Ian Bennell's Birding Blog

Wood Sandpiper With the water level having been lowered to allow for upcoming works on the banks of the reservoir lots of mud was now expose...

Avocets The previous day 3 Avocets were found at Wilstone Reservoir but sadly I couldn’t get up there. This wasn’t a problem as they were s...

The last few years has sen the number of local Firecrests increasing. I’ve now found numerous birds while at work and today I found another...

A rubbish nights sleep saw me up stupidly early and despite trying to get back to sleep I didn’t so I thought I’d just get up and head into ...

Bittern I joined Matt and George Moreton on a trip to Cambridgeshire with my first ever visit to Ouse Fen RSPB reserve. Upon arrival we scan...

More often than not any Whimbrel that appear at the Tring Reservoirs are either brief or fly through so with the current water levels being...

A quick after work trip to Croxley Common Moor saw me add Whitethroat and Garden Warbler to the year list. The Whitethroat was my 200th s...

There I was in work on a normal Thursday. After a morning of Green Flag work we headed back to the yard in Cassiobury Park and I was about h...

Rain had dropped in quite a few Arctic Terns on Marsworth but as I had things to do I didn’t arrive until mid afternoon by which time the r...

Female Baikal Teal There I was sorting through my bags, putting a wash on and enjoying a bit of a lazy day when a message pinged up on my ph...