Tim writes: called Long-tailed Jaeger in America, but they are one and the same species. Long-tailed are the smallest and rarest of the skua family. They breed on tundra where they feed mainly on lemmings and voles. But they winter off the continental shelf in the southern hemisphere, mainly off South America and Africa where…
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Guy Shorrock – Common Crane
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Cranes on the up Guy writes: I still vividly remember in the mid 1980s seeing my very first common crane during a birding trip with friends to Norfolk. Cranes had been lost as a UK breeding bird around 400 years ago as a result of hunting for food and the subsequent draining of their…
I’m at the Bird Fair again
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My plans for the day are to catch Tessa Boase’s talk in the Authors’ Forum at 930am and then do a book signing on the Wildsounds stand at 11am – midday-ish. I’m going to catch Iolo Williams who wants to sign the petition asking for an end to Icelandic whaling (see below) in the Events…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Did you see this on Twitter? … and this in the media?
Bird Fair Day 1
I’m just a lightweight – I’m home after a day at the Bird Fair and opening a bottle of wine at 18:30 rather than going to the evening debate (which looks very good) and pushing on through into the night! Ten good things about today: I met lots of friends I met lots of people…