May’s birding momentum continued into the first part of June. My best find was a singing quail on the 10th June whilst on one of my turtle dove survey visits. I continued to search for evidence of breeding UK RBBP species, with mixed success. An out of county visit to see friends on the 11th, […]
Category: #Reculver10km
Posts about birds seen in a 10km radius of ‘Reculver Church’
May 2022: Monthly summary
Keeping the momentum of blogging catch-up, during a much needed week’s leave in August, May was a cracking month for me. One of the best birding springs I’ve had, and evidence that you reap what you sow. After kicking covid, which took a while, I managed 25+ early mornings or afternoons. I will focus on […]
April 2022: Monthly summary
Better late than never! An idiom attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer in 1386, which is found within The Yeoman’s Tale, which in turn is found in The Canterbury Tales. Relevant because it’s late August and I am only just writing the April update now. Eek. Also, and forgive the loose connection, relevant because I moved my […]
February & March 2022: Monthly summaries
A combination of work (very busy), back (not great) and lesser spotted woodpeckers (completely awesome) has limited the amount of birding and blogging time. I’ll post separately on the lesser spotted woodpecker pet project soon because I still need to enter and trawl through the data. In the meantime, here is a summary of my […]
Local Big Year: UK RBBP species
Birdwatch and BirdGuides launched #LocalBigYear at the start of 2022. They aim to encourage birders to “recalibrate and refocus their birding efforts” closer to home. For me, this initiative will include stepping up ‘a project’ that started in 2021 of trying to find and map the territories of UK Rare Breeding Bird Species within a […]
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