A new Yellowhammer

People often ask if the birds are replicated in the logbooks, and of course some have to be, as we … More

More Field Sketching Practise

It’s been pretty horrible weather here in the UK for the last few weeks so my sketching practise has been … More

Knepp Estate which is tantalisingly close to me (by which I mean it is not that far in miles but … More

I am trying to keep to low-carbon birding, but I supply Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Discovery Centre at the nature reserve … More

The farmers have been depositing loads of manure to spread on the fields before cultivating, and the birds are feasting … More

In my quest to practise field sketching, I try and take a little notebook and propelling pencil out with me … More

Field sketching – drawing birds as you observe them – is for artists, right? Or at the very least for … More

I have been invited to organise a field sketching workshop for South Downs Wildlife, and I thought I would look … More

I have had a list from David at South Downs Wildlife with the suggested birds for the South Downs logbook, … More

I walk my dog fairly early in the morning, and often the thrushes are still eating the yew berries from … More