Reviewed by Ian Carter The full title of this book tells you most of what you need to know about its main message. While conceding the point that there have been significant losses of wildlife, the book focusses on the positive aspects of a human-dominated world. It is one of a growing number of recent…
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Tim Melling – Crested Kingfisher
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Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) ranges from northern India, across China to Japan. They seem to occur at pretty low density on large, fast flowing, clean rivers. They perch on wires, branches and rocks but they do not hover. Like most Kingfishers they excavate nesting tunnels in river banks. I photographed this one with its tail…
Brrrrr!
I don’t think I’ll be moving far today – not far from this computer in fact. The kitchen is quite cold – one can tell by being there or by looking at how cloudy the olive oil has gone! But the garden is lifting with birds. There are still several Reed Buntings out there and…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (47) by Paul Thomas
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Thank you!
That was quick! Less than four and a half days. And 919 people donated (actually 920 now) – that’s amazing. And it shows the passion for Hen Harriers and the strength of feeling against this daft brood management plan but also, I suspect, against all the other nonsense going on thanks to Defra and…