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, […]
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 […]
April 2022: A tale of two harriers
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, …it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had […]
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 […]
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