RSPB Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/rspb/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:13:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg RSPB Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/rspb/ 32 32 2696646 Big Garden BirdWatch Results 2013 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/big-garden-birdwatch-results-2013/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/big-garden-birdwatch-results-2013/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:13:55 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12227 That’s the Big Garden Birdwatch done for another year. As usual during the hour that we allocated we didn’t really get anything exciting, except for a load of Lapwings. If it had been last weekend then the list would have been full of thrushes and redwings but we saw none of these today. As always...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/big-garden-birdwatch-results-2013/feed/ 1 12227 Springwatch & Food Foaging at Ynyshir RSPB https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/springwatch-food-foaging-at-ynyshir-rspb/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/springwatch-food-foaging-at-ynyshir-rspb/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 05:01:40 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7953 There’s lots going on at Ynyshir RSPB reserve at the moment. Spring Watch will be coming from there in a couple of weeks so it is all go getting things ready for the production. A studio is being set up overlooking the lake and various nest boxes are being modified to accept cameras – I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/springwatch-food-foaging-at-ynyshir-rspb/feed/ 1 7953 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Results 2011 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/rspb-big-garden-birdwatch-results-2011/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/rspb-big-garden-birdwatch-results-2011/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:23:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6942 We’ve just done our RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. We started around 9am on a cold frosty morning and saw quite a few birds but nothing too exciting. Here are the results, with last years number in brackets. Blackbird: 3 (3) Blue Tit: 1 (2) Carrion Crow: 3 (2) Chaffinch: 9 (7) Collared Dove: 1 (2)...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/rspb-big-garden-birdwatch-results-2011/feed/ 2 6942 A Winter Walk https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/a-winter-walk/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/a-winter-walk/#respond Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:13:02 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6904 The glorious cold, but sunny weather is back and I finally managed to get everyone out of the house for a little walk at the Ynyshir RSPB reserve. Morgan took some persuading as he seems to be addicted to ‘Club Penguin’ on the computer at the moment, but in the end the thought of taking...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/01/a-winter-walk/feed/ 0 6904 Feed the Birds Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/feed-the-birds-day/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/feed-the-birds-day/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:12:48 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6233 It’s ‘Feed the Birds Day’ on Saturday 30th October. Organised by the RSPB, Feed the Birds Day is supposed to remind us about all the things we can do to help birds and other garden wildlife through the winter. The RSPB are running lots of Feed the Birds Day events across the UK, which includes an event at our...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/feed-the-birds-day/feed/ 1 6233 Tardy Bears Picnic https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/tardy-bears-picnic/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/tardy-bears-picnic/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:40:14 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5285 After our meeting of the Ceredigion Moth Group on Saturday morning Morgan and I headed back down to sea level and collected Anna and a friend of Morgan’s called Lotti and we all headed off to the RSPB reserve at Ynyshir where we were booked in for a Teddy Bears Picnic – or as it...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/tardy-bears-picnic/feed/ 1 5285 The Birds and the Bees – And Moths too https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/the-birds-and-the-bees-and-moths-too/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/the-birds-and-the-bees-and-moths-too/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:47:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5253 Looks as though we’re going to be having another naturalists weekend this weekend. First there’s a meeting of the Ceredigion Moth Group so I have to set my moth trap up on Friday night and then go back to it for an early morning meeting with the other members and go through the contents of...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/the-birds-and-the-bees-and-moths-too/feed/ 0 5253 Butterflies Flutterby https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/butterflies-flutterby/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/butterflies-flutterby/#respond Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:06:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5107 We seem to be spending quite a bit of time at Ynyshir RSPB Nature reserve at the moment. Yesterday was ‘Butterflies Flutter By’ walk, once again led by Caroline who was standing in for the butterfly expert. It was a hot sunny day and we did see a few butterflies but not as many as...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/butterflies-flutterby/feed/ 0 5107 Nightjars and Glowworms Walk https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/nightjars-and-glowworms-walk/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/nightjars-and-glowworms-walk/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:55:35 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5026 Saturday was certainly a busy day. Moth trapping, invertebrates of Cors Fochno, barbeque, windsurf and then at 9pm we headed off to RSPB Ynyshir for a Nightjars and Glow worms walk. Caroline led the walk and there was the three of us, plus about 8 other people in attendance. We were a little early really...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/nightjars-and-glowworms-walk/feed/ 2 5026 Make Your Nature Count Results https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/make-your-nature-count-results/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/make-your-nature-count-results/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:44:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4928 Morgan and I have just finished doing our RSPB Make Your Nature Count survey. We spent an enjoyable hour sat there watching the garden and chatting about the birds that we saw. It’s easy to do as all you have to do is record the highest number of each species you see at any one...

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