I regularly get enough credits to help raise a farm animal humanely. It's my personal pact, and I've done it dozens of times. But today, with enough credits again (they quickly add up each week) I tried, but I keep getting told that I can't.
A dash to Farmoor this
evening for a Whiskered
Tern (2nd for Oxon?) but
unfortunately it had
moved on very quickly,
heard initially and then
just flew through to the
River Thames and
disappeared and was not
present when I/we got
there! However a ple...
Overcast, muggie,
17º, light
NNW. A walk around
Lollingdon and the Lees
produced very much the
same as last week, a lot
of insects about but few
butterflies.
Quite a few Stock Dove
noted and one seen in
display flight, a
â...
Sunny spells,
17º, light
WSW. A visit to
Lollingdon hill this
afternoon proved
quietish, five singing
Corn Bunting, three
Yellowhammer and two
Whitethroat, two pairs of
Linnet present, a
Great-spotted
Woodpecker and a
couple of Swa...
Sunny spells,
14º,
negligible wind. A visit
to Cholsey marsh early
morning saw the mist over
the river and a slight
frost at 04:15, then a
sunny morning with cloud
moving in later and a
couple of rain showers
later in the day.
The marsh...
Sunny spells and
showers. 10º,
fresh SSW. Another cool
and windy day but back in
Cholsey this time, a
brief visit to Lollingdon
hill produced zilch but a
heavy rain storm.
Back in the garden a
fairly well grown
juvenile Rook had turned
...
Sunny spells,
10º, fresh W.
A quiet week by Portland
standards for May, also
windy and cold, however a
good week and thanks to
Martin Cade, the Prof and
Joe and the other guests
at the Obs for making it
an enjoyable week, Ta!
Left aroun...
A few sunny spells,
9º, fresh W.
Land migrants were almost
non-existent today, a
couple of Willow Warbler
and Chiffchaff and a
Spotted Flycatcher.
The sea provided a few
goodies but they were few
and far between, three
Pomarine Skua, si...
Sunny but windy and as
the day progressed cloud
cover, rain and wind
gusting to force 8 SW,
10º dropping
to 6º. The
coldest May I recall
here. Land migrants were
virtually non-existent
today with two Willow
Warbler, two Chiff...
Weather very variable,
dawn was wet, milder and
overcast and as the day
progressed the wind
became stronger, a few
showers, murky and then
sunny and a fresh SW
wind, temp between
14º initially
and 10º
later. A turnaround
toda...