Tag Archives: Birds

What Is This Life…

While out walking today these lines, learned at school an age ago, popped into my head. What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. When my walk was over I looked up … Continue reading

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A Lament for the Curlew

I was incensed to read in The Sunday Times on October 31, 2010 that the curlew is currently in season for shooting. There are only a few hundred breeding pairs remaining in the country yet they are considered fair game. … Continue reading

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