Just been reading the latest CmC magazine, and as usual, the suggested attractions listed from the sites include at least one Bird of Prey and Owl centre. This, and publicity for an event at Alnwick Castle last weekend, home of Harry Potter and of course owls, prompts me to ask: please, if you ever visit any event showing…
Sunset over the sea. Just for fun. Can you identify where this photo was taken? clue- time taken 21:40 tonight
Sunset over the sea, Just for fun can you guess where I took this photo at 21:40 this evening?
Been thinking for a while about a thread identifying a better than 50% chance to see a particular bird type. Obviously some will be seasonal. I will give a few below: Kingfishers - SWT, Lackford Lakes, Suffolk Stone Curlews, Wood Larks, Yellow Hammers - NWT Wheeting Heath, Norfolk Spoonbills - NWT Cley Marshes Nightingales…
The Coch y Bonddu beetle has just started hatching in the bracken covered uplands of Wales.This is a fairly large beetle with black body and a hard irridescent brown wing cover. It is the first major fly hatch of the summer and we fishermen see these beetles as the equivalent of the chalk stream Mayflies. Wild brown trout…
Chris Packham in court today, see article below. The slaughter of migratory birds continue in Malta both by government licensed killers and unlicensed trappers. . I for one will never return to Malta whilst the EU allow this slaughter to continue. Likewise I will never return to Cyprus while the government doesn't stamp…
Today marks the official first day of Spring – coincidentally it is also the International day of Happiness…! My favourite part of Spring is seeing the daffodils bloom on my way to work. Will anyone be out and about enjoying the springtime weather? If you need springtime touring inspiration, check out our Be Inspired page.
Well, by all accounts they've arrived, the martins that is! Both sand and house martins have been spotted around the UK, very early again. Must be that climate change thing! Has anyone spotted one yet!
I have been waiting for the Blackbird Apple eating frenzy . Well its began, each year , when its cold enough around 30 to 40 blackbirds feed in the small orchard outside my kitchen window and yesterday they arrived , one at a time all day long . This morning Apples still on one tree and Apples on the ground are being…
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