January was a mild and dry month. Birds had little reason to move far and consequently, it was a very quiet time for birds here.
The female pheasant which had been seen regularly in November…

January is typically a quiet month here with few surprises, though our regular winter birds still put on a good show for most of the month.

January has always been a month that can turn up some good birds if we get a spell of cold weather. Whilst the weather this time wasn’t particularly extreme, we did have a period where most of the…

January was a wet but mild month, giving birds little reason to move around, therefore resulting in few highlights. There were two exceptions to this, both of which were unfortunately brief.…

June here is all about breeding. This means very little bird movement of any distance takes place, so the sightings here are confined to birds that breed on-site or within a few miles of here. The…

The breeding season winds up through July, and the site now abounds with juvenile birds. As the month goes on the chance of more unusual visitors start to increase as bird migration gets underway…

November is usually a settled month here. Migration season is generally all-but over, and birds are settled in to their overwintering areas. This can change if we get any severe weather, but this…

October is a month when the majority of the action takes place in the air. It is peak time for passerine migration, so many birds, in particular thrushes and finches, pass over as they leave their…

August has often proved to be the best birding month of the year here, and this August was certainly the best month of the year so far. We saw all of the expected passage migrants, and had a few…

September is a busy month for migration and can bring unusual visitors. We certainly saw evidence of migration here, but it was just the expected September birds rather than anything unusual. The…

Chris Farthing's bird highlights of April 2020

Chris Farthing gives his latest update on recent bird highlights at Woodberry Wetlands