September at Longham Lakes

September has been steady this year so far. We await something really unusual, or even a first for the site. Here are the records so far, in reverse order: 20th/21st September Ringing on the evening of 20th and early morning of 21st September revealed 34 and 31 new...

Talks I’m Giving this Autumn

I am giving a variety of talks in different locations this autumn. If you are in the area, it would be wonderful to see you. Copies of my books are available at all lectures. With Christmas (almost) approaching, it could sort out one or two gifts! The dates and...

Autumn’s trips

I shall be running a number of day trips this autumn, which are open to all. If you are interested in coming then hurry, because most are nearly booked up. For more details, click What’s On: Day Trips – open to all, £15 per person.  10.30am to 4.00pm Hook...

Summer at Longham Lakes

The months of July and August can be a little quiet on an inland patch, but here anyway are the summer sightings: 31st August: 1 female Redstart and 1 Wheatear present today (Chris Parnell). 30th August: Relatively quiet Constant Effort Site (CES) ringing session with...

Patch Reviews

Just in case you haven’t yet been tempted to buy a copy of “A Patch Made in Heaven”, here are a couple of extracts from reviews (it was well worth the tenner I sent each of them). “A Patch Made in Heaven is…a handy pick-up-and-put-down...