by Dominic | Dec 17, 2017 | News
Totally delighted to have TWO books in the Guardian’s round-up of best nature books of the year: “Songs of Love and War” and “Britain’s Mammals”. Makes the hard work worthwhile. Britain’s Mammals is also ‘book of the month’ in...
by Dominic | Dec 4, 2017 | Longham Lakes
THE YEAR 2017 in review at Longham Lakes, Dorset This year has been fantastic in just about every aspect for this site, for birding and wildlife-watching generally. The total of 134 species of birds is a record, just, but it was the quality that stood out, and a nice...
by Dominic | Sep 2, 2017 | Longham Lakes
26th November I heard last week of another ‘control’ of one of the Longham birds. Not a great movement but good to hear of it again – details below. Strictly it shouldn’t be a control as it was caught less than 5km from the ringing location – so officially it is a...
by Dominic | Jul 2, 2017 | Nature Writing, News, Trip Reports
Here’s something a little different from your usual bird reports… I have taken my son Samuel up Snowdon a couple of times so, with the spring half term approaching this year, we decided it was time to launch on assault on the other peaks that make up the...
by Dominic | Jun 17, 2017 | Longham Lakes
30th August Four Garganey still present this evening showing well close to the west bank of the South Lake (George Green.) 28th August Perhaps not surprising re recent events in Poole Harbour, but an Osprey circled over the South Lake at Longham Lakes at 11am. The 4...
