Once again these aerial masters are showing extremely close to the hides today as they have for the past week or so. Those other aerial masters - the swallows and house martins are also about. Looking between these black boomerang things that keep...

Once again the week has flown by. Our aerial masters the swifts are still performing to a high standard, providing Blacktoft with the excitement and flare their presence guarantees; their displays are only enhanced by their enthusiastic comrades, swallow...

Certainly summer is struggling again and so are the poor old breeding birds . Only a week and a half ago things were looking fine with all the insects emerging ready to feed the hungry mouths that were all set to hatch from their safe little closeted...

This weekend has seen plenty of close action from those aerial masters, the swifts . These amazing birds can be seen at close views whizzing about over the reeds at Blacktoft right now - one almost visited us in marshland hide earlier today! That is how...

If it was easy to record the sound of vegetation growth, I would be spoilt for choice for this weeks audible bite from Blacktoft Sands, the flood banks and hedges seem to be greening up in leaps and bounds, butterflies and damselflies are on the wing...