The National Trust has a poor reputation amongst wildlife conservation organisations. This stems from a couple of things. First, the National Trust could do so much more to help nature, given its massive membership, large landholding and rich resources. This has been the case for many years. Second, despite the low priority that the NT…
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Sunday book review – Birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: a photographic guide by Frederic Jiguet and Aurelien Audevard
This is a photographic field guide which covers all European bird species including vagrants and some species which have not yet occurred but are quite likely to do so eventually. In one slimmish volume the reader has images (over 2200 of them) of every species of bird (860) they might see on the continent….
Tim Melling – Hyacinth Macaw
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Hyacinth Macaw is a species I have wanted to see since childhood. They are the longest parrot in the world (though Kakapo is the heaviest), and have a breathtaking blue and yellow livery. They usually hang around in pairs or small groups. This one was foraging under some trees with its partner. Most of the…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
A round up
A few things that caught my eye: my first Sand Martins of the year were at Stanwick Lakes on Wednesday morning – it was a cold morning and I bet they wished they were back in Senegal the weather looks good for the weekend, especially Saturday, across much of the UK – butterflies, migrant birds…