Which way Henry? Which way?

Which way to go? Tomatin, which I had always thought was Tom-a-tin but is actually Tom-aaahhh-tin (according to Henry), has an excellent burger van by the A9 which does the very best bacon rolls. It’s called TasteBuds and the guy who runs it is very chatty – as well as providing very good bacon rolls….

That pigeon plague

I hadn’t realised there are so many pigeons pecking away at the heather in our National Parks. Above is a Fairbang gas gun set up in the Peak District – is it really fair to have gas guns banging away in our National Parks?  Is this what National Parks are for? I gather you can…

Urban birding for the BTO

I took a leaf out of David Lindo’s book and went urban birding. Well, actually, it was the BTO House Martin survey and I had volunteered to visit lots of houses in Corby.  Blackbird Road (off Dunnock Road) and near Robin Road, and with Jackdaw, Flycatcher, Fieldfare, Thrush, Nuthatch, Lapwing, Siskin, Magpie and Lark closes…

Looking forward to…

…speaking to the Surrey Bird Club on Friday evening at their meeting which starts at 1945 in East Horsley Village Hall.   There will be copies of A Message from Martha                 …and even of Fighting for Birds                 and much…

The ghostly male Hen Harrier

That’s a bloody enormous male Hen Harrier flying across the Cairngorms! It took us, that’s me and Henry, weeks to pile the snow up like that but everyone on the A9 saw it…didn’t they?   #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.