Late for School
I was late taking Annie to school today because at 8:30 this morning a roe deer walked across the field belonging to the neighbour right up to our garden. I fired off the photo below from the bedroom window before … Continued
Badger culling – a bad idea
On 8th December the government’s consultation on Bovine TB ends. I’ve read the consultation document and the government makes it clear it want to pursue a policy of culling badgers. I’ve got no problem with culling, per se, if its … Continued
Pink-Footed Geese
A few enjoyable hours today at Marshside and my current favourite birding location, Hesketh Out Marsh produced the following highglights. Hesketh Out Marsh. 250+ Golden Plover in the fields with similar numbers of Lapwing, 2+ Brambling in the hedgerow by … Continued
A hatrick of Merlins
On Saturday afternoon I should have been watching Blackburn Rovers play Aston Villa but the game was rescheduled to Sunday so I had a free afternoon. The Ribble estuary is always worth a visit at this time of year and … Continued
Great White Egret, River Ribble
I had about 20 minutes spare on my way to Clitheroe this morning and took a chance on the Great White Egret still being close to the bridge at Mitton. It had being located earlier in the day by Mike … Continued
Family camping holiday in Picos De Europa
This year we went camping in Spain during the school holidays. I chose the destination and I picked the Picos de Europa mountains, which apart from being great for camping happens to be stuffed with wildlife – what a coincidence! … Continued
Common Pipistrelle Roost
Video Footage of the Common Pipistrelle maternity roost emergence at the Inn at Whitewell on June 18th 2009621 Common Pipistrelles were counted during the emergence by members of East Lancs Bat group. Up to 5 other species of bat were … Continued
Warton Crag, 16th June
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Spent a very pleasant morning in warm and sunny weather at Warton Crag. Small heath and Northern Brown Argus butterflies were present in good numbers. Bird highlights included a couple of singing lesser whitethroats, 5 buzzard overhead and a peregrine … Continued
Brockholes Quarry 12th June 2009
Fairly quite on the bird front at the quarry. No hobby sightings whilst I was there today. There was at least a bit more going on with other winged creatures. This teneral black-tailed skimmer was on the public footpath by … Continued