I’m talking at The Nunnery, Thetford on Thursday evening – Kick-off 19:00.
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A good evening with BTO & SWLA
I missed last year’s BTO evening with the SWLA so I was glad to make this one. Always a good evening with an interesting mixture of people. The Mall Galleries is a pretty good setting for an event and it was filled on Wednesday evening. I’m sure the artwork was superb but I hardly saw…
BBS 2016
This report of bird population trends as measured by the Breeding Bird Survey (and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey) is the result of, first, the voluntary work of around 3000 volunteers (including me) who collected the data, followed by the analytical and presentational skills of BTO staff aided by JNCC and the RSPB. There are two…
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…
BBS visit 2
I did the second visit to my first BBS square yesterday – as I drove the few miles there and back there was news of the terror attack on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Crazy! I’m glad I live in a rural area but I’ve enjoyed snacking, dining, having my hair cut, having a…
Plant sperm
Aren’t plants disgusting? If you suffer from hay fever, and we are entering the time when the grasses really get going, then you need to check the pollen forecast from the Met Office. My eyes were streaming this morning after I went for a walk on my local patch. I think Plantlife needs to sort…
BBS visit 1
Having spent most of April in Spain, I was looking forward to doing my first BBS visit to one of my two BBS squares – I really was. So much so that having arrived back home at about 0400 on Saturday morning I even considered going straight out to see if I could see any…
BTO Press release
Sir Ian Botham told the world on the Today programme about a grouse moor, surveyed by the BTO that had oodles and oodles of Lapwing, Curlew and Golden Plover. Apparently the BTO knows nothing about it… British Trust for Ornithology Press Statement – Pennine Grouse Moor survey report A bird survey that was reported to…
BBS
The latest Breeding Bird Survey report – for 2015 – is out. I collected data that went into this report, and I am proud that I did. I immediately turn to Table 4 – the summary of trends for the UK (and then look briefly at Table 5 – for England) – but this time…
Another BBS first visit
I surveyed my second BBS square on Tuesday morning. It was sunny and there were lots of birds. This site starts and ends in a village which is packed full of birds; heads out along the River Nene where there are quite a lot of birds; and then before returning to the village traverses some…