The ‘Restless’ rocked from side to side in the moderate easterly winds. The rumble of the motor droned on as we cruised up the coast from Teignmouth. Caves, rock formations, beaches and trees hanging perilously close to the sheer cliffs. Spray sprung up over the gleaming red and white sides of the boat, soaking anythingContinue reading “The Restless”
Author Archives: Henry Jones
A Wild Goose Chase (Or Is It?)
Wind breezy, sun shining. The perfect backdrop for a good day’s birding at Emsworthy Mire DWT Reserve. Kicking off with a tremendous tree pipit, these birds are well known for their parachuting display. As it climbed higher and higher, it then opened its wings and ‘parachuted’ down, only beginning to flap when inches above theContinue reading “A Wild Goose Chase (Or Is It?)”
Fledgling Shock
In our garden and local area, we have discovered many different breeding birds, a lot of which we can completely confirm. House sparrows, wrens, blue tits and possibly long tailed tits, due to their numbers here. But this evening, we had a whopping new edition to the list. Earlier this season, we noticed a groupContinue reading “Fledgling Shock”
The Mistaken Moorhen
The constant rain showers had given up for an hour and we decided to head for Stover Park. As we exited the car park, a blackbird swooped low over the needle littered undergrowth and came to rest by a drainage ditch. Sticking it’s beak deep in the soil, dirt flew from the hole it hadContinue reading “The Mistaken Moorhen”
Garden Birds: Sunday 2nd May 2021
Discovering nesting birds is rapidly becoming more common here. The early nesters, such as the robins, have already fledged and the parents are being worked tremendously, feeding the ravenous balls of fluff. I am pleased to say that we have (possibly) got blue tits in one of our nest boxes, this fact based on 2Continue reading “Garden Birds: Sunday 2nd May 2021”
Brilliant Birds!
The rain had nearly ceased, so we decided to make the most of it. We pulled on our boots, grabbed the binoculars and off we went. We were at stover country park, one of my favourite places to be while we were in lockdown. The rain then had just about ceased, but then there wasContinue reading “Brilliant Birds!”
Garden Birdwatch Result: 22.1.21
Usual species on the feeders today. With the weather though, quite a lot. The robin doing its regular hummingbird-like hovering around the suet cakes. The long tailed tit gang scouting the fat-balls. The nuthatches and tits gorging on the black sunflower. My brand new feeder have been coming into their own lately. I got itContinue reading “Garden Birdwatch Result: 22.1.21”
After Christmas
As a gift, I recieved a bird feeding station and some bird food for christmas. Since we hadn’t fed the birds for a while, I decided to put it up. The pole now stands at the centre of the garden with 8 feeders hanging from it. Mainly suet with a couple of feeders with sunflowerContinue reading “After Christmas”
The Urban Surprise
As we walked down the street, a white flash caught my eye on the river. I stopped and stared in utter shock. 2 large ducks, one white, the other grey. Goosanders. Sadly, I wasn’t equipped with any optics at this time so views were distant but still scarce ducks nonetheless. This comes as only myContinue reading “The Urban Surprise”
Slapton Surprise
It was early evening as we trudged through the mud, coating the path like a blanket. We were at Slapton ley NNR and looking for some birds. Again, my piece of essential gear was my DMC – FZ330 camera. As we strolled down the trail, conditions looked promising. There was plenty of coots on theContinue reading “Slapton Surprise”
The Bovey Birder 