Have just finished Simon Barnes' excellent book "How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher". Barnes, chief sports writer of the Times is an enthusiast who writes with elegance and passion about his love of birds-"bad birdwatchers" are those of us who appreciate birds without knowing too much about their finer points. The book was lent to me by family friends who are inveterate "birders". Living in Wooler, nestling in the Cheviots, they have access to a wide variety of bird habitats-arable land, conifer plantations, open moorland and nearby Northumberland coast.
Took a walk behind their house, giving excellent views over the Coquet Valley and, just on the horizon, a thin sliver of the North Sea beyond the Millfield Plain, an extensive flat area once part of a post glacial lake. A brief introduction to the area can be found by clicking here.
Will be using this blog to record bird activity in Clarkston and the surrounding area over the summer. Wonder when the first swallows will be sighted?
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