Photographs of wild baby seals at Donna Nook in Lincolnshire….
Despite my relative proximity to Donna Nook on the east coast of England I rather shamefully have to admit that until this week I’d never been before (my parents will probably correct me and tell me I went in 1973) and after my visit I’m rather […]
Photograph of church in the Lincolnshire village of Ashby de la Launde…
It’s not often I write about churches and their history, I leave that to my brother who has built up an extensive catalogue of church information on his site which attracts a number of local historians all keen to add material research in the […]
Peregrine shot and found in the River Brayford…
Once again I feel mighty proud to be from Lincolnshire, if there’s one thing we are becoming renowned for it’s shooting rare birds of prey. It seems only five minutes ago that I was writing about the beautiful Osprey shot dead near Caistor when now I have to […]
The results of my garden birdwatch this weekend…
This weekend saw the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds launching their annual nationwide birdwatch scheme designed to record the number and variety of species found in people’s gardens or area of parkland in one given hour.
It is an important exercise to monitor how our bird population […]
Disgraceful bid to build wind turbines at Worlaby Carrs…
Yesterday I spent a glorious afternoon with my brother at Worlaby Carrs in North Lincolnshire, an area of great beauty and home to an abundance of wildlife. We had gone in the hope of seeing a short eared owl as I had never seen one before, we […]
Appalling news from Burma….
I have been reading with considerable sadness about the Burmese junta’s plans to destroy one of South East Asia’s most precious Buddhist sites.
According to reports by archaeologists and activists the junta have destroyed over ten percent of the beautiful Buddhist monuments in Mrauk U as they build a railway line through the […]
Cold weather is affecting the number of robins in our gardens…
The severe weather conditions affecting the UK is doing little to help our robin population and sadly their numbers are dwindling. Robins are and forever will be associated with our gardens in winter time but the chances of seeing the nations favourite bird are becoming […]
Rare bird of prey shot…
The shooting of a rare bird of prey is awful at any time but when it is done in your home county the revulsion is all the more great. An Osprey which had been ringed in Sweden was found dead in Caistor, Lincolnshire having been shot twice with a shotgun.
Exactly eighty […]
Dramatic decline in numbers of blue tits in our gardens…
Alongside the robin the blue tit has to be our most recognisable garden bird, we all grew up seeing them on our garden feeders but if the results of the recent BTO Garden Bird Feeding Survey is anything to go by then that once familiar sight […]
The reality of life in the wild…
Today was a day of mixed emotions as I went in search of my favourite bird, the barn owl. Recent sightings had been few and far between and I was begining to wonder if any of the nesting boxes were occupied anymore. The boxes are scattered around the fenland […]