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• A sunny day at Bempton Cliffs, sprained ankles and Auks, Gulls & Gannets aplenty!
  on May 23, 2013 in RSPB Reserves Photography Yorkshire Landscapes Birds Trees and Flowers
  Ok, I'm going to start this piece with a top tip for the over 50s -If you must walk the entire length of Spurn Point and back again, don't expect to be able to leap in and out of a campervan like a nimble young gazelle. I tried it and spraine...
• Spring catch up - some recent images from around York
  on May 13, 2013 in Photography Yorkshire York weather Butterflies Birds Spring Trees and Flowers
  You maybe wouldn't know it but Spring has finally sprung and although as I write this after a weekend of mainly wet weather, we've had a few sunny days up in Yorkshire haven't we? Yes we have .... about 7 so far I reckon! Oh well, here's to anot...
• Spurn Point - first trip out in the campervan!
  on May 10, 2013 in Photography Places of Interest Yorkshire Birds
   Always best to try and remain topical with this blogging malarkey, especially when one's fallen shamelessly behind with posting! No excuses, no drama, just minor life events conspiring to prevent me from sitting down and putting finger...
• Algarve birdwatching break part 2
  on Apr 24, 2013 in Photography Bird Reports Places of Interest Landscapes Portugal Birds Trees and Flowers
   Here we go then, part 2 of my recent trip to the Algarve and after spending a very productive few days on the East side part I picked up my mate Mark and we headed off to the wild West!Sacred IbisFirst port of call was a hotel in Alvor&nb...
• Birding break in the Algarve pt1
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Photography Bird Reports Places of Interest Algarve Landscapes Boats Portugal Birds Trees and Flowers
  Crazy weather year so far in the UK I think you'll agree, certainly all my friends and visitors at Askham Bog are anxious about the impact this cold early Spring weather is having on our wildlife .... I'm not sure how any early re...
• Off birding to the Algarve!
  on Mar 20, 2013 in Life and People Yorkshire York Portugal Birds
  Gear is packed ....... and all roads lead to ...........................One of these is hired ......with one of these in the glove compartment......Next post in about 2 weeks time, hopefully with some mega spring passage pics of, well...
• Early signs of Spring at Wheldrake Ings
  on Mar 17, 2013 in Photography Bird Reports Yorkshire York Landscapes Birds Trees and Flowers
  Gazing out of my window upon cold and cloudy skies and a very wet garden I have to remind myself that it will be the first day of Spring in just 3 days time on March 20th! Yes, next Wednesday is down on the calender as the vernal equinox - where...
• Siskins in the garden bring back memories & a nap hand of goodies at Askham Bog
  on Mar 17, 2013 in Photography Yorkshire York Birds
  As a young lad I remember my parents allowing me to camp overnight in the garden for the very first time. I'd just got into birdwatching and so thrilled because I'd rigged up a homemade bird table, loaded it with food I thought birds might like to ea...
• Road trip to Hampshire ...Brents & Sanderlings a plenty plus a couple of goons!
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Photography Life and People UK Hampshire Bird Reports Places of Interest Landscapes Birds
  Another whistle stop road trip down to Hampshire to visit friends and squeeze in a bit of birding last week. We shouldn't be surprised I suppose but once again the weather was against us for all but a brief window of sunshine on Wednesday afternoon /...
• Odds n Sods - picture postcard robins, tits in boxes and Melbourne floods
  on Feb 25, 2013 in Photography Places of Interest Yorkshire Landscapes Birds
  Popping down to the South coast for a few days with my mate Mark .... any chance of an early Sand Martin seems to have been banished with this cold snap but hey you never know and we're sure to see something down there. One probable destination will...
• Spring-like then Winter gets a grip again in the Lower Derwent Valley
  on Feb 21, 2013 in Photography UK Bird Reports Places of Interest Yorkshire Birds
  I've been getting a tad bogged down with masses of photographs to process now that I've decided to start shooting in RAW format ... this means using software to deal with the resulting unprocessed images (I'm using Lightroom 4.2) and as yet I'm still...
• Loch Torridon and back in 72 hours!
  on Feb 15, 2013 in Photography Scotland Life and People Places of Interest Landscapes Birds
  A lovely & memorable recent event for me was accompanying Ruth, one of my twin daughters', up to the highlands of Scotland as she pursued a job at the Torridon Hotel. York to Torridon came out at 435 miles on the satnav .
• My new office on Askham Bog!
  on Feb 8, 2013 in Photography Places of Interest Yorkshire York Landscapes Birds
  I started my new job as a Wildlife Support Officer with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust a few weeks ago and thought I post a few pics from my base at Askham Bog.Askham Bog is a small (45ha) but unique reserve being one of the very few remaining woo...
• Wild birds on a university campus near you!!
  on Feb 1, 2013 in Bird Reports Places of Interest York Birds
  Heslington East has loomed large in many a recent bird report from the York area and something I've been meaning to do for a while is find out precisely where this place is and explore! In truth, it didn't take much exploring and as good a spot as it...
• Out and about in blustery Lincolnshire reveals a rare Long Billed Dowitcher plus lots of other waders and raptors
  on Jan 31, 2013 in Bird Reports Places of Interest Lincolnshire Birds
  Talk about bright n breezy ... must have been getting up for force 7 or 8 when we went out a couple of days ago to a reserve in Lincolnshire called Alkborough Flats. Personally I hate being out in the wind and what with the squally showers that came...
• Snow Buntings, Peregrine, Iceland Gull and lots more in Bridlington Bay
  on Jan 27, 2013 in Bird Reports Places of Interest Yorkshire Birds
   Decided I needed to see the sea couple of days ago so headed for my nearest n dearest sea spot, a place called Auburn, a couple of miles South of sunny Bridlington. It's a wonderful stretch of beach in the Winter months and apart from a...
• Fabulous Fieldfares & incongrous Peacocks at Tilmire, a great new local site
  on Jan 26, 2013 in Photography Bird Reports Places of Interest York Landscapes Birds
  Thanks to joining a local birding network I've become aware of several sites in the York area that have somehow escaped my notice over the years ... fantastic and thrilling yes but also a little humbling to realise that I've been birding man and boy...
• Freezing my rocks off down the Pocklington Canal!
  on Jan 25, 2013 in Photography Yorkshire weather Landscapes Birds Trees and Flowers
  At last the water levels have receded enough in the Lower Derwent Valley to gain a bit more access and although  at the time of visiting a pair of  'mansize' waders would have been the only way to get onto Wheldrake Ings, the Pocklington Ca...
• A lovely day at Potteric Carr
  on Jan 18, 2013 in Photography Places of Interest Yorkshire Birds
  I started a new job with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust recently as a Wildlife Support Officer and although it's only part time, what with training days and getting up to speed with how things work, there's not been much time for posting material...
• Like Andalucia?
  on Jan 8, 2013 in Places of Interest Birds Spain
  Cracking site / forum here if, like me, you're partial to a taste of Southern Spain. It's called the Andalucia Bird Society. Click here to view the siteFor my money Andalucia is by far the best area of Spain and not just for birding, with its magnifi...

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