A Parliament of Crows
We almost gave up on this morning’s walk at RSPB Fairburn Ings as the rain seemed to be setting in but as it was so quiet there we were able to get good views of two roe deer, grazing just 50 yards...
View ArticleWashington Wildfowl Trust
Taking a break on our return from Northumberland at Washington Wildfowl and Wetland Trust.
View ArticleSaltholme
We took a break at the RSPB Saltholme wetlands reserve on our way to, and back from, Northumberland last week. The panoramic windows of the first floor cafe look out over one of the lagoons, so we...
View ArticleHauxley
Another sketchbook page from our short break in Northumberland and it’s another view from a table in a cafe overlooking a lagoon in a restored landscape, this time at the Lookout Café at the Hauxley...
View ArticleSaltholme Pools
Cattle grazing at Saltholme Pools drawn from the comfort of the two-story hide. On Wednesday morning the farmer was moving the cattle that graze the marshes at RSPB Saltholme from Paddy’s Pool over to...
View ArticleCurlews and Tree Sparrows
Curlews and tree sparrows at the Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Hauxley nature reserve last week. And some grazing teal from our return journey via RSPB Saltholme reserve.
View ArticleSecondary Feather
Feather that I picked up by the track at St Aidan’s yesterday and I think that it’s a secondary from the right wing of a goose. A large flock of pink-footed geese went over, touching down at the...
View ArticleFairburn Ings, 1964
From my 1964-65 negatives, this was probably my first visit the what was then a West Riding County Council nature reserve at Fairburn Ings (now an RSPB reserve). I’ve colourised the shot of the...
View ArticleSutton-cum-Lound Gravel Pits, 1973
From my sketchbook (and diary) from 50 years ago today, Thursday, 23 August, 1973: Mother and I visited Grandma (in excellent form). Such a fine afternoon that I took a walk out to the Gravel Pits...
View ArticlePenguin Dance
I’ve often seen great-crested grebes go through their head-shaking, ritualised preening display, but at last this morning at RSPB St Aidan’s, we got to see the presentation of beakfuls of water-weed...
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