According to the RSPB volunteer, there are 200,000 sea birds on the cliffs of Bempton and Flamborough, the biggest breeding colony in the UK. I imagine this is true because there are places where one bird can land only when another has taken off. It’s a great place to visit…
At the weekend, we spent a couple of days at Rutland Water to see the Ospreys. The Osprey story goes like this. There are a few pairs in Rutland but only one pair nests on the reserve, the others on private land. A male and female arrived on the reserve…
We can be forgiven for driving miles to this or that wildlife reserve to sit in a hide and photograph whatever passes in front. I often do just that but I live on the edge of a village and keep seeing all kinds of wildlife in the immediate vicinity. Sitting…
We enjoyed the Island of Mull so much last year that we decided to return this year, via the Cairngorms to see Ospreys and Skye to see whatever we could find. We found a great B&B near to the RSPB reserve at Kingussie and soon discovered the ‘secret’ location of…
While on holiday on the Isle of Mull, I’ve had an email telling me I have another photo published in BBC Wildlife Magazine. Check out the May edition for this springbok being attacked by a black backed jackal. Visit in a day or two to see some ospreys from the…
We’ve just spent a week in north Norfolk in the small village of Binham. It’s about 35 years since I set foot in Norfolk so I had no idea what to expect, except that I knew there was a good number of reserves in the area. We had a great…
Yesterday, we visited Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. Wandering through the ruins, we found evidence of a new kill with fresh blood and feathers. It wasn’t long before we spotted the culprit flying quickly around Huby’s tower and then she landed high up on a ledge. A scan with the…
Just received the March edition of BBC Wildlife to find my Pallid Harrier pic in ‘Your Photos’. I think they fiddled with the text a bit but who cares?
I made another trip to Far Ings today. The weather was awful when I left Huddersfield and didn’t improve when I arrived at the reserve. My first few hours at Ness Lake hide produced little out of the ordinary but I had a visit from a flock of very wet…
On 2nd January, we left Southampton on Queen Victoria for a cruise to Rio, via Ford Lauderdale and Barbados, in search of a little sunshine, some flying fish and a booby or two. We had been in the Caribbean 12 months earlier and I learned a lot about fishing. Although…