Peltops Postcards

Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight, Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning This was not my most enjoyable new year’s day (NYD) ...

Since moving to Henlow my local patch has been an area 2km x 1km around Henlow Grange, stretching from the A507 in the south to Langford in...

I saw my first Redwing Turdus iliacus of the autumn on 7 October when 20 flew west over Henlow. The following few days were mild, at times...

Going back to my earliest notebooks, I have always kept a record of rookeries. Up to the end of 2012, I had recorded 96 rookeries in ...

In our front garden we have a weeping silver birch Betula pendula , which stands about 4m tall. The crown of the tree is a matted tangle o...

On 26 September 2012 I noted a lone Lapwing flying north over the fields near Poppy Hill Farm. I did not realise at the time that this was...

Only during the breeding season do House Sparrows Passer domesticus visit our Henlow garden in numbers. At this time of year family par...