MVCP

Jackdaw by the MVCP access track and Starlings near Stewartby Lake. Photo by Martin Green.

Wood Lark

Wood Lark, 18th April 2010

Ring Ouzel

1 of 2 Ring Ouzel at Pegsdon Hills today

Ring Ouzel, Blows Downs

This male Ring Ouzel has spent a few days in the paddocks at Blows.

Fact-finding

This morning I had to go on an important fact-finding mission to Albert Village Lake, which as its name suggests is a lake near Albert Village, an outpost in the badlands of the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border. The village itself is so-called because 95% of its male inhabitants have cock rings. You may have seen the site mentioned on your pager recently after the appearance there of a 'potential first for Britain'.

The reason I had to undertake this vital work was that I've been commissioned to put together some interpretatatatative boards for various sites in Leicestershire, starting with AVL. As I didn't need Common Gull for my county list, I had never visited the site, so I thought I ought to go and have a look at it (putting the mileage down as an allowable business expense of course: a round trip of 65 miles at HMRC's approved rate for private cars of 40p per mile, let's see, that'll be £26.00 off my 2010/11 tax liability thank you very much).

Anyway, the main fact I found was this: Albert Village Lake is a large lake with lots of gulls on it and not much else.

I think it could be a rather boring interpretatative board....

Wheatear

Wheatear, Pegsdon Hills, 15th April 2010

Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern, Broom GP, 15th April 2010