by Paul | Apr 16, 2020 | Birds, Countryside walking, Days Out, Place, Walks
Looking west towards Clipston area HARRINGTON AIRFIELD Harrington airfield, known as Station 179 during WW2, was built by the 826th and 852nd Engineer Battalions of the US Army as a Class A airfield intended for heavy bomber use, the main runway length being...
by Paul | Mar 27, 2020 | Birds, Days Out, Mammals, Photograph, Summer Leys, Walks
1st Chiffchaf photo of 2020 at Summer Leys Nature Reserve The chiffchaff is a bird of woodland, scrub, parks and gardens. It sings its name out loud in a simple ‘chiff chaff chiff chaff’ song, which it performs from the tree canopy. Some chiffchaffs stay...
by Paul | Mar 20, 2020 | Birds, Days Out, Place, Ravensthorpe Reservoir
“UK PM Johnson: Everyone should now avoid social contact with others” Is the day that I decided to keep myself away from potential sources of the Corvid-19 Virus. Whether I shall be successful will been obvious later in the year. So no cafes and pubs in...
by Paul | Jan 25, 2020 | Birds, Days Out, Photograph, Walks
A Robin at Stortons Gravel Pits January 2020 is almost over, it has been wet almost the whole month and has left lakes and rivers bursting and dangerously full. Trips out have been hampered by the poor light and water logged walkways. Ravensthorpe for example is...
by Paul | Nov 11, 2019 | Birds, Days Out, Photograph, Place, Short walks, Walking and climbing, Walks
Two images stitched together I visit Ravensthorpe on many occasions. It is a pleasant short walk which walking non stop would take about 30 minutes. Stopping and starting it turns into an hour or more. Usually with a wide selection of bird life to observe including...
by Paul | Sep 9, 2019 | Birds, Days Out, Long Walks, Nature Reserves, Place, RSPB, Travel, Walks
RSPB Frampton Marsh – Lincolnshire – 3rd September 2019 https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/frampton-marsh/ I think I visited Frampton Marsh on a ‘quiet’ day. There were birds about but not in any large...
