‘Alder than the rest!’
I was reading a blog about Alder when it came to me that I had not expanded my work on our local Alder up the Gelt valley where I had...
Why Wendy is so important!
There has been so much information coming from satellite tagged Hen Harriers. Most of them have gone missing on Red Grouse moors presumed...
Memories 2004
Texas Tour Report 18th September – 30th September Day 1 Saturday 18th September Met Dave and Ken at 5am at Manchester Airport for the...
A bit of Yorkshire
In 2010 my ‘Solway’ book came out covering the whole of Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway. It was one of a series done by Buckingham...
Speyside Tour
This is the second time that I have done a lecture at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey and did I enjoy coming back to an area...
Are we being poisoned!?
The other day I was phoned by a farmer who wanted a barn owl box on his farm. He already had one pair of Barn owls nesting on his farm...
Fishing and Birds
As a kid I was brought up with a river and a beck to fish as part of the small estate me dad worked on as gardener. The river would often...
Save our Forests and save our Goshawks!
It was 30th January 2011 when I attended the rally for ‘saving our forests’ meaning the land that the Forestry Commission manages for us....
Golf and Birds
Most people would look at this title and suspect that the only connection is that golfers use the terms birdie, eagle and albatross as...
Temple Garth - A Barn owl’s retreat!
This is a story of a building which dates back to at least the 12th century. The building at one time belonged to the Knights Templar but...