Cuckoos and Meadow Pipits – an ancient battle
I decide to get up at dawn and go to Dartmoor. I’ve decided that before and stayed in bed. This time I …
2020 highlights of a wilder Devon life – part 2
In July I went walking with my son on Dartmoor and he took a rare portrait of me Walking the Hunters’ Path: …
Meadow Pipits at Emsworthy Mire
There’s been an eruption of Garden Chafers, Phyllopertha horticola, at Emsworthy Mire. The bracken is covered in them. The local Meadow Pipits …
Pipping Pipits
Meadow Pipits are very common birds of farmland. It’s the most common songbird in upland Britain. They thrive in Orkney. They fly …
Meadow Pipit Parachutes
I’m paying a quick visit to Aust near Bristol. It’s on the River Severn with a clear view of the two Severn …
The Third Ladybird Book of British Birds – #3 The Meadow Pipit
We’ve killed over one in three Meadow Pipits in the UK in the last 45 years.
The Bird by Edwin Muir
Here’s another of my favourite poems by Orcadian poet Edwin Muir. The Bird Adventurous bird walking upon the air,Like a schoolboy running …
Westray Coast 50 – Day Four
My adventures on the fourth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit
I’d love to be able to identify the different species of Pipit on Westray. The problem is that I can’t get near …