I'm used to finding Lesser Redpolls in the coldest days of winter, when small groups feed quietly on birch catkins. Learning their chee...

The coldest morning of the year so far, I take a walk around my patch. Lesser Redpolls are a rare winter visitor in the city, and it's h...

It is a mast year, with a bumper crop of acorns across the city. October is peak acorn season and last week I saw the first Rooks carrying a...

  There is something about birdwatching that I find so rewarding: learning a simple thing, like a species contact call, opens a new world. A...

 After a long hiatus, I came across some Waxwings today. Six individuals were perched high up on a Lime tree, taking the sun in. They were q...

Goldfinches' diet is mainly composed of small seeds that they can deftly extract from seed heads using their long, thin bill. I have blo...

Several bird species hold territories during the winter, like Robins or Wrens defending their patch and singing through the winter. It is ra...