I took my binoculars for a walk this morning – we went to Stanwick Lakes on their 45th birthday. They seemed to cope well enough. They weren’t needed to identify the singing Chiffchaffs but they came into their own for some distant Sand Martins – my first of 2021. Later, in the sunny garden as…
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Four weeks – and 100,000 signatures
The joint NGO petition is four weeks old and it is just shy of 100,000 signatures – not bad at all. It’s been a good week. We need more good weeks, and quite a few of them, to power through the 250,000 signature barrier and beccome truly noticeable and powerful. Thanks mostly to @Team4Nature’s social…
Brian Leecy – Orange Underwing
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This day-flying moth can be seen on sunny days at this time of year. They are often seen around the tops of birch trees but will come to the ground to bask at times.
Sunday book review – Gone by Michael Blencowe
This is a book about extinct animals – I’m personally interested in extinctions and so I thought I might enjoy this book, but, obviously it would depend on the way the author handled the subject and the quality of the writing. I did enjoy this book. Eleven species are given their own chapters; two mammals…
Tim Melling – Spoonbills
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Tim writes: these two Spoonbills flew over me at St Aidan’s RSPB reserve in West Yorkshire in September. Spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched unlike herons and egrets that tuck their necks in while flying. This is an adult on the left plus a juvenile with black wing tips and I was pleased to catch…