I’m afraid I’m not a very good birder. I started keeping my list of Bedfordshire birds about two and a half years ago (see Birds of Bedfordshire: No.45 – The Dunnock). At that time the list stood at 45 species positively identified. I totted up the list again today, and in the intervening time it has only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birdwatching’
Birds of Bedfordshire: No. 54 – The Goosander
Posted in Birds, tagged Birding, Birds, birdwatching, British Bird List, Goosander on January 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »
At last – Bedfordshire Red Kites
Posted in Birds, tagged Bedfordshire, birdwatching, red kite, red sky in the morning on January 4, 2012 | 8 Comments »
‘Nature is lavish with her riches for those who have eyes to see’ Charles Tunnicliffe . It was as if Bedfordshire was fighting back, making a point about my birdwatching trips to other parts of the country. It was saying ‘look – we have birds here too!’ I’ve had a thing about Red Kites for [...]
Happy New Year – Red Squirrels and a Birdwatching Pilgrimage
Posted in Birds, Fieldnotes, tagged Anglesey, birdwatching, Lapwings, Malltraeth, Newborough Forest, red squirrel, Tunnicliffe on January 3, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Happy New Year! It’s been a hectic Christmas, but I saw in the New Year in my own style. While the rest of the world was sleeping off the excesses of the night before, I was up before dawn on January 1st, sitting in a forest waiting for Red Squirrels. I was back in Anglesey [...]
Bird Update
Posted in Birds, tagged Birds, birdwatching, Blackcap, Goldfinch, Treecreeper on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
More Bedfordshire Red Kites
Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged Bedfordshire, birdwatching, red kite on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s always the way. You wait for ages for one Red Kite, and then three turn up at once. On Sunday I got up early, packed up a flask of tea and some food, and went out for an early stroll and a picnic breakfast. I sat under the big oak tree and looked across [...]
Am I a birdwatcher?
Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged Birds, birdsong, birdwatching, Chinese Water Deer on April 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been asked the question a few times when I’m wandering about the countryside. It’s a reasonable conclusion for people to make. The green jumper and binoculars must be a dead giveaway. The truth is, I’m not really a birdwatcher. I’ll watch anything, me – bird or beast. It’s all part of getting to know [...]
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