10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. Alas, this is what I must trim. I now protect the lots Huizaches, which shelter self-sown fruiting plants such as Granjenos and Prickly Pears. Some did not survive a spotty first rainy season.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2024
Alas, East Anglia, where I live, isn’t an area renowned for its sea cliffs, so to visit a major seabird colony I have to drive either west (the coast of West Wales has some superb colonies) or north. These birds are all cliff nesters.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Gathering more detailed information about wintering populations, and which roost sites they rely on, will help us protect them and develop more effective conservation strategies.” Alas, there wasn’t this year, but this wasn’t due to a sudden collapse in bird numbers, but the weather.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2018
As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. After all, removing resources is the exact opposite of protecting resources. And yet, it has begun. Horned Lark.
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2023
Alas, mine were sub-standard. Like all members of the Nightjar family, the Buff-collared Nightjar hunts for insects on the wing, at night, and rests immobile during the day, protected by its subtle camouflage. This photo is Nacho’s. A group of five spectacular White-throated Magpie-Jays made a raucous appearance.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2020
Even among the protected areas of Serbia, Djerdap National Park stands out as better preserved than most. Alas, I am not among them. Labudovo okno to Djerdap National Park. From the Labudovo okno Ramsar wetland, some 90 km downriver from Belgrade to the Djerdap (Iron Gates) Gorge National Park. Djerdap National Park.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2015
Even the first Common House Martin has been spotted and the flocks of returning Common (Eurasian) Cranes here and there – alas, not by me. However, Garganeys and Northern Lapwings are back; the other day I saw my first Black Stork of the season and Eurasian Skylarks are already singing in flight above the fields.
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