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Common Tern, Bristol

I had to double-take. Logic kept dictating that it had to be a black-headed gull. [...]

Pied-Billed Grebe, RSPB Ham Wall

My 292nd British tick. Eight to go to put me in the 300 Club. What will they be? [...]

White-rumped Sandpiper, Steart

It was easy enough to tell from a dunlin that kept it company once I’d picked both birds up [...]

PS Waverley, Bristol Channel

Oil-fired paddle steamer and worth it for the smell and action. And warmth. [...]

Somerset Crossbills

Hodder’s Combe is the best description of where a little flock called in passing over my head [...]

Alcohol-Free May

A burst of energy launching my C++ website and Let the Time Come taking on a life of its own. [...]

Great White Egret, Meare Heath

Or is it Shapwick Heath? I call the whole area to the west of Ashcott Road the latter. [...]

Long-Billed Dowitchers, Shapwick Heath

This species is fast becoming a Somerset speciality. Indeed it’s the only British county where I’ve seen it. [...]

Iceland Gull, Cheddar

My first English occurrence of this white gull. Five years have elapsed since my last sighting at Fraserburgh. [...]