Eighty Degrees North
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »The next two weeks I am in Spitsbergen, cruising the fiords on the Professor Molchanov and making shore landings by way of zodiacs as shown in the photo. The aim is to obtain good views of such things as Polar Bears, ...
Thirty Three Hour Bird
Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »Thirty three hours,. Yes that is how long it has taken, sat in my hide over the last two weeks, before I finally obtained any film of the male Merlin. What a performance he put in by bringing three items ...
Flycatchers In Decline
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »These are the only breeding Spotted Flycatchers I have encountered this year. They have young that are about to fledge and it is sad that one of the most charismatic birds of Summer has now disappeared from many of its ...
Hole In The Wall
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »This week I have spent six mornings looking at a hole in the wall. Inside were four young Kestrels and during the week they have been appearing at the entrance and are now fledging. Prey has been voles, mice and ...