by Dominic | Dec 14, 2012 | News
Wisley Gardens, 13th December 2012 People love Robins for all kinds of reasons, but the bird’s unusually confiding nature has to one of its greatest delights. This also makes it unusually easy to photograph, as I found out at Wisley today, when Robins seemed to...
by Dominic | Dec 1, 2012 | News
1st December 2012 Lorne Bissell has, remarkably, found a second new bird in a week for Longham Lakes. This time it’s a real rarity, a White-rumped Sandpiper, from the USA. Could anyone visiting Longham Lakes today please park at the Bridge House Hotel or Haskins...
by Dominic | Nov 21, 2012 | News
Radipole Lake, Dorset, 21st November 2012 Gulls in sunshine – who can resist them? Well, it turns out, a lot of people can. The girl in the Visitor Centre said “Gulls are awesome…but difficult.” And that is the crux of their unpopularity, at...
by Dominic | Nov 14, 2012 | News
18th October 2012 The penultimate blog from my recent trip to Australia, courtesy of the South Australian and Tasmanian tourist boards. “Please miss, could we see a Platypus?” We didn’t exactly say that, but it wasn’t far off. Up to now on this...
by Dominic | Nov 11, 2012 | News
Saturday 10th November It’s November, the summer is long gone and the nights are getting colder. Surely bats are the last mammals you would expect to see right now? Well, actually no. Those who study these animals are still hard at work, checking out winter...
by Dominic | Nov 11, 2012 | News
Continuing the blog from my recent trip to Australia, courtesy of the South Australian and Tasmanian tourist boards. 17th October 2012 An off-the-cuff remark from Rob our boatman brought it home. We were lounging on the upper deck of our cruise launch MV Reflections,...
