WOS

Last Saturday I drove into Wales, to Monmouth, to spend the day at the meeting of the Welsh Ornithological Society.  I gave a talk and listened to lots of others. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Gwent Ornithological Society so it was fitting that we were in Monmouth. I enjoyed hearing from Al…

Bird Fair – the people

The Game Fair was cancelled because of rain and plagues of frogs etc but at the Bird Fair we sweltered in the sun – does that tell us anything about how the weather gods see us?  Probably not. I felt that there were noticeably fewer people than usual around on all three days but Tim…