Gull attacks Pigeon – not for the squeamish!
I’m strolling around Hyde Park with my son. I’m pondering having an ice cream. We’ve had a lovely morning. Naturally I have …
A Double Crested Cormorant at Great Falls
We are at Great Falls on the Potomac River in Virginia. It’s an impressive place. Up the River is a much smaller …
Oblivious
The service has just ended and a solitary figure walks slowly, weeping, from the church in Matera in the south of Italy: …
Stock Dove
There’s a pigeon above me. I think it’s a Wood Pigeon but it looks far too small and scrawny. It’s silhouetted in …
The hood and the executioner
Hooded Crows are one of my favourite birds. Noisy, sociable and inquisitive, they have colonised large areas of central and northern Europe, …
The Tree: An afternoon on Dartmoor and a wild idea
Dartmoor is a wonderful upland area of Devon. It is based on granite rocks which frequently outcrop on high tors. I’m having …
Italian Sparrows
The Italian Sparrows in Rome are dwarfed by the feral Pigeons: The males are incredibly handsome birds, with glorious colours on their …
Monkey nuts
Walking through The Regent’s Park I notice a woman with her hands deep in a bag. She brings out a handful of …
Pigeon in a fountain
Feral Pigeons often look such dirty and dishevelled birds. Not this one though. I suppose it helps that the Pigeon lives in …