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Buzzards, the final straw!
Today I read in the Guardian that a government agency had issues licenses to destroy the eggs and nests of Buzzards to ‘protect’ pheasant shoots. The Buzzard is a protected species; so the fact that licenses have been issued to destroy part of the population of this raptor in order to ‘protect’ captive bred non-native [...]
Walking for Turkish Wildlife – Anxiety and Proposed route for week 1
My Walking for Turkish wildlife plans are now beginning to take shape, it is all starting to feel scarily real now! Half of me is really excited about this walk and half of me is absolutely terrified! I have no doubt that the toughest part for me is going to be not seeing Kath and [...]
Shed Swallows!
My birding activities have been pretty quiet recently, due to general busyness! However last weekend I managed a few hours ‘Skua watching’ on the Solway! It wasn’t a classic passage day, but it was just nice to be out and about! It was nice that it wasn’t to busy, my mind can’t cope with the [...]
Walking for Wildlife – A quick update!
I’ve not posted much lately about how plans are going for the walk across Turkey, but things are getting busy! I am still finalising the route with Doğa Derneği, but communication has been pretty great. The current draft of the route is looking pretty epic! If you click the link below the embedded map you [...]
The Scottish Birdfair – Awesomeness
Yesterday saw me heading of the M74 at some ridiculous hour in the morning with my three daughters and Kath. The weather wasn’t looking that great, typical Scottish weather some might say! Despite this we were all looking forward to a day at the Scottish Birdfair! I was admittedly a little bit nervous as [...]
The Scottish Birdfair – Giving my right (and left) arm!
Tomorrow I am looking forward to visiting The Scottish Birdfair with my family! It will be an early start for us, but the kids are looking forward to an exciting day out in Scotland! I hope that I will see you there too! If you are visiting then you it would be great to see [...]
Mental thoughts!
It has been a good while since I blogged about my mental illness, but be it for my own therapy or to help anyone else who suffers from similar afflictions here is another installment. This is not a cry for help or a search for sympathy, this is just me talking frankly about how mental [...]
Natterjacks and Owls!
I love the fact that my three daughters get really excited about wildlife! I hope that this awareness will encourage them to always care for the things around them! It is great to share nature and I was delighted when I heard that the Carlisle Natural History Society were leading a trip to see Natterjack [...]
Training for Turkey Update: Running Streak (Bad Idea)!
Continuing with my training for turkey fitness campaign, I decided to test my mettle by doing a running streak! This wasn’t my brightest idea, but when have I ever been sensible! You will have already read about Day 1 of my running streak; 10k leg of the BQ Relay at the Sunderland Marathon last Sunday! [...]
Birdlife Malta Update – Maltese Governments failure to carry out its legal obligations!
With the spring hunting season coming to an end on Malta the following summary by Birdlife Malta indicates that the Maltese Government is failing massively in its legal obligations: Tuesday 30th April – Today, on the final day of the spring hunting season, BirdLife Malta presented the provisional results of its Spring Watch bird migration [...]
