birds

To tick or not to tick? from birdsong 169 days old

Why do I care? This fascinating subject has come to my attention via posting by the HOS county recorder. It's about BIRDs, right? In order to be eligible ...

The Kings Hat from birdsong 557 days old

[ ... ] woodland birds and a couple of Willow Wobblers, but nothing of note due to numbers of people I presume. Plenty of damselflies, mostly of two sorts ...

Swifts came in from birdsong 563 days old

First screeching party over the garden on Saturday morning. Very welcome. Unusual to get this before Swallow which I didn't pick up until we went to ...

Christmas 2007 from birdsong 695 days old

Up early with NooNah (as she now calls herself) while everyone else tries to catch up on some sleep after the last couple of days excitement. She has ...

Days like these... from birdsong 764 days old

[ ... ] looking birds of course, and nice to see one even slightly out of context. So relaxing. Very, very welcome after the excitement of picking up the ...

Big with the squirrel from birdsong 939 days old

What can you do when the busiest day of the year has been and gone. Yesterday, after spending the morning cleaning and then smashing the hard disc on ...

Fresh air from birdsong 1199 days old

[ ... ] 75,000 birds at its peak, and its a delight living beside the Itchen at this time of year especially. Over the next few weeks the numbers will ...

Forty Two years ago… from birdsong 1209 days old

… I came into the world, just as Sir James of Saville introduced the very first edition of TOTP. More than a tinge of sadness as I watch the (disappointing) ...

Writing the retro-futre from birdsong 1261 days old

[ ... ] see the birds from there at all, other than via NestCam or some such bollocks. Means the birds stay undisturbed by dudes and grockles though I ...

Holiday ramblings, Three from birdsong 1262 days old

Seems to me now quite clear that one of the main reasons we came on this Wales holiday was to discover the beautiful town of Caernarfon. Half an hour ...