Just a quick note to say that my birdwatching efforts are progressing nicely.
Ever since we started putting out niger seeds for the birds last year, we’ve had a regular gang of Goldfinches visiting the garden. They’re very good-looking birds, and they have an amazing capacity for sitting on the feeder and eating steadily for up [...]
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Bird Update
Posted in Birds, tagged Birds, birdwatching, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Treecreeper on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Birds of Bedfordshire: No.45 – The Dunnock
Posted in Birds, That's not a badger!, tagged Bedfordshire, Birds, birdwatching, dunnock, twitcher on June 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s confession time again.
I’ve been guilty of occasional birdwatching for many years. Nothing too serious – putting out food in the garden, listening to birdsong, watching the buzzards over the fields – the usual stuff. I thought I could handle it.
But now I’ve crossed a line. I’ve joined the hardcore of birdwatching. I’ve become a [...]
Birdwatching – 2nd June 2009
Posted in Birds, That's not a badger!, tagged birdwatching, bullfinch, owl, robin, tawny owl on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Tuesday I went to the wood and, as recorded below, I didn’t see any badgers. In the absence of badgers, I spent the evening watching birds, and I want to make some notes on these – hence the separate post.
It always amazes me what you can see if you sit quietly and unobtrusively somewhere [...]
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