There's no better time for birding than the return migration. Many birds start heading back to Africa in August, so 'autumn' starts quite...

There was a slightly offputting breeze up on the downs this morning, but it was soon clear the wind was at our backs. It turned into one...

A day looking for migrant birds and butterflies on the South Downs, followed by gulls, warblers and dragonflies in Worthing.

... is how the Collins Bird Guide describes the flight call of the Wood Sandpiper. It sounds far less like a Chiffchaff than the phonetic...

The ringing team's first 'autumn' visit to Cissbury at the weekend produced our first clear 'autumn' migrant, a young Reed Warbler....