Adders Galore
Sunday, July 31st, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »Taking a break from the search for the Hobbies I visited my old site for Adders during the week and was not disappointed. Six Adders were seen including four females together in some rushes alongside a drystone wall. I returned ...
Counting Chickens
Sunday, July 24th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »After predicting in last week's blog that the Kingfishers would fledge their third brood of young on the 11th August guess what happens, it rains. Torrential rain overnight on Thursday resulted in a three foot rise in the water level ...
Record Third Brood
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »This April's fantastic weather enable many species of birds to start breeding earlier than normal. Grey Wagtails have all had second broods by now but this is the only year in the last forty when I have had Kingfishers in ...
A Shady Deal
Sunday, July 10th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »The status of the Whinchat in the Pennines is very precarious and another year has gone without me encountering a breeding pair. It is a bird that I look forward to seeing when I go to Islay where they ...
Back To Square One
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »After filming on Islay for three weeks it was back to checking any nests that might be active in the Pennines. The Kingfishers that were on a second brood had fledged these also. Second choice was a pair of Kestrels ...