A DIARY OF THE WILDLIFE OF THE WANSBECK VALLEY AND BEYOND. Monday, 11 May 2015. main railway between Stobswood and Ulgham. Monday, 27 April 2015. Monday, 20 April 2015.

Three Buzzard and one Raven flew over calling strongly. As I approached a feeder stream another pair of Buzzard flew overhead. As soon as I reached the stream I caught sight of a Dipper. Then I realised there was another close by. One of them adopted a pose of pointing its bill vertically skyward whenever the other approached. They stayed close together for the time I watched.

Unique self catering on the Isle of Mull. An ongoing record of wild life sightings around Treshnish and North Mull. Random notes from the farm. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This is my last post on the headlandoftrees blog.

30 Days of Wild - Day 10 - Patch. Having a patch is where it all began for me, starting from the bottom up, learning the basics, learning the patterns of annual cycles and seasons, and the idea of migration. It gives you a sense of belonging, a second home, and personal relationships with its inhabitants. My first Holywell Long-Eared Owl! Links to this post.

The weather forecast today was for strong northerlies, become lighter as the day went on - which meant it could be good for seawatching. The wind was out of the west until the early hours of the morning so I figured later in the day would be good for a seawatch - I was wrong. Before I got down to the patch, I had to go to Cresswell for a meeting for my second job, as I was getting ready to leave, a message arrived saying that a white-billed diver. Which included a stunning drake .

With a patch and a passion for nature. Tuesday, 13 March 2018. Ducking, Diving and Plodging at Druridge and Lindisfarne. The road down to East Chevington North Pool has been done no favours by the recent severe weather. More potholes than ever and pre-existing small ones have grown. The whole area looked badly hit by the weather. Happily spring was once again in the air and the sounds that greeted us on arrival was the calling of Reed Buntings. And calling geese, in the main Pink-footed Geese.

Birding Diary of an Exiled Liverpudlian and his West Hartford Wanderings. Sunday, 6 November 2016. Saturday, 9 April 2016. BUT a nice surprise yesterday evening produced a pair of Red-legged Partridge at the East Cramlington NR here. Tuesday, 22 March 2016.

UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers. Promoting the work of natural history bloggers across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. How to add your blog. Saturday, 30 May 2015. Friday, 29 May 2015. Thursday, 7 May 2015. Wednesday, 6 May 2015. Sunday, 12 April 2015.

Ever since the first Hen Harrier Day last year. I had been looking forward to Hen Harrier Day 2015. Harry squashed in upside down! Not a spare seat. The talks in the e.

The ramblings of a recycled teenager, mainly about birding and other wildlife excursions. Wednesday, 24 June 2015. May I retired from work. On return from a week in Devon I tried for the Pratincole at Bothal, but missed it by a day.