Another ‘great’ bird. I think this last week will be mostly about the birds; they’re my specialist area and gives a nice run up to until Friday, my last post of the month. This one is from my local patch again. There wasn’t too many birds around today, nothing unusual or great in number; probablyContinue reading “Day 27 – Great Crested Grebe”
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Day 26 – Great Spotted Woodpecker
This weekend is the RSPB’s Great Garden Birdwatch 2020 where every year people up and down the UK spend an hour noting down what birds visit their gardens. This year, my parents surveyed our back garden (I still live with them, please can I get a permanent job in conservation or ecology so I canContinue reading “Day 26 – Great Spotted Woodpecker”
Day 21 – Collared Dove
Definite writer’s block today. Barely thought about writing today and when I did I had no idea what to write about. I have some backups to write about but I’m going to save them I think. So I’ve looked out of my window for a subject and the first bird I saw (which I haven’tContinue reading “Day 21 – Collared Dove”
Day 20 – Wigeon
I have a local birding patch; i.e an area local to where I live that I go on a regular basis to bird-watch. I recommend we all have one. After a period of time you gradually know what lives locally and what doesn’t and at what time of year, it also provides a great excuseContinue reading “Day 20 – Wigeon”
Day 18 – Song Thrush
As I try to sit down to write this, yet again my dad comes in to witter on and on and on about whatever subject is in his head at the moment (I’m living with the folks at the mo; not cool I know). He typically comes in when I’m trying to do something important;Continue reading “Day 18 – Song Thrush”
Day 16 – Mute Swan
Just over halfway gone for my initial target of a one species per day for the month of Janaury (also stayed off alcohol too in this period as an aside). Today it’s back to birds. Yesterday, adjacent to the Yew was a pair of Mute Swans who had swam over the lake and presumably sawContinue reading “Day 16 – Mute Swan”
Day 13 – Coot
Today Storm Brendan approaches and whilst it won’t be as windy here in North West England as elsewhere (Ireland in particular) it is still a pretty windy day. Nevertheless I’ve managed to get out for a walk around my local park, so I have another species! I’m realising this blog is rather bird heavy atContinue reading “Day 13 – Coot”
Day 11 – Lapwing
Today I’ve been to watch the British Dodgeball Open in Cannock, Staffordshire so I’ve not really been outside. But I did see a few things on the journey down so one of those is today’s subject. What: (Northern) Lapwing Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) When: 11th January 2020 Where: Astbury, Cheshire, UK Who saw it? Me,Continue reading “Day 11 – Lapwing”
Day 10 – Raven
Today has been a struggle to think about what to write about. Sure there are common birds in the garden I could write about but I’m not sure I want to write about the easier birds too quickly, if I carry this on after the end of this month I’m quickly going to be runningContinue reading “Day 10 – Raven”
Day 8: Starling
Today I’ve spent the day writing my tax return when I should have been volunteering with the RSPB at Dove Stone. Maybe I could have been writing about something a little bit more exotic than usual but alas no, the taxman calls. What I have seen is a large amount a species of bird inContinue reading “Day 8: Starling”
A Species a Day 