by Paul | Aug 29, 2020 | Bird Watching, Birds, Countryside walking, Days Out, Long Walks, Nature Reserves, RSPB, Short walks, Travel
This item is an open page to which I shall add content as I think of it or encounter it. Bird watching in its own right is a pleasing experience, to also capture good images or video, or even do a sketch or field painting is a bonus. I know many bird watchers that no...
by Paul | Aug 22, 2020 | Birds, Coastal Walking, Days Out, Nature Reserves, Norfolk, RSPB
RSPB Titchwell Norfolk August 20th 2020 A break in the wet stormy weather gave me the opportunity to pay a day visit to Titchwell North Norfolk, which is only a two hour drive from Northampton if you leave at 6 am as I did. At 8.05 I arrived at the carpark,...
by Paul | Aug 1, 2020 | Birds, Countryside walking, Days Out, Nature Reserves, RSPB, Short walks
Frampton Marsh 30th July 2020 This reserve is an easy drive from Northampton. Follow A45 out past Rushden Lakes and Stanwick Lakes, ( resist the temptation to stop ) join the A605 to Peterborough. Follow the A605 through Peterborough and then join the A16...
by Paul | Jul 24, 2020 | Aircraft, Birds, Countryside walking, Days Out, Mammals, Nature Reserves, Short walks, Summer Leys
Summer Leys LNR (or anywhere else for that matter) I visit Summer Leys LNR often. As you walk around and get your daily exercise you should also take in other delights depending on your interests, and there is lots to see and photograph, if you look. The...
by Paul | Jul 14, 2020 | Birds, Countryside walking, Nature Reserves, Ravensthorpe Reservoir, Short walks
A Day of Two Halves The Garden and Ravensthorpe Reservoir In amongst days of poor weather Sunday 12/7/20 turned out to be very nice. As I pottered about the garden watering the Bonsai, Tomatoes the new Grape vine ( Chasselas Dore De Fontainbleau)...
by Paul | Jun 12, 2020 | Birds, Coastal Walking, Days Out, Nature Reserves, RSPB
“The Bempton Cliffs reserve, on the spectacular Yorkshire coast, is home to one of the UK’s top wildlife spectacles. Around half a million seabirds gather here between March and October to raise a family on towering chalk cliffs which overlook the North...