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Year: 2017
News from my patch, Stanwick Lakes
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There is a colony of Black-headed Gulls on the lake next to the A45 which forms part of my local patch of Stanwick Lakes. And this year, some of the gulls with black heads really did have black heads because they were Mediterranean Gulls, a pair of which nested among the brown-headed Black-headed Gulls. …
The Gove test
Michael Gove visited Rainham Marshes on Thursday and had a chat with the RSPB. That looks good and is good. He set the RSPB a little bit of homework which was ‘If we want the UK’s approach to environmental protection and enhancement to be seen as the best in the world, what does that mean…
Oscar Dewhurst – Lesser Kestrel
Oscar writes: This is another photo from my time in Spain. During our first 3 days we were staying in Extremadura, near Trujillo, so spent an evening at the bullring on the edge of the town to watch the Lesser Kestrels that breed there. Here’s one of the males as it flew over my head….
Blacks and Whites at Salcey Forest
Salcey Forest is pretty good for butterflies. Wood White is one of the specialities. If you park at the car park circled above…this one… …and then walk down this track (marked in yellow above)… …you’ll stand a very good chance of seeing a Wood White before you turn the corner, if yesterday is…