sometime in the late 90s i was stood at shibdon pond hoping for a repeat performance from the 27 (?) beeeeaters that flew over the previous evening. can't believe it's taken me until now to see this species in the uk, one of the few remaining 'common' gaps, but what a way to do it.

colin thinks the peanuts i put out in the garden are for him

point to the red-foot max, good boy

on 24th 2 dunlin at west rise and a late pair of wigeon which were still present next day

after such a let down spring it would be nice to get a big influx of something - take a look at this map of advancing red-foots in southern europe. 1992 was a long time ago now