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”
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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 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 