Tim writes: In 1897 two German Ornithologists (Ernst Hartert and Otto Kleinschmidt) were looking through a series of Marsh Tits in the British Museum when they spotted a couple of Willow Tits that had been wrongly labelled. The same year some fresh specimens were collected in Coalfell Wood, Finchley and three years later Willow…
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An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (16) by Paul Thomas
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Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Ralph has had hundreds of cartoons on this site since April 2013. What do you think of them overall?
Responding to PDNP consultation – some hints
The Peak District National Park wants to know what you think – so you should tell them. This is the consultation document and this is the 52-question questionnaire. Here’s a tip: if you are planning on responding then it’s a good idea to open these two things in two separate tabs so that you can…
Pallid Harriers nest successfully in The Netherlands
The first nesting of Pallid Harriers in western Europe has occurred in the Netherlands this year, and the birds have fledged four young (all females). The birds were discovered by Willem-Pier Vellinga, a volunteer of the Dutch Montagu’s Harrier Foundation. This successful nesting of a rare species is only now being publicised at the…