Archive for March, 2010:
filed in Animal Behaviour, Wildlife on Mar.20, 2010
From the beginning,before the first glimmerings of civilization man has studied animal behaviour.It has been an essential part of the struggle for survival,with our remote ancestors relying on hunting and gathering:hunting large animals and gathering insects and shellfish as well as berries,nuts and roots.The success of this way of life must have lain in acquiring [...]
Tags: Animal Behaviour, Seasons, Spring, Wildlife
filed in Advice On Wildlife on Mar.09, 2010
The onset of Spring cannot be denied now,with the warming temperatures,lighter evenings and the morning dawns becoming earlier. Spring is almost up on us,though there may be many false dawns before the days of frost and grey fog are behind us.Over the last week at many of the places I have visited there has been [...]
Tags: Nature, Spring, Wildlife
filed in Events on Mar.03, 2010
Norfolk is famous for its winter flocks of geese, wildfowl and waders who begin to gather here to make their home during our winter months,over the last few days the north Norfolk coast has once again provided some amazing high tides with thousands of Waders being pushed up the beach as the tide works its way [...]
Tags: Norfolk, Spring Tide, Workshops
filed in Wildlife on Mar.01, 2010
The Jay is the most striking member of the Crow family but the hardest to see/find,usually only located by its harsh scolding screech of a call -’skaaak,skaaak’.Its shyness is its trade mark for me,this shy woodland bird only ever giving itself away while flying between the trees with its distinctive flash of white on the [...]
Tags: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, YOC