Wanstead Birder

When Rob floated the idea of going down to the Scillies for the annual late summer birders pelagics I was in two minds. My only  prior exper...

Here’s another thing I have noticed about writing. My fingers can’t keep up with my brain. I touch type, kind of. I’ve never been taught to ...

I’m sitting here wondering what to write. Somewhere on my desk back in London is a small yellow post-it note with an ongoing list of ideas I...

I have been much cheered lately as I have started hearing french being spoken in Wanstead and Leytonstone. I first picked up on it some mont...

Attention: nerdy gear post. For the past two years I have existed in a state of heavy photographic compromise. Before I finally ditched my m...

It's that time of year, for me the one where I get the most vivid sense of seasonal change. It was a glorious summer in many ways, wakin...

I've nearly caught up. The Brazil trip was in the summer, I think I arrived back on 5th July. The report itself wasn't started until...