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Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Winter Challenge

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Just how many species of birds are lurking in the dead of winter within the Ely 10. One way to find out is to go and look for them. Actually...
Thursday, 18 February 2016

Go Wild in the Country

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A quirky day out with highlights coming from naturalised species that couldn't be viewed more differently by birders.  Off fen,...
Saturday, 23 January 2016

Listing Blindly

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Lists, lists, lists.  I have them and then again I don't, I get to milestones and then lose the specificity.  I did a big year a long...
Saturday, 2 January 2016

Listing badly

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Like many (surely almost all) birders, I keep lists. Much has no doubt been written about this aspect of birding behaviour. Jeremy Mynott ha...
Wednesday, 2 December 2015

hawk the slayer

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The feeders are a hive of activity first thing in the morning, and its no wonder that the scene is noticed by the sharp eyes of a Sparrowha...
Monday, 23 November 2015

first shiver of winter

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Now comes the cold. We at last awake to a frost in the chill air, and set the nets in the winter darkness. Redwings gradually appear, float...
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Thursday, 19 November 2015

swandays

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It seems that the leaves have only just dropped, but already they are being blown away by the winter wind. The water is rising on the wash ...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Pretty Polly

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I saw a striking photo on a colleagues filing cabinet in the finance office at work.  It turns out that the photo of a Ring-necked Parakeet ...
Sunday, 1 November 2015

november shroud

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 A veil that dissolves form, leaving only shadows of what was. The mist has turned the world into a ghost of itself, and beyond the bank ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2015

home and away

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Monday's stroll around Roswell Pits revealed Autumn in action. The leaves are turning and with the changing season the birds are chan...
Monday, 19 October 2015

Raptor rapture

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A day off and a reasonable forecast. The original plan had been to head to Norfolk, to see if Duncan and Ben et al had left any exciting bir...

capture rapture

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There’s always a desire to see more. Fleeting glimpses are not enough. The hunter within us all wants the trophy, wants confirmation of h...
Sunday, 18 October 2015

Sharp eyes, all weekend

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The last few posts have looked east, to the coast and beyond, towards the homelands of rare and scarce vagrants.  With winds assisting migra...