Many Mouths To Feed
At this time of year many birds will be starting on their second broods after having been busy raising and feeding their first family. As...
Kingfishers Courting
Well it looks like I missed the first brood fledge as the kingfishers were getting friendly again on the river this morning. The female...
Oystercatchers
As the name suggests these are generally coastal wading birds however there is a good breeding population on the Yorkshire moors and in...
How Much Poo?
Great morning sat watching the local kingfishers. Both parents were to and fro to the nest with fish (please note the nest is a long way...
Coots
Not the most striking of our water birds the coot is often overlooked. All black apart from the the white beak and head shield they are a...
More Drama than the BBC
An early morning start to hopefully watch the woodpeckers fledge ended up being an emotional roller coaster! As I arrived I noticed one...
Return of the Dippers
One casualty of the Boxing Day floods was the river itself and its Geography was changed in many ways by the sheer force of water which...
Duckling Overload
The mallard ducklings have started to appear on the canal with one female with 10 and another with 14 bundles of fluff. Unfortunately...
Back in Black (and red)
Last year I watched a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers raising their chicks in my local wood. I've been going back over the last couple...
Tales From the Canal Bank
Spring is in full swing on the local canal with lots of tiny ducklings appearing as well as a nesting Canadian goose. However it seems...
