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Alderney 11 – 14 July continued

Still at Houmet Herbé, I was delighted to find several Foresters, a day flying moth in the same family as Burnet and Cinnabar. It’s interesting to note in my field guide that they are frequent and increasing on Alderney since 2003. Otherwise they are local in the Channel Islands and it has been probably fourContinue reading “Alderney 11 – 14 July continued”

Alderney 11 – 14 July

A summer trip to Alderney for a few days and, sadly, my last stay at the Nunnery in the beautiful location of Longis Bay, as the Alderney Bird Observatory will no longer be able to use it as hostel accommodation from the end of August. We did some ringing one morning, but the star ofContinue reading “Alderney 11 – 14 July”

Sunday 27 June

A long overdue blog and I have no photos of the really interesting things I’ve been doing over the past couple of days. Sigh – it can be very hard to do stuff and remember to take photos. On Thursday evening I had a great boat trip around the back of Jethou and Herm andContinue reading “Sunday 27 June”