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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Corporal Jones' Rambling Stories

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Some awesome birding opportunities.....

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Look at the sky, listen to the birds and smell the flowers....

Why the 'Earlybirder'? As a boy I slept in a room overlooking gardens and an old orchard. I preferred to sleep with the curtains open and as it became light in the morning I would get up and, armed with a heavy old pair of binoculars and an even heavier and older bicycle, head out to explore the Welsh Harp, Ruislip Lido or Cassiobury Park.

I like the exclusivity of early mornings. It's the best part of the day...the air is often still and fresh and the birdsong is not masked by the hum of lawnmowers or background hiss of traffic. The sun of a new day sheds a uniquely bright light which gives everything, from flowers to feathers, a lustre which fades in the less-forgiving light later in the day. The world belongs to you and you feel so alive. While others sleep the rest of the world awakes. To witness a sunrise, focus on the incredible richness of a nightingale's song or watch a newly-hatched mandarin chick dry in the warmth of a pool of morning sun is to experience life at its purest. Bed can wait...

Link to Birdguides

These are the sound of Autumn...tseeping in undetected on clear nights.....

Link to Birdwatch

Link to RSPB

Birding at Titchwell...looking at sanderlings

Link to Bucks Bird Club

Firecrests will be passing through in the Autumn

'Big Days....'

Early start, late finish, uncertainty, freedom, company......these are the days you remember.......Reculver at Dusk

The Stream..........

'Take a ditch, get your hands dirty and let the sunlight back in......'

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