23rd March A Blackcap (first of the year) was singing and a Wheatear turned up near the causeway, giving a spring feel (Ron Poulter, Lorne Bissell). 22nd March Female Scaup still on South Lake, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper feeding on one of the pools on...

Gull ID Made Easy – yes, honest

Radipole Lake, Dorset, 21st November 2012 Gulls in sunshine – who can resist them? Well, it turns out, a lot of people can. The girl in the Visitor Centre said “Gulls are awesome…but difficult.” And that is the crux of their unpopularity, at...