btw im the one on the right
Sunday, 1 November 2009
modern birding is rubbish and i look like david koresh!
doh thanks to Ms G for pointing this out,im not the leader of a cult honest!
btw im the one on the right
btw im the one on the right
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
god im bored
a pure sheer lack of motivation this last month! why i dont know? but i need to back into the field.
im so bored at the moment i could not even be arsed getting off the sofa to go for the eastern crowned warbler!!!! which was the one bird i only ever wanted to see!
im so bored at the moment i could not even be arsed getting off the sofa to go for the eastern crowned warbler!!!! which was the one bird i only ever wanted to see!
Friday, 2 October 2009
Sunday, 20 September 2009
its been a while.........................!
well over a month since the last update!
a new place of work means i cannot get to the 'with' after work
after visiting the parents this morning,i headed to spurn armed with freshly made sausage rolls which were all eaten whilst stuck behind the slowest fucking driver in the world!
spurn was full of fucking numpty birdwatchers not what i like but he ho! even a coach trip from huddersfield but i swerved them lot! though met up with a few decent birders mr cunnimgham and mr hewitt were as always friendly and chatty.
spent most of my time along the long bank which gets very few birders apart from the ones that know!
spent the last few hours enjoying the woodchat shrike,is it me or are birds like this more attractive in juv/1st winter plumage? loads of subtle colours and detail................i ove em!
a new place of work means i cannot get to the 'with' after work
after visiting the parents this morning,i headed to spurn armed with freshly made sausage rolls which were all eaten whilst stuck behind the slowest fucking driver in the world!
spurn was full of fucking numpty birdwatchers not what i like but he ho! even a coach trip from huddersfield but i swerved them lot! though met up with a few decent birders mr cunnimgham and mr hewitt were as always friendly and chatty.
spent most of my time along the long bank which gets very few birders apart from the ones that know!
spent the last few hours enjoying the woodchat shrike,is it me or are birds like this more attractive in juv/1st winter plumage? loads of subtle colours and detail................i ove em!
woodchat shrike
sammys point
sammys point
Thursday, 13 August 2009
golden ringed dragonfly 'the with'
well its been a while but the weather has been so fucking awful,fuck all about bird wise just a few meadow pipits,canada goose and 3 carrion crows!!
while walking along the north drain i noticed a dragonfly hawking low and behold my first golden ringed dragonfly! and it would appear to the 1st one locally.
while walking along the north drain i noticed a dragonfly hawking low and behold my first golden ringed dragonfly! and it would appear to the 1st one locally.
golden ringed dragonfly
the with
the with
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Sunday, 19 July 2009
wuthering heights
set off in the pouring rain from walshaw dean towards top withens farm near haworth. a very long time since i went there.
along the way despite the rain a few red grouse were seen along with grey wagtail,curlew and a couple of oystercatchers.
birding was not my main aim today as i wanted to see the supposed location of 'wuthering heights' the novel by emily bronte.approaching from withens clough is a bit of a let down as the site does not look as bleak as the title suggests cos you can see all of bradford and leeds in the distance!
to be honest the farm is a bit of a let down as it seems quite well looked after! it still has door on and a bit of a roof!but still they come to see the site.
top withens
even the bronte society do not even recognise the farm as the location.
so where is wuthering heights?
the most likely location is high sunderland hall at horley green,halifax,though long since demolished(1950's)the description matches,and emily was working as a teacher at law hill school southowram when she wrote the novel.its a shame the hall was ripped down.
along the way despite the rain a few red grouse were seen along with grey wagtail,curlew and a couple of oystercatchers.
birding was not my main aim today as i wanted to see the supposed location of 'wuthering heights' the novel by emily bronte.approaching from withens clough is a bit of a let down as the site does not look as bleak as the title suggests cos you can see all of bradford and leeds in the distance!
to be honest the farm is a bit of a let down as it seems quite well looked after! it still has door on and a bit of a roof!but still they come to see the site.
even the signs are in
japanese!!!
japanese!!!
top withens
even the bronte society do not even recognise the farm as the location.
so where is wuthering heights?the most likely location is high sunderland hall at horley green,halifax,though long since demolished(1950's)the description matches,and emily was working as a teacher at law hill school southowram when she wrote the novel.its a shame the hall was ripped down.
high sunderland hall
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