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  • Last Thursday I had been out to the moor and had a fortunate encounter with a female cuckoo who was intent on laying. She had…

  • Out yesterday at the Sand Martin colony as blogged here I had an interesting and great sighting. I stood talking to a dog walker who's…

  • I went back to the local Sand Martin colony today to see if there were any sign of fledged babies. The nest that I had…

  • I had a great, great day yesterday. The weather was absolutely glorious and in the afternoon I decided to go out to Dartmoor to look…

  • At present there is an eruption of painted Lady Butterflies in the UK. I have seen them twice today, once this morning and then tonight…

  • Today has been a great one! At some godly hour, well around 6.30 I left the house to attend a ringing training session. I am…

  • Even though it was pouring with rain this morning I sat in the hide trying to get some interesting shots of the Blue Tit family.…

  • I discovered this lovely solitary bee in the garden today. He didn’t look particularly unhappy, nor lonely and I can’t imagine why he is on…

  • On the 11th January we had a ringing session in my garden. A Blue Tit was ringed, a male as it happened. This can be…

  • I went out in the evening to see if I could bump in to a dog fox that I had been told is a regular…