Friday into Saturday – Fylde Coast to Douglas ‘The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft a-gley’ – from “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns There I was on day 6 of our holiday, sunning myself by the
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In late September, along with Ava and my Mum and Dad, we set off very early one morning, bound for Liverpool Airport to catch the 7am EasyJet flight to Faro, Portugal for a week of sun (and a spot of
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Over the last nine days I’ve completed four sea watching sessions, done a bit of weekend volunteering and purchased (physical and digital) few new books. To follow are some updates on them all. Seawatch sessions took place on 16th, 17th,
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You’ll be pleased to know that although this blog is all about me, it certainly won’t be all about me! I’m absolutely passionate about spreading knowledge and information and in this section I am going to post links to specific
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This is my first blog that deal with WeBS Surveys so let me set the scene. Once a month, on a Sunday coincident with a high tide during daylight hours (usually between 10am and 2pm), The British Trust for Ornithology
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It’s a place I first visited with my parents back in the late 1970’s an have probably been at least 25 times in the intervening forty years. It had however been quite a while since my last visit to Ingleton
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I’ve grown up and lived close to Marton Mere in Blackpool all of my life, and as a resident of an urban environment, I have always loved its apparent wildness and tranquillity, particularly when you consider that it sits just
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Something a little different on Sunday when a few members of Fylde Bird Club teamed up with members of the Lytham & District Wildfowlers Association (LDWA) and a good number of Scouts from the 2nd Freckleton Scout Group, to carry
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And so it began on this fine Sunday morning, with today thankfully being yesterdays tomorrow. Gone was the fog, and whilst not crystal clear, visibility for todays seawatch was at least 4000m and the sea was calm, mill-pond calm; for
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It had been a really quiet week weather wise, with high-pressure locked in over the UK and the lack of wind, slight northerly / north-easterly breeze, coupled with high humidity, led to a week of poor visibility, sea-mist and fog.
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