Bee Orchid
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24/06/2008
Bee Orchid, originally uploaded by Roger B. Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera). Photographed...
Bee Orchid
Bigby Update
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23/06/2008
Yesterday afternoon I added another species to my Bigby list: pied flycatcher.Liz and I were walking along the bank of Agden Reservoir when a male flycatcher alighted on a branch just a few metres ahead of us. He looked very handsome in his striking black and white livery.This sighting brings my total...
Bigby Update
I and the Bird #77
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12/06/2008
Mandarin, originally uploaded by Roger B.
The 77th edition of I...
I and the Bird #77
Scilly Birds
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10/06/2008
In birding circles, the Isles of Scilly are famous as a stopping off point for rare migrants. An amazing variety of species have turned up over the years, including short-toed eagle, Siberian thrush, cream-coloured courser and ovenbird. The Isles of Scilly Bird Group publishes an annual review if you...
Scilly Birds
Maltby Common
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07/06/2008
Maltby Common Local Nature Reserve,...
Maltby Common
Home again
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06/06/2008
Tresco Channel, originally uploaded by Roger B.
On Tuesday Liz and I reluctantly...
Home again
Cressbrook Dale
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16/05/2008
Early Purples in Cressbrook Dale, originally uploaded by Roger B.
Earlier this week I paid another visit to Cressbrook Dale in Derbyshire. In the upper...
Cressbrook Dale
Sympathy for the Devil
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15/05/2008
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
So Paul Staines has faced the judge, kowtowed and pleaded uxorial ownership of a Golf and got off with a non-custodial sentence for a second drink driving offense.
From...
Sympathy for the Devil
Bigby update
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12/05/2008
Thanks to the influx of summer migrants, my Bigby list has grown by leaps and bounds over the past ten days: it now stands at 107 species.My list was also boosted by recent visits to two cracking nature reserves: Leighton Moss and Potteric Carr.Leighton Moss must be the easiest RSPB reserve to reach...
Bigby update
Wild Weekend
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07/05/2008
Yesterday afternoon Liz and I returned home from a long weekend spent exploring the diverse range of landscapes and habitats around Morecambe Bay.
Wild Weekend