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Andy Roberts is a writer who initiated DARnet. Contact me on aroberts@gmail.com or @aroberts on twitter
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Blue House Farm North Fambridge
Blue House Farm Bird Reserve, North Fambridge Thursday is our new day off, so we took ourselves out of London on the Eastern Railway line towards Southend and then on the little single track branch line from Wickham to North … Continue reading
Posted in wildlife
Tagged Alexandra Lake, bird, bird reserve, birds, brent geese, crouch valley, habit, Marsh Harriers, reed beds, salt marsh, sea wall, Wanstead, wanstead flats, white fronted geese, widgeon, wildlife, wildlife trust
140 Curlews
I counted 140 Curlews on two mudbanks in the estuary near Devoran today. That’s a huge increase on recent years, and suggests the curlew population, and that of other wader birds, are well on the way to fully recovering after … Continue reading
Wild parakeets seen as a threat in the UK
I think these are just one particular species of parakeet, the monk parakeet which can apparantly cause damage to electricity pylons. The ever increasing rose ringed or ring necked parakeets that we see fly overhead on a daily basis shoudn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, crop farmers, cull, damage, DEFRA, department of environment, electrical supply, electricity, electricity pylons, exterminate, feeding, food crops, monk, monk parakeet, parakeets, pigeons, protection, royal society for the protection of birds, Rural affairs, shot, song birds, South America, south of england, threat, UK, uk wildlife
Tim Birkhead ‘Wisdom of Birds’ at Do Lectures
Tim Birkhead, author of ‘The Wisdom of Birds’ speaks at the DO Lectures, held last month in fforest, Wales. (Go and look at the yurts then come back and listen to the video)
Flightless Birds at Kew Gardens
I’ve bought an annual pass for Kew Gardens this years so I’ll be going more frequently, and for shorter trips. Apart from all the botany and horticulture of course, Kew is also hone to a fair bit of wildlife, some … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, birds, Flightless, geese and ducks, Kew, kew gardens, photo, woodland, woodland walk
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
These Greater Spotted Woodpeckers have become regular visitors in my urban garden, requiring the peanut feeder to be topped up every few days. A messy eater, the woodpecker seemed to be getting through loads of nuts at each visit but … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, birds, feeder, garden, garden bird, garden birds, great tits, peanut, starlings, Tits, urban garden, video, woodpecker, woodpeckers
Fledgling Baby Birds
It’s peak season for fledgling baby birds in our garden right now and every day seems to bring new additions to the hungry crowd. The baby great tits have been a joy to have around for the past week or … Continue reading
Tagged baby birds, baby sparrows, bird, birds, birds, fledgling, great tits, Robin, starlings, tit, wrens
