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Swallows don’t make a summer at Stanwick Lakes

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Yesterday produced my first Swallow of the year at Stanwick Lakes.  Spring is ticking slowly along. This Swallow was a little bit later than my earliest records but well within the range, according to my records from Birdtrack. It still feels as though spring is a bit unsprung to me though. And it certainly felt…

Massive payment

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  I’m not complaining at all – but those who seem to think that writing books (at least writing my books!) is the easy route to riches might like to help me decide how to spend these royalty payments for 2017 for Birds and Forestry, A Message from Martha and Inglorious. What this does mean…

Signatures – an update

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In the week since Gavin Gamble’s e-petition closed, his e-petition has still added far more signatures than the Jane Griggs e-petition supporting grouse shooting and the Ed Hutchings, RSPB-supported, e-petition calling for licensing. Far more than the two of them put together in fact!  How can that be? It’s because for several days people were…

Some firsts

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I heard my first Sedge Warbler of the year at Stanwick Lakes yesterday – and it wasn’t my only ‘first’. The weather forecast was a bit rubbish but it wasn’t raining when I made some tea at 0630 and so the aim was to get to Stanwick Lakes before the rain started. I almost didn’t…