This is a reprint of the classic 1956 book by David Lack but, as in the updated version of his Life of the Robin, this is updated whilst maintaining the original text. David Lack’s study of Swifts took place in the tower of the Oxford University Museum and has continued to this day. Lack’s…
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Book review – Eagle Country by Sean Lysaght
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Reviewed by Ian Carter Seán Lysaght is a poet and writer and he brings his poet’s eye for observation to this exploration of his home country of Mayo and the wider west coast of Ireland. Spurred on by an interest in eagles and the tragic history of the two species in Ireland he trawls the…
Book review – Mrs Pankhurt’s Purple Feather by Tessa Boase
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This is a very interesting book which I recommend highly as a challenging read. The author takes us back over a century to Victorian and Edwardian London where in nasty little workshops the women working in the millinery trade produced the hats to adorn the heads of rich women – many of these hats…
Tim Melling – Common Sandpiper
Tim writes: Common Sandpipers are quite unusual among British waders as they are almost entirely summer breeding visitors from sub-Saharan Africa. Most of Britain’s wading birds are winter visitors although quite a few also breed in Britain. The “kitty-needy-kitty-needy” flight call of the Common Sandpiper heralds the arrival of spring close to where I…
An Unreliable End to Birdwatching by Paul Thomas
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Paul is having a break from producing cartoons to coincide with my ‘blog sabbatical’. He seems to be working on a book. It’s been good to have him here for so many weeks using this audience as a testing ground. And I now have this image in my office: