An Active Week
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Plenty of action this week with Waxwings to find and good numbers of birds in the garden. In fact the garden birds have peaked at eight Long Tailed Tits, twenty one Goldfinches, twenty House Sparrows, thirteen Greenfinches, two male Bullfinches ...
A Snowy Day
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Two days after my entry last week about Waxwings I was filming twelve on Rowan trees near Whalley on the most perfect day you could have imagined. I had almost forgotten what a fantastic bird they are and the three ...
Have You Seen One Of These?
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »It must be only a matter of days now before we have Waxwings feeding on local berries with over a hundred in the Penrith area and a northerly wind forecast they should soon make their way South. I checked over ...
A Close Encounter
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Well here we are home again after a spectacular two weeks on Islay and with a heavy month of film shows ahead. As I drove up the drive to the Golf Club on my first day back I noticed a Carrion ...
Whooper Delight
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »After last weeks stormy weather the last seven days have been much better with the last two being the best Autumn days I have ever seen on Islay. We have had four days with snow on the hills which is ...