Wanstead Birder

I am bowled over. Not to often I can say that, but as I am off to Australia tomorrow for the sad event that is James' funeral, I found a...

Ahem. Connaught Water is a magnet for very rare, non-escaped, totally and utterly wild ducks. The number of waterfowl rarities hosted over t...

Well, no traffic infractions this week, so I must have learned something from my course. In fact I just remembered another interesting tidbi...

Guilty as Charged. By 0.8 sec. I have just got back from a 2 1/2 hour Traffic Light Awareness Course. I got done on the South Circular at th...

Up at first light this morning, straight out, no tea, no breakfast, there were Wheatears that needed finding. It was a glorious morning, and...

Seemingly all other sites in London today have had a Wheatear, in some cases several. Wanstead though remains a Wheatear-free zone, despite ...

The Ferruginous Duck is reputed to be a long-staying escape from 2006 that has just moved east a bit. Piss. This is according to none other ...