Month: November 2014

Ringtail is the name given to a female Hen Harrier or a juvenile in its first winter when it is difficult to tell the sexes apart. The name comes from

Many people have been collecting my DVDs over the last five years and as I am to stop giving my film shows in fifteen months time I have decided to

On the 18th on Hopwood a Chiff Chaff was seen but it quickly disappeared in the scrub. I always wonder how many winter in Britain and go unnoticed. Two years

On the 9th the Lapwings on the roof of the local Industrial estate set a new record at three hundred and twenty.They always use the same roof which in our

  With a cooler period of weather mid week we had a November record of birds feeding in the garden on the 6th. Twenty three species fed during the day

Our 100th visit to Islay since 1976 and by far the worst October weather we have ever had. Only two dry days in eight but on Islay there is always