Posted in General on Oct 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
At the weekend I went on a Feed the Birds Day Walk at Bempton Cliffs.
It was a guided walk and we saw seabirds and garden birds. I saw a large black bird perched on the sheet cliff face. The guide told me it was a Jackdaw! It seems they are cliff nesting birds. Fancy. Jackdaws [...]
Posted in General on Oct 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Here are some photos of the RSPB Reserve at Bempton Cliffs. These photos were taken in October 2007. My camera is broken so could not take any this year.
I went on a guided walk on Sunday. More chat about the walk later on.
2nd Photo -
A solitary injured bird -
A solitary injured bird
We saw [...]
Posted in General on Oct 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Click here to listen to some Yorkshire Birdsong
I recorded this in my garden. I think they are all heading for the bird table. Cannot remember when I actually recorded it. Hope you enjoy.
I’d love to be able to recognise all the birds singing. It’s interesting learning though.
Posted in General on Oct 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Hi, I had a comment from a lady who wondered if a sparrowhawk had come to her garden because there were some birds there that were ill and so were easy to prey on.
I replied -
Hi, What an interesting view. There could be something in that. Maybe the sparrowhawk saw weak and ill victims that [...]
Posted in General on Oct 25th, 2008 No Comments »
THE ROBIN’S SONG
God bless the field and bless the furrow,
Stream and branch and rabbit burrow,
Hil and stone and flower and tree,
From Bristol town to Wetherby -
Bless the sun and bless the sleet,
Bless the lane and bless the street
Bless the night and bless the day
From Somerset and all the way
To the meadows of Cathay:
Bless the minnow, [...]
Posted in General on Oct 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Predators and Birds.
Have been thinking about and ‘chatting’ (because of a comment made) about predators and birds.
Mainly it was about sparrowhawks killing birds but there was also a note about cats in the garden. How can we stop them coming in and killing birds.
CATS KILL BIRDS - IS THE ANSWER IN THIS ARTICLE? - There [...]
