Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, deer, derbyshire, fox hagg, mammals, moscar, redmires reservoir, sheffield, stanage edge, wyming brook on June 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I took a day off work and caught the bus out to Lodge Moor, walked up to Redmires, up Stanege Edge to Moscar, down to Wyming Brook, Fox Hagg and then caught the bus home!
Things started out well at Redmires, with a grasshopper warbler reeling away. Although I didn’t get a glimpse, it still [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, birds of prey, derbyshire on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night I went out to a site in Derbyshire where some friends of mine believe peregrines to be nesting. Due to the persecution of these birds, and the fact this place doesn’t seem openly known, I’m afraid I’m not going to divulge the site on an open blog, sorry!
Although it took us a while, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, birds of prey, derbyshire, derwent reservoir on March 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I went on the SBSG raptor-watching field trip to Windy Corner near Howden Dams. Despite the weather forecast, and my fear of a total drenching, it was actually fine for most of the morning, with only a few showers which didn’t last very long. And, despite its name, Windy Corner proved to actually be quite [...]
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