Archive for May, 2005



Skylarks and Redshank

Published on May 30, 2005

I went for a slow cruise round Lytham Moss quite early this morning, before the sun rose too high for decent photographs.
The early morning wake up was well worth it, with many different species of birds declaring their territories. Sedge warblers, Whitethroats, Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, Grey Partridge, Red legged Partridge, Lapwing […]


S Africa revisited (sort of!).

Published on May 28, 2005

I have been trying to sort through some more of my African images, but when there are in excess of 3000 it takes some doing!
Admittedly, it is quite enjoyable and a touch nostalgic, and I am slowly getting there. Each image seems to bring back fond memories, and I can only re-iterate, if you get […]


To feed or not to feed

Published on May 22, 2005

I have just been observing a Greater Spotted Woodpecker at one of my feeding stations and a couple of thoughts come to mind.
1/ We are advised to finish feeding birds once spring has arrived until the advent of winter. Now I maintain that this is very harsh on many species, particularly the seed eaters, as […]


Computer Nerd

Published on May 20, 2005

I suppose I am a bit of a computer “Nerd”, and I do like to keep mine up to date.
Having had a dual 1800MP Athlon system for a couple of years now, and reading the mouth watering speeds of the new Athlon FX Newcastle chip, combined with the latest Gigabyte Motherboard and PCI Express Graphics […]