Dartford Waffler

I just uploaded a page about Dartford Marshes to one of my other websites, BirdNerd.co.uk. For anyone who has been there, Dartford Marshes is a bit of a sad remnant of marshland alongside the River Thames. Stiil ,there is enough of it remaining for it to attract a number of interesting species, particularly during migratory […]

I spent some time over the last few days taking a peek at some bird video clips on u-tube. I put 10 of my favourites together on a webpage here: 10 Bird Videos.
The videos featured are;
1. Birds of Paradise Courtship
2. Flock of Starlings attacked by Peregrine Falcon
3. Albatrosses being harassed by Sharks
4. Great Hornbill feeding […]

With the dismal, dark weather prevailing I have taken some time to look at some of my more summery photographs. I put together a gallery of butterfly photos taken over the last 2 summers which will serve to remind me of better weather throughout the winter.
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This week the weather has become truly autumnal with brisk winds and a chill in the air, so I walked to High Eske in hope that some interesting migrants may have arrived.
It was interesting to note that the fishermen alongside the River Hull were now underneath their shelters, whereas a few weeks ago they were […]

For over a year I have been hearing the screeching and hooting of Tawny Owls from my flat, just off of Beverley High Street, at night. Some nights it has been so loud that it has woken me up and there have been at least two Owls calling to each other. Although I live right […]

A few days ago I received an e-mail about the disasterous mud flat reclaimation project at Saemangeum in South Korea. For those that don’t know, this estuary is (was?) one of the most important sites for migratory shorebirds in the east Asian flyway with internationally important numbers of Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann’s Greenshank. Since the […]

Whilst rummaging through a pile of stuff on my desk I found a CD with a collection of photographs that I took when I was lucky enough to accompany Phil Round on a ringing trip to Laem Pak Bia in Thailand in August 2003.
Phil and I went to the site the evening before the ringing […]

I just finished making a “Lens” on squidoo.com about the BBC television series The Life of Birds : The Life of Birds where I have included the video clip of a Lyrebird mimicking the sound of a camera shutter, car alarm and chainsaw..
 
For birdwatchers who would like to create web pages but don’t have the expertise […]

The bright sunny skies tempted me out for a walk along the River Hull to the lake at Eske this morning. However, the brisk wind had a cold feel to it and with some trees beginning to change colour there was a real feel of autumn.
Unfortunately, this did not really extend to the birds. Autumn […]

With Great Shearwaters having been seen in the preceeding days at Flamborough, I made the trip there hoping for a view of this species. On arrival, however, it was clear that the wind had changed and was coming from completely the wrong direction for good seawatching, making for a flat sea.

Still, the sunshine was welcome […]