When walking at Bough Beech, I sometimes bump into John P, who is a keen wildlife photographer in his spare time. I first met him when he kindly gave me some information on a relative for my Southborough War Memorial book. He took a fantastic photo of a stoat recently, and today he showed me two pictures he shot yesterday of a bittern at another reserve. Apparently, bitterns are really rare sightings for any birdwatcher, firstly since there are only 150 known breeding pairs in the UK, and secondly as they have very good camouflage – when they stand and throw their heads back in reed-beds they are incredibly hard to see. John was really thrilled to have had the opportunity to see this bird.
Just before the winter weather started, some opportunist thief or thieves stole all of the bird-feeders and seed from the bins in the nature-reserve. John heard about this and got online to members of the birdwatching forum he belongs to. They sent the hat round, and their generous donations were enough to buy a new load for the birds.
It’s been very beautiful today, with the small lake at Bough Beech frozen over like white icing on a pond-cake. When I got home a late Christmas card had arrived from my friend Ying in China, and it had two beautiful bird stamps on – scanned in here for your delight, dear reader!
Just before the winter weather started, some opportunist thief or thieves stole all of the bird-feeders and seed from the bins in the nature-reserve. John heard about this and got online to members of the birdwatching forum he belongs to. They sent the hat round, and their generous donations were enough to buy a new load for the birds.
It’s been very beautiful today, with the small lake at Bough Beech frozen over like white icing on a pond-cake. When I got home a late Christmas card had arrived from my friend Ying in China, and it had two beautiful bird stamps on – scanned in here for your delight, dear reader!
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