More young birds are appearing within the protection of the fence and a brood of four baby Pochard have joined the list . Be nice to find some scarce dabblers and with Teal, Wi geon, Shoveler and even a female Garganey around, you never know. Coots are...

In the last couple of years I have got interested in Hoverflies and given the right views and a good book (the invaluable new Ball and Morris photo guide!) you actually have a chance of identifying some this incredibly varied group of flies at least to...

We found our first Peacock caterpillars at the weekend. They were probably only a day or two old and had mostly changed from fawny brown to spiky black. They have a lot of growing to do but there are a lot of nettles to keep their hunger sated... ...

One of the advantages of having such a huge view at Rainham is that we tend to be able to see any military flypast and yesterday was no exception with a procession of enormous aircraft in the distance followed by a site tick in the shape of the mighty...

You have to go some to beat a Wren for having the smallest chicks of any British bird. Jerry found a cluster of them, just out of the nest on Thursday and one lingered long enough for a shot before it headed off into the nettles to resume squeaking for...