Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Rare opportunity to bid at auction for watercolour of marshland bird that has never been recorded in Britain

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                                                     Spur-winged Plover - also known as Spur-winged Lapwing BECAUSE it is not on the British...
Monday, 2 June 2025

RSPB announces imminent closure of ailing community forum as it seeks to divert resources elsewhere

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THE RSPB has announced forthcoming closure of its community website. The site has provided a forum for members (and non-members) to contribu...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

BBC rebuffs claims that filming of Springwatch TV show caused harm to Peak District countryside

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  Did BBC TV show really  'ruin' the countryside? Report in The Daily Telegraph newspaper THE BBC has responded to allegations that ...

Good knowledge of arithmetic preferred - RSPB on look-out for new finance supremo

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                                                  The successful candidate will be expected to report to the society's HQ in Bedfordshir...
Friday, 30 May 2025

Would overhead Osprey or Eagle have given lift to Charles' study of mountain scene in Scottish Highlands?

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                                                            The hammer came down at £900 when this painting of Ballochbuie, near Balmoral, b...
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Three-hour twitch: Padley Gorge, Derbyshire Peak District

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                                   Stonechat country - moorland on the fringe of Padley Gorge Date:  May 29, 2025 Time:  10am - 1pm Weather:...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Bygone birding: strange case of fledgling Spotted Flycatchers part-fostered by a Robin

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                                                  Study of Spotted Flycatchers from Meyer's Illustrations of  British Birds (1835-50) Al...