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 […]
Photographs of mute swans coming into land!
I’ve just finished processing a couple of photos I took of mute swans coming into land on one of the waterways close to my home and thought I’d share the results with you. A graceful bird whilst floating along on top of the water or sat elegantly chewing some […]
Pictures of my local chaffinch…
I am fortunate to have two chaffinches visit my garden every day, they have only just begun to realise the gastronomic delights on offer in my garden and despite the financial burden I incur it is a price worth paying to see such a fine creature on the dullest of days. […]
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 […]
Photographs and Information on the Peregrine Falcon…
This is the first in a series of posts I intend to write about this incredible bird of prey. I have been fortunate to meet a local falconer who has allowed me to photograph his bird and in the new year I shall be photographing a number of other […]
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 […]
Images of a kestrel in Lincolnshire…
About a month ago I wrote about the declining numbers of kestrels in the UK and I have since been making more of a conscious effort to keep track of their numbers and whereabouts close to my home. Although the numbers are not exactly high they do seem to be […]
From the land that time forgot…Grimsby!!..
Thought I’d share this one with you, it’s a cormorant which came flying over my head whilst I was photographing sea birds at Tetney Lock with my brother last week. Cormorants are great birds, full of character and I love the perspective of this. Somehow it looks strangely prehistoric..what do […]