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Archive for January, 2008

Caught in the Act

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Well it had to happen - the male Sparrowhawk returned and caught a Starling on our lawn. It was a gruesome event, with the Starling still alive for ten minutes as it was being eaten. I filmed it from twenty ...

Rain rain and more rain

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

With more than two inches of rain in the last seven days and only four hours of sunshine no filming has been possible. On Hopwood, on three separate days , Woodcock have been flushed. However The remains of a Woodcock ...

Goldfinch Spectacular

Sunday, January 13th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Another wet and cold week with very few days available for photography I spent a morning in a friends garden filming up to five Bramblings that had been feeding for more than a week. It's typical doing this job that as ...

First Snow of the Winter

Sunday, January 6th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

Although to late for Christmas we had our first sprinkling of snow this week which made the Robins more seasonal looking. It also brought into our garden two Reed Buntings for their first visit of the Winter together with a ...