There is some irony in today's column.  With the snow and plummeting temperatures across most of the UK, Cornwall has somehow survived a...

If one species grabbed the birding headlines this Autumn, then the shy Hawfinch must be a candidate. The species is not a major rarity but m...

Our daughter works in Seoul, S Korea so we decided to take an overdue two week trip there last October.  To be honest it was always going to...

The weather dominated proceedings in October.  As expected, hurricanes Nate and Ophelia eventually tracked across the Atlantic and duly depo...

The Marazion bird is the first Baird's Sandpiper of the season and represents the 36th record for the county. It remained on the beach ...

The weather has again been changeable, unpredictable and anything like Summer. And just for good measure, the first Atlantic depression name...

Unsettled and changeable weather has again been the feature of the last two weeks, no doubt caused by the jet stream lying to south of the U...

The weather over the last two weeks has been very favourable.  That is to birders.  Seabird enthusiasts to be exact.  July is fast becoming ...

On Thursday evening on the 6th July, west Cornwall birder Mark Wallace found the rarest bird of his career so far.  A regular walk after tea...

The last couple weeks of June has seen some variable and extreme weather.  High temperatures reached that of the famous '76 summer peak ...

I had a chance to photo a family of six Whitethroats last week, with both parents feeding four young. It was great to see them out in the op...

There was a maximum count of 18 Turnstones in Mounts Bay on Sunday.  Given the date and the condition of the plumage, these birds are not qu...