautiful place it is, we spent a lot longer there than we planned and still didn't walk around it all. The wide pathways make it...

Rodley Nature Reserve 7 Apr 2013 | 10:35 pm

The week before the snow hit we spent the afternoon at the reserve. It was a gorgeous spring day and we saw plenty including a Mandarin duck on the river as we drove in. There were the usual Coots, M...

Snow at Easter 1 Apr 2013 | 12:01 am

As usual these days i'm a bit behind! Like many we had a large snowfall over the last week and it's taking some melting. It's been a while since we've had snow at Easter. Last weekend our garden loo...

Yeadon Tarn 10 Mar 2013 | 06:36 pm

A visit here at the beginning of February brought another new bird to add to my list - a Goldeneye, such a beautiful bird too. There were plenty of swans out on the water and on the jetty. Pochard ...

Waxwings 8 Mar 2013 | 04:53 pm

After a tip off from a friend back at the beginning of January I made a small detour on the way to work to see if I could spot the elusive Waxwing! They had been seen on the Sunday in the local park ...

It's been a while! 8 Mar 2013 | 03:24 am

I didn't realise it had been over a year since I last posted. Life just took over unfortunately leaving me little time for anything else. For the first time in years I didn't even get chance to do the...

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2 Feb 2012 | 09:15 am

I spent an hour doing the Big Garden Birdwatch on Sunday afternoon. I wasn't too hopeful as the birds have been a bit on the quiet side recently and visits to the garden have been sporadic. In the en...

Fairburn Ings 16 Jan 2012 | 01:39 am

We took a trip over to Fairburn Ings just after Christmas and despite the freezing winds we spent a few hours there. Even managed a new bird for me, a Redpoll on the feeders by the visitor centre. T...

At the park 28 Dec 2011 | 04:50 am

Had an early morning walk around our local park today, spotting plenty of birds and squirrels amongst other things along the way. Some early blossom.

Autumn 7 Nov 2011 | 01:08 am