Once again, bright sunshine tempted me from my lair and as I couldn’t be bothered to go anywhere far I took a walk along the River Hull to the lake at Eske. The level of the river was much lower than it has been for months, however, very few birds were to be seen walking along [...]
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Nightjar listening and Mosquito feeding
August 7th, 2007 
Nick Somehow I have never seen a European Nightjar – mainly due to the fact that every time I think about finding them I then decide I am too tired to stay out half the night as I have to get up for work. Well, with no work to worry about I headed, with my friend [...]
How to go birdwatching and see almost nothing
August 3rd, 2007 Nick Step 1: Choose a warm, sunny day in mid summer. Step 2: Take a long lie-in and slowly eat breakfast so as to miss any morning bird activity. Step 3: Go out at midday. Step 4: Sit in a hot car in atraffic jam for 30 minutes in order to dull the senses and increase [...]
British Birding: Seabirds at Flamborough Head
July 30th, 2007 Nick Finally, the sunshine came out, so I had to get out. However, I badly twisted my ankle a few days ago so walking was out of the question, therefore I decided to go back to Flamborough Head to just sit and watch the seabirds. On arrival a stiff northerly breeze was creating quite a swell [...]
Blea Tarn and Eskdale
July 22nd, 2007 Nick With another huge fried breakfast inside me I headed uphill from Boot village towards Blea Tarn. The by now customary Yellowhammers, Willow Warblers, Wrens and Chaffinches were joined by plenty of Robins, including a number of juveniles, and a family party of Great Tits. Once upon the ridgetop a Raven flew over doing its best [...]
A ridiculously long walk
July 20th, 2007 Nick After a large cooked breakfast I headed up Eskedale through some beautiful, mossy woodland – immediately, a Spotted Flycatcher showed itself, perching on a fence post. On closer inspection there was a whole family of Spotted Flycatchers, noisly flitting about with the young begging for food. The flycatchers were just part of a feeding flock [...]
Eel Tarn and Burnmoor Tarn
July 20th, 2007 Nick I decided to go to the Lake District National Park for a few days, despite the weather forecast being for rather poor weather. The national park took me about 3 hours to get to, but the journey took another hour as I was heading for the western lakes, probably the most spectacular part. I headed [...]
