Despite being of no religious persuasion, I do love hymns (not as much as 'hers' but that's another story) and In The Deep Mid-Winter has to be one of my favourites!
On the other hand, I have been nominated for an OBE in respect of today's post as it is by and large Other B*gg*r's Efforts.
First of all, this link to an exceptional piece of video footage was sent to me last night by Paul Harris. Taken by one of the Beddington birders in Surrey, with the unlikely moniker of 'Dodgy', I feel sure it will be of interest to 'birders' and 'non-birders' alike - see what you think.
On the other hand, I have been nominated for an OBE in respect of today's post as it is by and large Other B*gg*r's Efforts.
First of all, this link to an exceptional piece of video footage was sent to me last night by Paul Harris. Taken by one of the Beddington birders in Surrey, with the unlikely moniker of 'Dodgy', I feel sure it will be of interest to 'birders' and 'non-birders' alike - see what you think.
http://vimeo.com/17497303
and on a day when weather conditions could only be described as BITTER, I thought it best to publish a few images from a warmer clime. These are previously unpublished photographs sent to me by fellow traveller Maria Djumic from her 'Castle in Edinburgh' - THANKS Maria, will be in touch albeit when the editing is completed!
Plants, Places & People of Madagascar:-












The reference to the Deep Mid-Winter was none more apparent than when stood at Ferrybridge this morning. While it was chilly in the cemetery, the number of Redwing and Fieldfare were enough to keep my mind on the job in hand, but skipping Radipole, this was the scene at the bridge.
A band of low, frozen fog extended right across Portland Harbour, 'under' the bridge and across
The footage of the Common Cranes inspired me to retrieve the Fuji FinePix, my first video camera, from the back of the locker and try a little videoing myself. What better subject than the 'smartest' bird to land in UK in recent times, the Hooded Merganser. Having been judged to be an 'escapee', by the powers that be, it remains on my list as a truly 'wild' bird, and would be prepared to go as far as saying if it is NOT, then Adolf Hitler isn't Margaret Thatcher's father! Nobody could be that wrong? However, first of all I couldn't find it, having to rely on Dick Morris to phone me with its location, then it was diving repeatedly and so far out even the BBC wouldn't have filmed it. It would seem however that I may have 'over egged the custard' with 109MB of whirling Brent Geese video memory which simply doesn't want to 'upload' to the Blog.