by Paul | Jun 21, 2019 | Birds, City, Photograph, Travel
Sedge Warbler at Stortons Gravel Pits Northampton An interesting and varied week, which includes the solstice!. On Sunday I visited Ravensthorpe Reservoir. I have often boasted that I am good at reading the weather, well not this time. I was about 5 minutes into my...
by Paul | May 24, 2019 | Birds, Days Out, Nature Reserves, Photograph, Place, Short walks, Walks
Blue Tit Juvenile Stortons GP is somewhere I visit regularly ( it is close to where I live at the moment). It is an odd collection of spaces and wildlife habitat. It is a shame that the car park area at Sixfields is used by various groups to meet, drink, eat and in...
by Paul | May 17, 2019 | Countryside walking, Days Out, Long Walks, Place, Short walks, Travel, Walks
Lanzarote, is one of the canary Islands off the coast of Africa. Close enough for the Sahara sand to blow to the islands in huge amounts. It is largely volcanic and in relative terms has has recent eruptions . The greatest recorded eruptions occurred between 1730 and...
by Paul | May 9, 2019 | Birds, Walks
Ravensthorpe Reservoir is somewhere I visit at least once a week. It is a nice walk with lots of wildlife to see and hear. If you are lucky you may spot otters, foxes, and a variety of birds some fairly rare. On this day (8th May 2019) it was very grey, stormy...
by Paul | Apr 27, 2019 | Birds, Days Out, Long Walks, Place, Walks
Reed Bunting Rutland Water – Rutland Visit to the Egelton Bird Watching Centre on 24th April 2019 https://www.rutlandwater.org.uk/ Rutland Water is BIG! Not something you do in a day, however more importantly it is somewhere you may visit...
