Monday 3 March 2025 Weather: Sunny, light westerly winds. 3ºC For those of us who grew up with the comforting pop, hiss and crackle of vinyl, the natural world has always been a source of solace. And for me, that solace often comes in the form of a grey ghost, a...
Thursday 6 February 2025 Weather: Sunny, light northeasterly winds. 1ºC I had the pleasure today to guide Peter around a few sites in Derbyshire and Staffordshire to help him connect with and photograph some of his target bird species. Peter has long been into...
31 January to 1 February 2025 Weather: Sunny, early mists with a light southerly breeze. Min -1ºC Max 6ºC To quote HG Wells in the novel The War of the Worlds (1898): “Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that...
Monday 20 January 2025 Sunny spells and occasional showers, light westerly breeze. 2°C Our small group met up at Cromford Wharf at 08:00 with no expectation of seeing any Hawfinch until at least 09:00. We settled down to have a look at the River Derwent to try and see...
RSPB Freiston Shore Friday 10 January 2025 Sunny, light westerly breeze. 0°C Our small party met in the Car Park at Freiston Shore at 13:00 and we were soon scoping the lagoons to see what was around. Ice covered much of the open water and the contractors extending...
Deeping Lakes and Willow Tree Fen Friday 3 January 2025 Sunny, light to moderate westerly breeze. -2°C Today I had the pleasure of taking 11 year old Eric and his Grandfather, Paul, out into Lincolnshire to look for Owls and Cranes. Our day started at Deeping Lakes...
