Sometimes doing the washing up at the kitchen sink has its rewards! I just glanced up and noticed on my neighbour’s Rowan tree, silhouetted at the end of a branch, a rather heavy looking finch. At first I thought it was a fluffed up chaffinch but then, after I dived for my binoculars, could see […]
With rain forecast I was a little apprehensive about leading the group trip to Sevenoaks today, but it was not the rain that would cause an issue. The quietness of the birds and the blustery wind did much to hinder us in our quest. Sevenoaks lake However, a dozen of us met in the car park […]
Just to keep you up to date with the latest figures: Currently (14:00 hrs 10th September) those signed up to the Government petition to ban drive grouse shooting in the UK is: 15933 Local constituency support now stands at: Gravesham – 31 – a great increase from the previous 12 Dartford – 19 – previously 14 […]
We’ve received a newsletter from the new RSPB warden for North Kent Marshes, Ben Newton. You can read it here.
On Tuesday a group of 23 met at Lullingstone Country Park. Sally and I were the last to arrive (sorry – a bit late) but everyone seemed to be quite happy watching a treecreeper from the car park! In recent years it has become practice to add an encouraging note in the programme of what […]
This weekend saw the second Hen Harrier Day (HHD) take place. Although there were several events around the Country, as last year I was drawn back to my home county of Derbyshire, this time to the Goyt Valley near Buxton. Saturday evening was spent at the Buxton Palace Hotel where Mark Avery ran proceedings, including Mike […]
At Samphire Hoe a couple of weeks ago, whilst the rest of us were debating over the identity of a wader (which turned out to be a Knot), Joe was quietly watching as a spider and insect were crawling along the sea wall. Once I got the photo on the laptop, I realised that the insect […]
This evening I was speaking to a lady who has been nursing a young house martin and was looking for a site that has nesting house martins in order to release it ‘back into the wild’. Which got me thinking – I can’t recall seeing or hearing house martins over Gravesend this year. Swifts yes […]