The London Wildlife Festival, which was hit by strong winds last year, has had to be postponed until 20`2`1. That’s a great shame and I hope it will be third time lucky for them. Also, the first HHDay event in Wales is paused. No doubt the Bird Fair folk are watching events closely, and with…
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Guest blog – Further Offerings of Ornithological Lessons By Olaf Lipor, (trans. by Ian Parsons).
Olaf Lipor is a well-known Scandinavian naturalist with a long track record of engagement in citizen science projects. His previous Guest Blogs here, about two years and one year ago, were on a Fat Tax and Citizen Science. Olaf is not yet found on Twitter. I am aware that the pages of this website are…
#COTF20 my garden birdwatch (6)
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Four years ago I was a team member rushing around the Negev desert and the area around Eilat in Israel spotting birds in an international bird race. What a daft thing to do! But we raised a lot of money for conservation of migrant birds in Greece (and, quite honestly, had a lot of fun)….
#COTF20 my garden birdwatch (5)
Smart bird, eh? The Champions of the Flyway project is raising money for Steppe Eagle conservation – see here. No species added to my day list in a mid-afternoon watch so I’m still on 28 species for today. But I’ll have one more look and listen as it gets dark.
#COTF20 my garden birdwatch (4)
The late morning birdwatch produced a good clutch of species. First was a Chaffinch followed by a couple of Buzzards. Then Long-tailed Tit and Goldcrest. A Common Gull flew over and then so did a female Sparrowhawk and, rather late in the day, a Red Kite. Blackbird Gadwall Robin Dunnock Wren Woodpigeon Jackdaw Collared Dove…