Henry is visiting the area where a record number of poisoned birds of prey were found, leading to the conviction of a former gamekeeper. Henry may not have a girlfriend but he does have balls! #HaveYouSeenHenry? You remember, do you, the events which led to the conviction of the Stody Estate’s former gamekeeper Alan Lambert…
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Guest Blog – Today should be Derek Ratcliffe’s National Peregrine Day by Stuart Housden
Stuart Housden writes: On 21st April 1945, seventy years ago, Derek Ratcliffe climbed to his first peregrine’s nest in the north Pennines. He was then a schoolboy at Carlisle Grammar School, but described that day in his memoir In Search of Nature as his ‘red letter day’. In fact, he was almost killed, as the…
Donana 2 – the Donana Bird Fair
Yesterday’s blog gave you some good reasons to flock to the Coto Donana in spring – wonderful weather and great birds. But now there is another reason and that is the Donana Bird Fair which this year took place on Friday-Sunday last week at the Dehesa de Abajo which is in the NE corner of…
Henry’s up north!
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Findlay Wilde has been taking Henry looking for ringtails – read how they both got on here. Thanks Findlay! Sounds like you had a great time. So, you’ve seen Henry. #HaveYouSeenHenry? Vote for Hen Harrier as our national bird.
Donana 1 – a whole bunch of birds
Four days in the Coto Donana in spring sounds a pretty tough gig to you, I guess. But somebody had to do it and so an intrepid band of six of us arrived in Seville, in the rain, last Wednesday prepared to bird until we dropped. Although, in actual fact, we interspersed birding with some…