Skeins of Brent Geese
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
There aren’t many places in England that feel like a real wilderness but I have found somewhere that feels as remote as the Central Kalahari of Botswana. Less than two hundred miles from London but there are no motorways here. The North coast of Norfolk is a desolate [...]
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A flock of Golden Plover
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
The RSPB reserve of Titchwell is on the North Coast of Norfolk. There are a series of inland lakes from the sea which are great feeding grounds for a variety of birds. From the hides we saw plenty of wideon and flocks of lapwings and Golden Plover. [...]
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House sparrow
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
They were in the news this morning. Sadly they are in decline. A whole community live outside my mother’s house in Devon. THey are delightful. Living in a community together there would be a delightful buzz about the place. Busily feeding and fighting they would always be worth watching. In [...]
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Pale Chanting Goshawk
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
The Ravenous Rambler is a keen bird watcher so I feel a review of this device fits into place here among the recipes and walks.
Have you been out walking and wondered what that bird song was? Maybe you have been looking for the first chiffchaff of the season but can’t [...]
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“Excuse me, can you tell us why there are so many cars here”? The bewildered couple were getting out of their van expecting a quiet stroll around Rutland Water bird watching. But they had chosen the very weekend that thousands of exhibitors and people descend on the place for the British Bird [...]
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Puffin
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
Finally managed to get to The Farnes. The Farne Islands are a small group of Islands off the coast of Northumberland. They are the summer breeding grounds of many seabirds.
The weather was wet and cloudy this morning but the sea was calm and it was our last day so we had [...]
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Whooper swan
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
On the way back from Islay to England we stopped for a day or two in Dumfries. This is a beautiful part of lowland Scotland with plenty of bird watching. Like Islay it is home for thousands of geese but these geese come down from Norway to spend the winter on [...]
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The Ravenous Rambler was up before the larks this morning. 3.30 am to be precise and then down to the Warburg nature reserve in the Bix valley for International Dawn Chorus Day.
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