It seems that many of you are missing your House Martins this year too. The other evening there was just an occasional single bird flying above me as I sat in the garden in the evening – I’d expect them to be present almost all the time and in numbers of up to double figures….
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BBS 2 second visit
My Breeding Bird Survey walk starts near the church in the distance. I carried out the second visit to my second BBS square yesterday – it was a bit windy in the more exposed places but there were still plenty of birds around. Do you remember that on the first visit I was saying that…
Looking forward to this event in Wytham Wood
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I’m looking forward to this National Badger Week event in Wytham Woods. Should be a good discussion and I’d like to see some Badgers too.
Denton Wood
There seem to be a few more people jumping around looking at Denton Wood all of a sudden – although as you can see (above) you and I aren’t allowed in the wood itself and you can see precious little from the Denton Road (see below). As is often the case, when something appears on…
FC guidance on managing woodlands with great crested newts
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Yesterday I posted a blog on what looks like potentially damaging woodland management operations in Denton Wood, Northants. Here is the link to what the FC say managers should do to avoid breaking the law with regard to Great Crested Newts, and here are some of the things it says: 3 Forest operations and great…