December seems to have continued just where November left off with a seemingly endless conveyor-belt of low pressure systems barrelling in from the North Atlantic. Some of the storms have been named and at the time of writing we are
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Sea watching in late Autumn / Winter can be challenging with the best weather conditions for bringing in and observing good birds also being the worst conditions for standing still outside with not much cover / protection. October and November
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Over the last nine days I’ve completed four sea watching sessions, done a bit of weekend volunteering and purchased (physical and digital) few new books. To follow are some updates on them all. Seawatch sessions took place on 16th, 17th,
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You’ll be pleased to know that although this blog is all about me, it certainly won’t be all about me! I’m absolutely passionate about spreading knowledge and information and in this section I am going to post links to specific
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And so it began on this fine Sunday morning, with today thankfully being yesterdays tomorrow. Gone was the fog, and whilst not crystal clear, visibility for todays seawatch was at least 4000m and the sea was calm, mill-pond calm; for
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It had been a really quiet week weather wise, with high-pressure locked in over the UK and the lack of wind, slight northerly / north-easterly breeze, coupled with high humidity, led to a week of poor visibility, sea-mist and fog.
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It’s never great when you wake up before dawn and the streetlights are giving that eery glow – it can only mean one thing in these parts, FOG!Weather very rarely causes an abandonment, but there is very little you can
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