Wanstead Birder

I've had five patch ticks this year. Some of the other local birders have had even more than that! I went past 150 for the patch without...

Every now and again I go and do something that I know is bad for me. Excessive drinking, a large breakfast, climbing a hill, that kind of th...

I am still finding that it is not always about birds. I take a camera almost everywhere I go, despite the weight and effort, and the fact ...

I managed to whittle a long list of 36 down to just ten, and of course now I am anxious that I have not picked the best ten. As if I don...

Wishing all my friends, followers, acolytes and birders everywhere a very Merry Christmas.  Enjoy the next few days, may they be full of exc...

There is still over a week to go, but I have very few birding plans before the New Year, indeed very few plans at all, and so with that in m...

Regular readers may know that I have a serious plant addiction. I spend hours in my greenhouse in both winter and summer. Whole evenings are...