Mike's 200 bird challenge Blog 8
Mike headed for the River Dee to tick off a number of species of birds on his quest to count 200 in 2019.
Mike headed for the River Dee to tick off a number of species of birds on his quest to count 200 in 2019.
For me personally one of the best things about taking part in the My 200 challenge is the incentive to go out and experience new places which you wouldn't necessarily have visited.
One of the birds on my ‘tricky’ list, and one that is unfortunately not doing very well nationally, is the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. It is a bird that I have never seen, so on Saturday 2nd March…
Not that I need much excuse to go birding but a free afternoon on a glorious sunny late winter’s day gave me the perfect excuse to nip out to SWT’s Earl’s Hill nature reserve, on the hunt for…
One of the areas that I have come across during my research into good, relatively local, birding spots has been the Wirral, and over the first couple of months of this year I have visited on a…
Another lovely sunny day and another quick afternoon dash to a local beauty spot on the hunt for one of my favourite species, the Dipper.
March 11th – Rowton, North Shropshire
March 27th 2019 – Titterstone Clee
Bridges/Stiperstones- flycatchers and owls
Worlds End, Leasowes and Burton Mere RSPB: warblers and grouse.
Skomer/Ramsey Islands: puffins and shearwaters.
Volunteer Mike is on a mission this year to record and photograph as many birds as possible in the UK. His first blog features a visit to Earl's Hill nature reserve.