Welcome to my account of the Winter Lockdown Garden Birdrace, an enthralling nationwide event that involves dozens. I should have set the alarm I suppose, but the gloom of early…
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Photographing Waders. Petrified and Transfixed – at RSPB Titchwell Marsh
A transformation took place 45 minutes from home. Up until then I had been driving through a landscape enshrouded in autumnal mist, with hedgerows and trees looming islands seen through…
Identification Guide to Small Winter Waders
Welcome to my Identification Guide to Small Winter Waders. I was busy feeding some Turnstones at Walcott in Norfolk a few weeks ago, where they will happily take scraps left…
Identification Guide to Winter Gulls – Part 1
Welcome to my Identification Guide to Winter Gulls – Part 1. Our urban spaces are regularly frequented by gulls during the autumn and winter months. They have completed their breeding…
Wader Conservation World Watch
On Saturday, 31st October, I took part in Wader Conservation World Watch (WCWW), an event organised by a UK based charity, WaderQuest. The event has been held annually since 2014…
Buckenham Marshes – After the Rain
As we plod soggily away from the drainage mill which stands derelict but defiantly sentinel, the shroud of dark grey looming overhead is swept away, whipped over the flat expanse…
A Note From the Past
A blindingly bright, wonderfully warm spring day in May 1970 saw a pair of young lads locking their bikes to a fence post next to an old, gnarled oak. These…
Hakuna Matata – No Worries!
Hakuna Matata – No Worries! A Swahili phrase which sums up the laid back nature of people, their lifestyle and attitude on Zanzibar, the last port of call on our…
Dragonfly Summer
I’ve posted recently about it being a butterfly summer, but its also been a pretty good dragonfly summer too. Dragonflies are pretty special creatures and pack an awful lot of…
Bermuda – August 2020
Hello from Bermuda – August 2020. Half way through August, our extremely hot and humid days continue, and we are in desperate need of rain. Even through our island is…