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- Spurn Point, October 2017 October 13, 2017
- The York Uni Great-crested Grebes…some bad news October 12, 2017
- Pochards and Grebes October 3, 2017
- The hidden meaning of Boris’ “nest of singing birds” October 2, 2017
- Monday Bird of the Week No.62 – Pheasant October 2, 2017
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Spurn Point, October 2017
This is the first in a series of posts that come from a few trips we made to reserves around Spurn and heading back towards York between the 4th and 5th October. There are some rarer birds, but in many … Continue reading
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Tagged dunlin, grey plover, head, hovering, hunting, kestrel, know, Little Egret, red backed shrike, ringed plover, rose coloured starling, spurn point, waders, wheatear, whitethroat
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The York Uni Great-crested Grebes…some bad news
Rather than beating around the bush and creating suspense, I decided to just throw this right in the headline. There are fewer Grebe chicks than there were.
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Tagged birds, Great crested grebe, heslington, heslington lake, heslington west, university york
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Pochards and Grebes
After last week’s update on the grebes it’s worth mentioning the ongoing positive story of the Pochards.
The hidden meaning of Boris’ “nest of singing birds”
Recently the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, described the cabinet as “a nest of singing birds” over Brexit. This was dismissed as just a silly Boris phrase, but an understanding of nature perhaps unveils deeper meaning…
Posted in Birds, Media
Tagged Boris Johnson, brexit, foreign secretary, nest of singing birds, Philip Hammond, politics, singing birds, Theresa May
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Monday Bird of the Week No.62 – Pheasant
I debated whether or not to include this one, but it’s such a ubiquitous presence in the British countryside it seemed pointless avoiding it. It’s the pheasant.
Posted in Bird of the Week, Birds, conservation, Media
Tagged countryside, Media, pheasant, politics, shooting
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On late-nesting Great-Crested Grebes
While the Pochards have been a story characterised by their unexpected presence, for the Great-Crested Grebes it has instead been one of disappointing absence. But a few weeks back they reappeared, and since then something really interesting has happened.
Posted in Biology, Birds, Ethology
Tagged autumn, breeding, brooding, clutch size, great crested grebes, grebes, late breeding, nesting, october, september
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Monday Bird of the Week No.61 – Song Thrush
Migration can be a confusing thing. Sometimes it’s nice and clear, with birds like Swifts and Fieldfares that are definitively only here for a few months. But for others there are residents and migrants, and that makes it much harder … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Bird of the Week, birds, song thrush
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Monday Bird of the Week No.60 – Fieldfare
As we enter autumn there are a number of birds whose numbers will swell. Over the past few weeks we have focused on ducks, but today we move to a wintering thrush. The Fieldfare.
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Monday Bird of the Week No.59 – Goldeneye
We continue our run of wintering ducks today with the only duck that is also a James Bond film title – the Goldeneye.
