What a 2019!
Yes I managed to have 3 books printed in 2019 with 3 already on the go for 2020 with another 1 waiting to get started. I have 2 new...
Rare Pallid Harriers and more problems with the establishment
Some of you may have gone to see the male Pallid Harrier in Bowland this spring but now it has been confirmed that there was a second one...
The Short eared Owl in Britain
Short eared Owls are the most persecuted of the owls in Britain for breeding on mainly upland areas of Britain especially where they come...
Late heather burning killing the birds!
Many of you will remember that we had such a dry spring with amazing lack of rain from march through to April. Well it looks like many...
North West Scotland part 7
Another early departure meant I had the road to myself and what a road it was with many bays and inlets, birch woodland and then the A...
A bothy walk from Abernethy Forest
I have visited the Grant Arms Hotel several times now in the last few years situated in the centre of Speyside, Scotland. I have so far...
North West Scotland [part 4]
Back on the road! I first went to say thanks to the couple who had let me phone the AA from their house with no phone reception from this...
North West Scotland [part 3]
I woke up to Cuckoo yet again but leaving the van a pair of Red throated Divers graced the loch. What a beginning! The road was magic at...
Red Kites drawn to the guns.
The RSPB have issued a history of persecution of Red Kites in Yorkshire - https://www.rspb.org.uk/community/ourwork/b/investigations/arch...
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...