Twitch London: The Big Garden Birdwatch 2012
Goldfinches are making the move from country to city
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Step Up For Cockney Sparrows and Starlings
Well done if you took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. Now it’s time to step up for nature.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch This Weekend
Take an hour to count the feathered friends in your backyard or local park for the RSPB this weekend.
Nature-ist Owl Alert
Feathered news, especially for the owl fanciers amongst you.
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City of London police report a huge rise in cases of Hajj fraud. Seems Spurs are better at juggling a football than they are at balancing the books. Devil’s Kitchen has got nothing on Ramsay’s real life soap opera. Harry Potter is back. The RSPB …
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The Joy of Busking by marty_pinker Arsenal follow Spurs in banning the vuvuzela from their ground. Spoilsports, or does the noise spoil sports? Hackney musician voted best new busker Engineering works on the Tube will be halted during the Olympic games A serious decline in …
View Peregrine Falcons At Tate Modern
In what is now something of an annual tradition, the RSPB have once again set up their falcon-watching platform on Bankside. Visitors can peer into telescopes to see the Tate Modern’s very own pair of peregrine falcons, dubbed Misty and Bert. Members of the RSPB …
Make Your Nature Count
By Stephen Iliffe Following winter’s Big Garden Birdwatch, the RSPB urges you to participate in their survey to find out what sings, snuffles, snouts, screeches and shits in your garden between 5-13th June. Just spend one hour monitoring the birdlife in your garden and note …
Wood Pigeons Heart London Gardens
Photo / Gaz-zee-boh The common wood pigeon, that dandyish, dapper-feathered friend of the much-loathed feral variety (aka flyingus rattingus), is London’s most common garden bird, according to statistics from the RSPB. The Society’s Big Garden Birdwatch, on the last weekend of January, saw half a …
Get Twitching With The Big Garden Birdwatch
Amazing what you find in your garden. Great Spotted Woodpecker snapped by Gaz-zee-boh in N7. This weekend sees the return of the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch. Thousands of spotters from around the country will take part in order to report back an invaluable snapshot …
Christmas Carol For Turkey Fat Fears
By daveograve@ Please pay attention Christmas cooks and washer-uppers: there are two important messages for you if turkey or goose is planned for your tinselled table. Allow us to paraphrase: neither flush that fat nor feed it to your feathered friends. To reinforce these seasonal …
