Walmore Common This afternoon three very vocal Hobbies, 13 Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, two Little Egrets and nine Whinchats. (Andy Jayne). Lydney From Lydney Harbour to Aylburton Warth an early female/immature MERLIN, 60 Teal, 20 Dunlins, five Common Sandpipers, a Sparrowhawk, a Kingfisher, two Kestrels, two Hobbies, five Ravens, five Sand Martins, three […] […]
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. These past few weeks I’ve featured images from time to time of birds that are just passing through — birds in migration that are making brief stopovers in our area. Here’s another example. This is a Long-billed […] […]
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I was driving on a farm road yesterday morning when I saw an elongated shape lying in front of me. I knew immediately that it was a snake. I make it a practice never to bypass snakes […] […]
Wildlife Wednesday from the Meadow Hide It’s a day flying solo at the wildflower meadow hide today. The meadow is now in full retreat , the hight has dropped down to around 300mm ( 12 inches) , winter is apparently approaching ! It’s also been the first day that I have had to unpack the […] […]
Many would say it’s like living with a perpetual (feathered) toddler. Lavender’s September ’21 edition of It’s A Birb Thing illustrates perfectly what it’s like living with a feathered companion.
