Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, damflask, loxley valley, my patch, photography, sheffield, surveys on June 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday I got up early and spent the whole morning finishing, or nearly finishing, my two surveys. Firstly I did my late visit for the BTO Breeding Bird Survey. The first thing I found as I got off the bus at Damflask were three great spotted woodpeckers, all in the same tree, which boded [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agden reservoir, birds, damflask, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield, spring on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I had a day off work, and walked solidly from about 8am until about 4pm. I’m knackered! The plan was to spend the morning at Agden Side, and then spend the afternoon doing the habitat survey for my BTO Breeding Bird Survey.
My targets were wheatear at Agden, and sadly they never turned up. However [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, damflask, mammals, sheffield, wyming brook on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I decided to give my patch a break, and caught a bus to Damflask with the aim of walking a meandering route from there to Wyming Brook. I had two birding aims for myself today - to see green woodpecker, grey partridge and dipper (I’ll tell you from the start - I saw none [...]
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