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Showing posts with label North Devon Bird Watching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Devon Bird Watching. Show all posts
Saturday, 31 August 2024

Focus Nature Notes. Farewell Summer

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As harvesting is almost over and farmers trim the field hedgerows, apples and blackberries are ripening, purple heather, yellow gorse bloom ...
Friday, 2 October 2020

Birdwatching - Life on the Torridge Estuary

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Local walks and beaches have been inundated so enjoyed a brief trip to the burrows now the official Summer season is over. An incoming tide,...
Monday, 25 November 2019

Devon Wildlife Trust becomes owner of major new wildlife haven in North Devon

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Devon Wildlife Trust has purchased the 80 hectare wetland which forms part of the northern edge of the Taw Estuary, close to the village ...
Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Rare 'white blackbird' lands in North Devon

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A rare albino blackbird has been spotted in Hatherleigh, North Devon. The 'white blackbird' was discovered by Devon Wildlife Tru...
Saturday, 19 April 2014

Return of the Swallows.

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I saw the first Swallows today and although the horizons are changing in the countryside it’s nice to know that some things stay the same....
Thursday, 3 April 2014

National Trust Commission “Tweet Music” : Celebrating the sounds of Spring

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A leading UK beatboxer has vocally recreated the nation’s best-known songbirds to celebrate the sounds of spring and encourage the nation ...
Friday, 10 January 2014

New Year rainbows, soggy walks. and counting birds.

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I am feeling a little “under the weather” so I’m not getting much gardening done. According to the RSPB this is the best time to cut back ...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

Hot enough to put the washing out. Fold and remove after use!!

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Heard a constant cheep, cheep this morning as I was making the coffee. Looked out the window and thought I'm sure I'd brought all...
Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Devon’s Nature in Trouble. Conservation organisations join forces to call on people to take action

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OUR NATURE IS IN TROUBLE – this is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report launched today by a coalition of leading conservation and res...
Monday, 11 February 2013

My Little Garden Birdwatch. Spring is just around the Corner

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February and it’s still raining, keep your fingers crossed, let’s hope the weather improves for Spring 2013. Even though 2012 was the 2nd ...
Monday, 28 January 2013

HUGE WILDLIFE HAVEN TO BE CREATED AT MEETH

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A vast wildlife haven is to be created at the former Meeth Quarry, a 150 hectare site recently purchased by the Devon Wildlife Trust thank...
Monday, 21 January 2013

TAKE PART IN THE BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH THIS WEEKEND

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The world's biggest wildlife survey, Big Garden Birdwatch , now in its 34th year, is nearly here and you could help make it the bigge...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Caught in the Act.

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A plump female bullfinch munching on the new honeysuckle shoots.
Thursday, 5 January 2012

BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2012.

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The RSPB’s biggest event of the year, the Big Garden Birdwatch will take place on January 28th and 29th. Last year over 609,000 people too...
Thursday, 13 January 2011

The RSPB’s biggest event of the year "Big Garden Birdwatch"

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The RSPB’s biggest event of the year "Big Garden Birdwatch" will take place on January 29th and 30th. In recent years, around hal...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Swallows and waterfalls

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Nice to know that whilst the world's airlines remain grounded due to the Icelandic Volcano, those brave little swallows have still manag...
Saturday, 3 April 2010

Big Garden Bird Watch 2010 Results

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It's Official small birds struggled to beat the snowy winter Nearly 530,000 people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch 2010 and counted ...
Monday, 18 January 2010

The North Devon Snow Party's over!

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The North Devon ’s snow party is finally over. In December 2009 there was a cold snap and snow flurries ensuring the UK enjoyed that elusiv...