Red Grouse, Ilkley Moor

New Year Red Grouse

First of all let me start by saying Happy New Year, particularly to those birders amongst us for whom January 1st is probably one of the most exciting dates in the calendar. It’s the day on which new notebooks are cracked open, year lists begun and when even the humble Read more…

Red Grouse, Ilkley Moor

Birds and Fungi Up North

We spent the final few days of December in Leeds visiting family and I was pleased (!) to see that the recent Welsh climate of torrential rain and strong wind was not left behind.  As a result long walks were out of the question but we still managed some very Read more…

Red Grouse, Burley Moor

New Year Red Grouse

A new month, a new year and seemingly a new sort of weather if the strange glowing orb in the sky was anything to go by yesterday. Having spent the last couple of days in December tramping across Ilkley Moor whilst enduring driving rain, hail and the occasional upwardly flowing Read more…