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Monday Bird of the Week No.54 – Curlew
There are sounds in nature that speak of location. Noises that automatically transport you to a shore, or a wood, or a moor. The call of the Curlew is surely one of those sounds?
Monday Bird of the Week No.53 – Little Egret
Last week we saw a bird that has had highs and lows. This week, a bird that is very much seeing a massive natural success, one of the most naturally widespread birds in the world. The Little Egret.
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Tagged Bird of the Week, birds, egret, fishing, Heron
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Monday Bird of the Week No.52 – Kittiwake
A change of pace today. After a couple of widespread species I thought we’d look at a few more specialist species. Starting with a coastal specialist, the pretty little Kittiwake.
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Tagged Bird of the Week, birds, colony, gateshead, gulls, kittiwake, most common gull, nesting, newcastle, persecution, tyne
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Monday Bird of the Week No.51 – Coal Tit
A couple of months back I featured a series of Bird of the Week posts dedicated to our most common birds. Missing off that list was today’s featured species, the Coal Tit.
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Tagged Big Garden Birdwatch, Bird of the Week, birds, Coal Tit, rspb
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Monday Bird of the Week No.50 – Buzzard
Another conservation success story this week, but one that has been more divisive than the Avocet. Persecuted, recovered, and persecuted all over again, it is the Common Buzzard.
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Tagged Bird of the Week, birds, buzzard, persecution, raptors
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Monday Bird of the Week No.49 – Avocet
This week’s Bird of the Week is a bird of such style, elegance, and grace that no less than Chris Packham called it ‘the Audrey Hepburn’ of birds. It is also a bird that is literally iconic, given it’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged avocet, Bird of the Week, birds, blacktoft sands, Martin Mere, rspb, waders, WWT
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30 Days Wild – Day 28 – Rain
With the rain continuing to fall I was wondering what I could write about today. Surely not another wildfowl photo?
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Biology, Birds, Botany
Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, rain, weather
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Monday Bird of the Week No.48 – Snipe
If you like your birds small, round, with an extravagant bill and beautiful plumage, then this weeks’ Monday Bird of the Week is for you. It is the Snipe.
30 Days Wild – Day 25 – ‘Ane wounderful crag…’
Day 25 was a packed day. But we’ll start with Tantallon Castle and something great and white on the horizon…
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, bass rock, birds, eider, eider duckling, gannet, merganser, oystercatcher, tantallon castle
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30 Days Wild – Day 24 – Water of Leith
For Day 24 I went looking for Dippers along the Water of Leith outside Edinburgh. Once again, I found something other than what I was looking for…
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, flycatcher, spotted flycatcher
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