There are two Tawny Owl Surveys running in the UK at present – well, one underway and the other about to start. Anyone can take part in the second one, doing it from your own home. The first tawny owl
Winterton Dunes – my favourite wild place #30DaysWild
Winterton Dunes have featured in my life for the last ten years at least. I arrived in Norfolk in 2006, and may have visited them that summer. It was not until the BTO surveys for the Bird Atlas (2007-2011) that
Breeding Bird Survey #30DaysWild
Monday I did my fifth Breeding Bird Survey of the season. There are only six, so I’m nearly done. That is, there are two surveys each for three different patches I cover in NE Norfolk. The BTO Breeding Bird Survey
Going Cuckoo – a walk in Hunstanton #30DaysWild
The cuckoo must be the most distinctive and widely known song in the world. Cuckoo clocks – who hasn’t heard one? Real cuckoos are often heard, but rarely seen, partly because the song echoes so far over the terrain. April,
Ornithology and Tuesday #haiku #AtoZChallenge
Ornithology is the study of birds; I’ve taken an interest in it all my life. I suppose we just used to notice garden birds, but if we went for walks, or had seaside holidays, my parents would name birds without it being anything
Zooniverse
We’re here. Zed. Big ZEE. The Z-most post of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge for 2015. And my theme of Natural Phenomena is blown wide open by… Zooniverse If you’ve enjoyed my trip around some fascinating natural