Another lovely sunny day and another quick afternoon dash to a local beauty spot on the hunt for one of my favourite species, the Dipper.

For me personally one of the best things about taking part in the My 200 challenge is the incentive to go out and experience new places which you wouldn't necessarily have visited.

Volunteer Mike is on a mission this year to record and photograph as many birds as possible in the UK. His first blog features a visit to Earl's Hill nature reserve.