Blue Planet 2 hasn’t yet really gripped me. I’m not sure why not. The filming is amazing. The creatures are amazing. It must be me. Yesterday’s programme was fascinating as it revealed lots of species that have never been filmed before and which therefore were new to almost everyone. There were quite a lot of…
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Our friends in the north
Yesterday I was part of a large group of birders gathered at Parkgate on the Dee Estuary and waiting for high tide. These high tides can sometimes cause spectacular flooding of the entire saltmarsh causing small mammals and all birds to flee from the rising water. Yesterday wasn’t a very spectacular show but we had…
Local issue – seems I was right (2)
I see that Natural England has amended its original advice over the application to build 10 large broiler sheds on farmland near Rushden. There are two main changes to their new comments. First, NE has picked up my point on the NH3 emissions from the chicken waste once it is removed from the sheds –…
Two weeks today
I’m looking forward to this and am re-reading Derek’s book as part of my preparation.
Murmuration
Poor pictures (taken on my ‘phone) but they give you an impression of the murmuration of Starlings near to my home, at Summer Leys nature reserve yesterday evening. They didn’t put on a spectacular show, not much wheeling around, but there were quite a few of them – 6000? And against the setting sun they…
Blue Planet 2 – what did you think?
On the basis that ‘Dog bites Man is not news, but Man bites Dog is news’ then I can understand why we saw Giant Trevally fish gobbling up young Sooty Terns. Did you see them? Quite something when a nearly 6-foot fish jumps out of the water to catch a tern in flight. And, above,…
Good film
I wrote about this film back in May 2016 when I saw it at The Barbican. Quite a lot of it has stuck in my mind ever since. And now it is going on tour in the UK to: Nottingham tomorrow Sat 28 Oct, Oswestry Tues 31 Oct, Liverpool Sun 26 Nov, Aldeburgh Sun 3 Dec,…
Vishal Jadhav – Amur Falcon
This is a female Amur Falcon. This is an incredible small raptor which breeds in southern Russia and migrates to Africa, and a huge congregation of these raptors is found in Nagaland, India on their migration route. From here they travel on their way across the Indian peninsula to Africa the wintering grounds. One…
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I’ve been short-listed
This is quite a surprise and a nice one too. I’ve been short-listed by ‘The Great Outdoors‘ as a campaigner of the year. That’s very nice of them, and a treat just to be mentioned. Looking at the lists was an education – I don’t know many names but I think I’ll be voting for…