I like every day. This Saturday I was talking at Martin Mere at the North West Birdwatching Fair – that was fun – and I’ll write about it. And yesterday I was having a look at a few grouse moors in the North of England – and I’ll write about that too (though not necessarily…
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Oscar Dewhurst – Common Tern
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Oscar writes: This bird was repeatedly fishing from in front of the hide I was sitting it. The usual problem with birds is that they’re too far away, but it certainly didn’t apply here! Instead the bird often plunged into the water so close to the hide that it was too close to focus…
Sunday book review – My Year with Hares by Martin Hayward Smith
This book is lovely. There are lots of photographs, very good photographs, the author is a professional cameraman and photographer, and some pretty good words. It’s the story of a year spent looking at Brown Hares in North Norfolk, in the part of the world that birders and people with boats, both drive through quickly,…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Round up
Just a few things that might interest you: the photo above shows an ancient god and goddess – it’s nice to see Athena joining in on behalf of Hen Harriers and thank you to Ron Kinrade for the photo from the Naples Archeological Museum. Athena was (and still is, I guess), of course, quite keen…