This afternoon I tried and photograph the moorhen's tree nest from a better angle. The nest is located about 4 m high, on a broken b...

I occasionally see moorhens on trees. Today one climbed up a weeping willow, then fumbled in a fork that seemed to have a lot of branches...

The resident pair of mistle thrushes rattled while flying to the lawns in the park. One of them fed on worms for a while taking little n...

A Carrion Crow collected food in its bill and gular pouch on the University playing fields. Sitting in the nest atop a still bare ash, its...

This Woodpigeon was nest calling 'coo, crrroooo!' from a fork in a still bare ash tree atop a nest (possibly an old one). Male Woo...

Jackdaws breed in loose colonies, and unusually for corvids, in cavities in trees, cliffs or buildings. There is often very strong competi...

A bright blue sky greeted us today. Days are getting longer and there is a certain spring feeling in the air. Jackdaws are not common bird...

I always keep an eye for House Martin's nests near home. So far I had only counted three lone nests under house eaves, with evidence t...

On a walk in my local park, I came across two different Woodpigeons collecting nest material. This is likely to be the second brood of the...

The nesting instinct is starting to stir in the Crows. Early last month, the pair above examined a nest from last year, one individual get...

All of January, Collared Doves have been playing their the three note song in a repetitive, mesmerizing soundtrack. Outside, display fl...

Wrens start singing early. They have been doing it occasionally since the first days of January, their powerful quick song cheering up the d...

Woodpigeon pairs are already formed and nest building is underway. For quite a while I have become accustomed to an unusual song of the Wood...

Rooks are not common birds in the city, they suddenly appear when houses make way for the first grassy fields in the outskirts. Somewhat s...