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With Meta changing their policies recently and the fact that everything Google has gone to hell, I sat back and tried to understand what...
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Feb 282 min read
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Autumn arrivals
As autumn starts in the Northern hemisphere, we begin to see migrating birds flying South from Scandinavia, the UK and Northern Europe,...
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Sep 17, 20243 min read
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Summer 2024
This summer has been a quiet time for birds, especially as the temperatures are hotter than ever before. July has felt like August last...
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Aug 2, 20245 min read
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Spring 2024 arrivals
Spring is that time of the year when we welcome back those birds who went south for the winter and conversely, say goodbye to those going...
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Mar 26, 20245 min read
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Ground Effect on birds
There is a science about why birds fly close to the surface of the water. It is called the Ground Effect and applies to the land as well...
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Dec 28, 20232 min read
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Before New Year
There is that period between Christmas and New Year, a time of leftovers, clearing up, taking down the tree and general musings about...
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Dec 28, 20233 min read
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Winter wanderings
The colder weather has certainly arrived in the northern hemisphere and with it the last missing species of the fantastic winter...
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Dec 14, 20233 min read
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Autumn visitors
With the days and nights getting cooler and drawing in, our winter migrants are back. For me personally, it is the waders that I look...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
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October Global Bird Weekend
There are two international days in the year, when many birders go out and count birds. The first one in May is Global Big Day, chosen at...
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Oct 6, 20232 min read
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Winter migrants arriving
Weeks ago, we said goodbye to the House Martins and in the last few days of September, the Swifts and Swallows have followed them. The...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Prints and shop
As so many people have asked if I sell my work, I have been thinking about setting up a shop on the website. Question is, what do you...
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Sep 20, 20231 min read
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Bee-eaters arrive!
Finally, after looking in all the usual places for over two weeks, I managed to find the returning European Bee-eaters up in the...
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Apr 5, 20232 min read
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The end of the winter migrants
Around this time every year, we start to notice the disappearance of our winter migrants, as they take off for more northern climes....
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Mar 11, 20232 min read
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