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Glastonbury - Rutland style

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August 26, 2010

Shooting for Birdfair.tv (Russell F Spencer)Me & Bill (Russell…

First day back on The Tower

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August 18, 2010

Eyes to the skies (Russell F Spencer)I had a bit of a restless…

Spiders and birds

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August 16, 2010

Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi (David Fettes)Grey clouds and…

Migrant hunting

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August 15, 2010

Common Whitethroat (Russell F Spencer)Whilst everyone else in…

Ruff day in the city

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August 12, 2010

Juvenile Ruff feeding around the Round Pond, Kensington GardensFeeding…

Milton Keynes - the City of Lakes

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August 8, 2010

The view from MK's highest point A great hedge in the shopping…

Barn Hill & Fryent Country Park

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August 1, 2010

This morning I led a walk around Barn Hill and Fryent Country…

Where are all my trees?

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July 31, 2010

I showed up for football this morning nursing an injured ankle…

The zombie walks

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July 27, 2010

Garden Warbler (Russell F Spencer)Stupidly, I woke at 5am this…

Cornwall and North Wales in a weekend

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July 26, 2010

This weekend was perhaps my most knackering for several years…

50 years

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July 22, 2010

Today, the 22nd July, is 50 years to the day since my mum first…

Exciting times ahead

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July 20, 2010

South coast birder Clare Evans with TUBThings are looking pretty…

Singing around the Canary

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July 14, 2010

Documentary maker Ceri Levy & TUBTUB on the Canary Wharf…

Norfolk weekend

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July 12, 2010

Barn Swallow (Russell F Spencer)On Saturday morning directly…

News from the Tower

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July 8, 2010

The view from Tower 42Ohh, I'm loving these hot summer days and…

Reed Bunting Triumph!

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July 4, 2010

Male Reed Bunting (Russell F Spencer)Early this morning I was…

What a waste!

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July 3, 2010

Fact: British households waste 8.3 million tons of food every…

Food glorious food!

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July 2, 2010

TUB on Cape Clear 2008 (Kim Dixon)Once again it's deadline time.…

Stacks of Stock Doves

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June 29, 2010

Stock Dove (Tommy Holden)About 17 years ago I realised that Stock…

Hot sexy sun

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June 28, 2010

Despite having to wander around town with my shirt undone to…

It's that Puffin time of year again

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June 23, 2010

Atlantic Puffin (Russell F Spencer)Being an urban birder invariably…

My little m'pits

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June 22, 2010

Meadow Pipit (Tommy Holden)I don't know about you but I find…

Iceland magic moment

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June 21, 2010

Sorry for not keeping regular updates of late, but I've been…

Iceland

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June 17, 2010

Words tomorrow.

Alderney revisited

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June 8, 2010

Common Kestrel (Bill Black)Snowy Owl (Bill Black)I quite like…

London Wetland Centre 10th Anniversary

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June 7, 2010

TUB and his groupWhy is it that when you leave your inbox untouched…

More Alderney please!

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June 5, 2010

I can't think of any other superlatives to use to describe my…

Visions of Alderney

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June 4, 2010

Alderney was a surprisingly stunning island. I'll talk more about…

David Attenborough

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May 26, 2010

I saw Sir David speak at the London Wetland Centre tonight and…

The Chelsea Flower Show

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May 25, 2010

TUB admiring the orchids! (Penny Hayhurst)Sanjika Perera Director…

History is made!! My first Scrubs Red Kite!!

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May 24, 2010

Red Kite - photographed in Wales (Russell F Spencer)After years…

Summer in the city

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May 22, 2010

Northern Lapwing chick (Phill Spamer)Ahh, at last some proper…

A proper HB

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May 20, 2010

Honey Buzzard (Stephen Daly)After speculating over a suspect…

Qu'est ce que c'est?

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May 18, 2010

Buzzard? (Russell F Spencer)This has been bugging me for the…

Losers and winners

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May 17, 2010

Design by Yvette SpencerA lot has been said recently on other…

BBC Wildlife Magazine Readers Day

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May 14, 2010

Had a great day hanging out with the readers and staff of BBC…

A Pheasant surprise!

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May 11, 2010

A limping male Pheasant in Kensington Gardens (Collin Flapper)It's…

Derby Day

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May 9, 2010

Mute Swan (Jakub Puskas)After arriving in Derby late last night…

Humans

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May 7, 2010

Today was the exact opposite of yesterday. I was left feeling…

Birdlife International

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May 6, 2010

Today was a fabulous day and I didn't even lift a pair of binoculars!I…

Oman? No Man!

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May 5, 2010

Birders on Tower 42 two weeks ago (Jon Osborne)Our 5th visit…

Oman! Oh boy!

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May 5, 2010

Intermediate Egret (David Fettes)Another industrious day was…

May Day, May Day - I'm bloody freezing!!

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May 3, 2010

Reykjavik, Iceland (Justine Watson)What's with the weather? It's…

One good tern

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April 28, 2010

The Scrubs yesterday morningToday promised so much. The forecast…

Migrants

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April 27, 2010

Garden Warbler (Russell F Spencer)Sunday's planned trip with…

Groppers and the law

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April 24, 2010

Male Whinchat (L. Baxter)I really wanted to get up early before…

Scrubs Rouzel

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April 23, 2010

Male Ring Ouzel (Stephen Daly)This morning started brilliantly…

Blue skies

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April 22, 2010

Spanish Ibex in Spain -not Notting Hill! (Stephen Daly)At last…

Take note

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April 19, 2010

My old notebook (Russell F Spencer)It's been a weird last few…

No migrants

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April 15, 2010

Ring Ouzel - where are you? (Stephen Daly)Had another boring…

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