THE WESSEX REIVER

Since 2008 an eclectic ad hoc forage into British natural history, the rural scene, country ways and and related topics. Now retired. Another blog covers my interest in the period 1750-1850 'Mostly Woolgathering' Social media via Instagram @wessex_reiver

Saturday, 30 March 2024

Rocking Rooks

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  Earlier in the week I finally managed to do my annual rooks-on-the-nest count in the village. I've done this for a few years now, just...
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Sunday, 17 March 2024

A Portrait of John Moore

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Gloucester Services on the M5 (Northbound) is as good a place as any to begin to explore the writer John Moore.  After an early start from S...
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Sunday, 10 March 2024

Bittern by the SEO's

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  There is a lot to be said for going that little bit further, further away from the madding crowd. As happens every year March arrives and ...
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Sunday, 3 March 2024

The Song of the Cirl Bunting

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 Not that long ago, most lowland farms south of a line from the Humber across to Blackpool would have healthy populations of cirl bunting fe...
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Saturday, 24 February 2024

B...is for....

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It was a chance phone call yesterday that saw me down at the RSPB's Greylake Reserve in Somerset this morning. That call from my friend ...
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Sunday, 18 February 2024

James Allen; Snowdrop King

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As days go, a thick fog across the Mendip Hills, dark clouds without energy blanketing the sky, and a half light creating a scene of dullnes...
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