Month: December 2017

Another hectic year comes to a close and it is now time to choose my favourite ten photos from the thousands that I have taken this year. It is never

No not Santa Claus or his Reindeer but much more illusive, a Jack Snipe, covered in jewels – well droplets of water actually! It is a rare event to encounter

It is seven years since we had weather as severe as last week. Deep snow and severe frost can make some normally wary birds more approachable and one of those

Every winter tens of thousands of Pink Footed Geese spend winter on the Lancashire mosslands. This year there are record numbers due to an abundance of food because the local

For the first time in at least the last fifty years there has been a massive migration of Hawfinches into the UK. Unfortunately for people in Manchester most of these