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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.65

By Malcolm Fincham I had barely found time to sit down and take my boots off after my whirlwind tour of the Scottish Highlands, when I received a call from manically keen…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.64

By Malcolm Fincham With things quietening down locally and most birds now settled brooding and feeding their young, I decided it was that time of the year for my annual trip…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.63

By Malcolm Fincham On a very wet bank holiday Monday, May 25, I got a call from Dougal, a top local birdwatching friend and enthusiast, about some rare and unusual ‘happenings’ in…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.62

By Malcolm Fincham The temperatures crept up into the low 20c mark by mid-May bringing dry weather and sunshine. All this coinciding with a few days off work, and mislaying my…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.61

By Malcolm Fincham Continuing with my self set quest to keep bringing up to date pictures to my reports can be quite a challenge. During the first week of May I decided to…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.60

By Malcolm Fincham With the continued settled sunny weather during mid April the hawthorn was already starting to blossom. Also known as the May flower, this was a few weeks…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.59

By Malcolm Fincham In contrast to last year, the first weeks of April began with a rapid transformation around our Surrey countryside with hedgerows and trees coming into leaf and…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.58

By Malcolm Fincham Towards the end of March, I took a couple of trips on consecutive weekends to Farlington Marshes in Hampshire – a coastal location I have written about…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.57

By Malcolm Fincham A ridge of high pressure pushing up from the south has finally blocked the continuous flow of rain-filled Atlantic winds that have battered our shores over the…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.56

By Malcolm Fincham The first signs of spring is in the air or will there be a sting in her tail?   At present the forecast is looking promising with…