 | 20th Apr 2009 | Blue Tit Nestbox (20 images)
Could be interesting times ahead as a magpie takes an interest. Timestamps show it flew in 2seconds after blue tit.
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 | 9th Apr 2009 | Unidentified Flower (8 images)
I can't figure out what this flower is. Struggling to key it out in Francis Rose. Is it a Garden Escapee? It is prolific under a Silver Birch where I removed lots of Rhododendron.
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 | 27th Jan 2008 | Jubilee Walk (GCXVPR) (12 images)
A great view of Durham City.
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 | 28th Oct 2007 | Black Necked Swans (9 images)
Very cute Black Necked Swan cygnets at Washington WWT |
 | 6th Apr 2007 | Blue Tits Nesting (22 images)
Last year's nestbox has been ignored. There's activity in a new Silver Birch nestbox (on a Silver Birch tree). Nestbuilding has started earlier this year. This box is registered on the BTO Nest Box Challenge project.
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 | 5th Mar 2007 | Spring in Durham (5 images)
Sunny spring morning in the garden
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 | 14th Jan 2007 | Red Kites (6 images)
Normally the best views of the kites are around Barlow Fell, but for the first time we got cracking views of them over Gibside. At one point we counted 5 of them over the field with sheep (alongside the oak avenue), where they really stood out against the green grass. Probably hanging around for a snack in no small part thanks to Mr Butty. |
 | 6th Jan 2007 | National Trust Wallington (9 images)
Red Squirrels and a cute robin
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 | 10th Jun 2006 | Durham Regatta (15 images) |
 | 2nd Jun 2006 | Kepier Wood Geocache (GCWD2E) (22 images)
Sights out and about on the woodland paths beside the River Wear and near to Kepier Wood, Durham.
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 | 7th May 2006 | Durham City (3 images)
Out and about in the city.
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 | 2nd May 2006
to 31st May 2006 | Garden Birds in Durham City (9 images)
Birds seen in the garden
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 | 15th Apr 2006
to 9th Jun 2006 | Blue Tits visiting their nestbox in a Durham garden (51 images)
I have no idea what's going on here. A pair of blue-tits coming and going to a recently placed nestbox. One of the birds looks very odd. Perhaps in moult. A Bald Blue-Tit? A couple of messages on the Bigg Bird Forum suggests this happens to some adults towards the end of the breeding season. And on Springwatch it was said that the adults often get bald from the constant entering and leaving of the nest box and rubbing their feathers on the entrance hole.
The blue tit family left the nest on Friday 9th June 2006. The last photographs I got were of the adults the day before. |
 | 15th Apr 2006
to 29th Apr 2006 | Garden Birds in Durham City (23 images)
Blue Tit nestbuilding, bullfinches, robin raiding the compost and a male goldcrest.
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 | 10th Apr 2006 | Kitchen Drawer (16 images)
Pictures that don't fit anywhere else. Various views of Durham Cathedral and Prebends Bridge. There are a couple of images of the sad and lonely flats near Kepier House looking north over the valley.
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 | 11th Mar 2006
to 17th Mar 2006 | Pertisau, Austria (11 images)
These were taken on a holiday to Pertisau in Austria. We were there to try a bit of Cross-country-skiing. It was just the end of the winter season and the snow was beginning to melt and get slushy and yucky.
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 | 4th Feb 2006 | Boats on the River Wear (7 images)
Walking into the city one sunny morning we came upon the slightly surreal scene of dozens of boats on the River Wear. The boats were queuing downriver towards Prebends Bridge before starting the competition and racing upriver.
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 | 29th Dec 2005 | Song Thrush (3 images)
Song Thrush in the garden after a snowfall. Perched on a branch near the bird table.
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 | 20th Dec 2005
to 2nd Jan 2007 | Birds on the River Wear in Durham (31 images)
Cormorants in their heraldic poses on the river Wear in the centre of Durham City near Framwellgate Bridge. And a couple of herons too.
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 | 12th Dec 2005 | Belmont Viaduct (14 images)
A little north of Durham City can be found the old Belmont viaduct (also known as Brasside viaduct). It used to carry the main-line but is now long closed. It is not accessible to the public which is a great shame as it'd be a fantastic and dramatic walk across the river. It is also at the centre of a long-running controversy over one of the proposed routes for a northern Northern Bypass.
Belmont Viaduct has also been mentioned in relation to the wonderful Necklace Park project, a fantastic idea to link up recreational parks and green areas along the river and through the city. A recent thread in the North East forums suggests that this is a real possibility. |
 | 15th Nov 2005 | Cormorants on the River Wear (6 images)
Cormorants in their heraldic poses on the river Wear in the centre of Durham City
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 | 12th Sep 2005 | The Three Towers, White Hill, Forest of Bowland (9 images)
These photos were taken on a hike to The Three Towers geocache in the Forest of Bowland.
I'm not sure on my identification of the beastie. I spent some time leafing through my Collins wildlife book and I'm not sure I came to the correct conclusion, so please feel free to leave a comment to correct or agree with me.
And what are The Three Towers all about? Does anyone know?
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 | 1st Sep 2005 | St Anne's Pier (10 images)
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 | 30th Aug 2005
to 9th Feb 2006 | Wild Boar Fell in the Upper Eden Valley (7 images)
Photos cover two walks up Wild Boar Fell. First walk was to place geocache Wild Boar Fell. The second visit was for maintenance.
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 | 20th Aug 2005
to 2nd Sep 2005 | Garden Birds in Ushaw Moor (10 images)
Woodpecker, blue tits and finches in an Ushaw Moor Garden.
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