Nature
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May 16 Bird list
May 2016 bird species in and around our garden: Blackbird; Collared Dove; Siskin; Jackdaw; Crow; House Sparrow; Chaffinch; Robin; Red Kite; Coal Tit; Goldfinch; Greenfinch; Swallow; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Oyster Catcher; Song Thrush; Geese; Buzzard; Swift; Bullfinch; Gull; Wood Pigeon Continue reading
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March 2016 Birdlist
Here’s the second in the occasional series of birds we have spotted in our garden during the last month. Just like a talent show’s results, the list is in no particular order: Chaffinch Blue Tit Siskin Sparrow Blackbird Goldfinch Coal Tit Red Kite Collared Dove Robin Jackdaw Crow Great Tit Nut Hatch Barnacle Goose Greenfinch… Continue reading
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Kenick Burn
This must be a canoeist’s dream river. Okay, there had been a lot of rain and the river may have been in spate, but there was a lot of water travelling very quickly over a series of rapids. It all looked very impressive – and dangerous. The walk through the wood beside the burn was… Continue reading
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A Walk In The Woods
To Mabie forest near Dumfries on a fine afternoon in early spring. I thought I’d be uber adventurous (for me) and attempt the longest walk available through the wood. No such luck; the Forestry Commission have taken to tree felling in the forest at the moment and the nice long walk I’d planned was curtailed… Continue reading
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Eskrigg Nature Reserve
It’s amazing how you can live in an area all your life yet still be able to stumble upon some little unexplored corner. For me that was Eskrigg Nature Reserve, by Lockerbie. While visiting the Environment Fair in Dumfries the other week I came across the stall of the volunteers who look after the Reserve. After… Continue reading