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Not to forget the pizza 😉
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Not to forget the pizza 😉
Paul you are always welcome back at my beach hut. The only man to ever turn up with scones with jam and offer cappuccinos all round.
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Paul you are always welcome back at my beach hut. The only man to ever turn up with scones with jam and offer cappuccinos all round.
And here’s some Black-throated Diver to go with it. A grand day indeed.
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And here’s some Black-throated Diver to go with it. A grand day indeed.
I love my rake which I inherited from my father and it’s been donkeys years since I last trod on it…
October 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I love my rake which I inherited from my father and it’s been donkeys years since I last trod on it…
Thank you Ben! This is what Jim Addey says. What time did Ben pick it up? www.scarboroughbirding.co.uk/2025/10/frid...
Friday 10th October
An exciting day! Around 10.15am Jim Middleton found a WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL feeding on the south side of Castle Hill. It remained to fe...
www.scarboroughbirding.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thank you Ben! This is what Jim Addey says. What time did Ben pick it up? www.scarboroughbirding.co.uk/2025/10/frid...
Any evidence prey specialisation is learned behaviour based on prey fed in the nest? Please explain your Italy point…
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Any evidence prey specialisation is learned behaviour based on prey fed in the nest? Please explain your Italy point…
It would be a bit more convincing if they were sourcing chicks solely from nests in European cities. Preferably from pairs specialising in Grey Squirrels…
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
It would be a bit more convincing if they were sourcing chicks solely from nests in European cities. Preferably from pairs specialising in Grey Squirrels…
The Last of the Bollocks…that’ll be the day.
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The Last of the Bollocks…that’ll be the day.
I am much obliged. Were you there for seconds from Filey Thursday evening or is there a story to tell?
October 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I am much obliged. Were you there for seconds from Filey Thursday evening or is there a story to tell?
I have very few regrets in life but the trough in the middle of this graph is one of them. I’ve put my old notebooks into Birdtrack but the trough represents a period when I worked too hard and didn’t keep detailed records. The last BTO Atlas cured me of that! Listen to Steve!
October 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I have very few regrets in life but the trough in the middle of this graph is one of them. I’ve put my old notebooks into Birdtrack but the trough represents a period when I worked too hard and didn’t keep detailed records. The last BTO Atlas cured me of that! Listen to Steve!
Interesting paper but missed a trick in not providing the detailed timelines of extinctions of the various groups and linking them to known geological/geophysical events which might have shed more balanced overall light on the causes of extinctions beyond the already known human impacts.
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Interesting paper but missed a trick in not providing the detailed timelines of extinctions of the various groups and linking them to known geological/geophysical events which might have shed more balanced overall light on the causes of extinctions beyond the already known human impacts.
The Lincs population sits as an important link between the uplands, Derwent Valley NNR and E Anglia. To save our lowland Curlews it needs to be strengthened. @CurlewAction @curlewcalls @curlewrecovery @Natures_Voice @_BTO @NaturalEngland @TonyJuniper @LincsWildlife
August 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Lincs population sits as an important link between the uplands, Derwent Valley NNR and E Anglia. To save our lowland Curlews it needs to be strengthened. @CurlewAction @curlewcalls @curlewrecovery @Natures_Voice @_BTO @NaturalEngland @TonyJuniper @LincsWildlife
Our Curlew population has persisted despite licensed egg collection on active RAF airfields over many years. These eggs have been productively used for head starting for 5 years now. Time for some of these birds to be released at suitable sites in Lincs?
August 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Our Curlew population has persisted despite licensed egg collection on active RAF airfields over many years. These eggs have been productively used for head starting for 5 years now. Time for some of these birds to be released at suitable sites in Lincs?
Me too, especially if I wear trainers. Mine are Les Chameau. Excellent for hill walking and not as heavy as Muckboots. John Clarkson had a pair of Aigles that lasted him about 12 years but they obviously don’t make them like they used to.
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Me too, especially if I wear trainers. Mine are Les Chameau. Excellent for hill walking and not as heavy as Muckboots. John Clarkson had a pair of Aigles that lasted him about 12 years but they obviously don’t make them like they used to.
I’m with you on Bat out of hell. Kept me awake on many overnight twitches.
June 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’m with you on Bat out of hell. Kept me awake on many overnight twitches.
I would say you’re looking after your feet. A useful asset for bird surveyors! Muckboots are comfy but my last 3 pairs lasted about 18 months each. Now on some fancy French ones even comfier than Muckboots and a 2 year guarantee. Lucky because the first pair lasted 18mths! Current pair now 12 mths.
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I would say you’re looking after your feet. A useful asset for bird surveyors! Muckboots are comfy but my last 3 pairs lasted about 18 months each. Now on some fancy French ones even comfier than Muckboots and a 2 year guarantee. Lucky because the first pair lasted 18mths! Current pair now 12 mths.
So when do you take your vows?
June 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So when do you take your vows?
Interesting work on impact of copses. Are you aware if it has influenced management practices anywhere ie any copses taken out, if so any positive results?
June 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Interesting work on impact of copses. Are you aware if it has influenced management practices anywhere ie any copses taken out, if so any positive results?
But only because Labour and Tories not delivering what people want leaves them nowhere else to go.
June 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
But only because Labour and Tories not delivering what people want leaves them nowhere else to go.
Sadly more likely Reform in Lincs. What if they come up with decent rural and wildlife policies? They will lie to get elected, as Labour did.
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Sadly more likely Reform in Lincs. What if they come up with decent rural and wildlife policies? They will lie to get elected, as Labour did.