Look out for the White-tailed Eagles in the skies of North Yorkshire
FEBRUARY’S bird highlight was in my own garden. One of the benefits of working from home is the chance to keep an eye on the garden birds. I had just topped up the feeders in the cold weather at the start of the month. This brought in a flurry of hungry birds amongst which I noticed a different looking bird in our crab apple tree. It was obviously a warbler, which in itself is worthy of note in winter, but different from the expected Chiffchaff with dark brown plumage and a striking face pattern. To cut a long story short it was a Dusky Warbler, a very rare visitor from Asia. This is the ...