Australian Garden Birds

Wednesday Oct 1st: Australia has garden birds, but not as we know them. For those who have never been to the Sydney area, these Sulphur-crested Cockatoos are everywhere, looking exotic, unreal and, bizarrely for a true native bird, out of place. They wander the...

Talks I’m Giving this Autumn

I am giving a variety of talks in different locations this autumn. If you are in the area, it would be wonderful to see you. Copies of my books are available at all lectures. With Christmas (almost) approaching, it could sort out one or two gifts! The dates and...

Autumn’s trips

I shall be running a number of day trips this autumn, which are open to all. If you are interested in coming then hurry, because most are nearly booked up. For more details, click What’s On: Day Trips – open to all, £15 per person.  10.30am to 4.00pm Hook...

Patch Reviews

Just in case you haven’t yet been tempted to buy a copy of “A Patch Made in Heaven”, here are a couple of extracts from reviews (it was well worth the tenner I sent each of them). “A Patch Made in Heaven is…a handy pick-up-and-put-down...

Take a Look

Just a quick update to let you know that the Longham Lakes section of this website is now completely up to date. Every significant record of every species, including early and late dates, breeding numbers, ringing details, plus photographs call all be found by...

Out This Month

My Latest Book “A Patch Made in Heaven” is now out! This is my first book about birdwatching, as opposed just to birds. It is an offbeat account of a year spent watching wildlife on a single small parcel of land in southern England, detailing the delights,...