One is on my patch near where I live. Just tried to register but it said error to my email. Too much faff for me I'm afraid...sorry 🤷🏽‍♂️

If you're not enjoying it, sack it.
I was a trainee ringer with an old chap, Sandy Bankier, who spent a full day reading a novel while I monitored nets. At the end, he opened his wood burner, threw the book in and as he stabbed it with the poker, mumbled 'fucking crap'. 😄 Life is too short...👍

Any year list isn't about planning to get certain species 'first'. You need to get all species on the first available day or as near as you can...

Oh I'm right. 🙂 It'll be March before the mower comes out again...

People do it with kids so why not dogs?

It's just raiding the bins really.

Er, aye! Our house on the Northumberland coast yesterday. Couldn't get out of the village til late morning.

I once gave up a patch, Warkworth Dunes, because it was just too busy. Early morning fine but by 10 the car park was heaving. I just found the whole thing depressing.

That seems difficult enough in sparsely populated areas of the Highlands, so there'll never be a self sustaining viable population in southern England.

But fair...😆

Good..👍

And keep it that way!😄👍

Chaffinch locally extinct where I am. Probably four or five territories ten years ago. BBS on a 70 hectare farmland site with ancient woodland in Lancs last year, 1 singing make Chaffinch.

Ours was a lifesaver in Storm Arwen with an 11 day outage...

Look after yourself Steve, people underestimate how bad it is having no power...hope it gets back on soon..

It's about the other side of a field! I'll have a look tomorrow...

I bet it's the bird Mark Linsley had at Seahouses Farm on Sunday...?

Take care, many common species aren't in it. Best book for micros is the Chris Manley 3rd edition guide.