John's Wildlife Wanderings

Black Hairstreaks have emerged some 2 weeks early this year. I've never managed to be free, in good weather for their emergence and hav...

On a drizzly and windy Tuesday 06/06, I headed up to Grimsbury Reservoir, Banbury for my regular lunchtime circuit to get myself out of the ...

For the Sunday of the Bank Holiday (28/05), myself, Dan & Gareth plotted another day out. We decided on a full day at Minsmere. There wa...

I had earmarked the weekend of 20/05 & 21/05 to pay, my now annual homage to several of my favourite butterfly sites to connect with fiv...

Sunday 14/05/17 was BOS Long Day Count time. I teamed up with Gareth & Dan, together with local birder Clive, to find as many bird speci...

Having spent a lot of time out and about the previous day, I intended for Sunday 07/05 to be a little more relaxed. That said, the weather w...

With my better half away for the weekend and with no concrete plans myself, I decided to have a real birding-filled weekend. Having stayed...