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I was up early, although not that early for me, yesterday to visit one of my two Breeding Bird Survey squares. This is the 12th year I have covered this particular 1km square on the border of Cambs and Northants – it almost feels like mine after all this time. The weather was cold, and…

Last month broke all records for unique users (over 38,000 – previous best over 26,000 (January 2016)) and page views (around 115,000 – previous best over 103,000 (August 2015)). Thank you to all the readers who made this the case – whether they were delighted or irritated by the blog’s contents – and all the…

It’s been good to visit some local sites over the last few days and check up on how spring is progressing. At the airfield on the Beds/Northants border it felt more like winter than spring. But I heard and saw my first UK Whitethroat of 2016 and there were two migrant Wheatears too, so it…

I haven’t mentioned Birdtrack for a while – but if you read these blogs carefully then you’ll realise that I am still using it religiously otherwise I’d never have the stats for my birding at my local patch so much to hand. I have downloaded the new, and greatly improved, iPhone Birdtrack app (it’s free)…

Ralph writes: This is a draft of a cartoon I did for a FoE Brussels campaign on the importance of regulation – I thought readers of this blog might appreciate it.