Conservation work day

Little Oak joined forces with the Beddington Farm Bird Group and we carried out some conservation work on the lake.

A good day. Strimming, trimming and boating.

Unsustainable migrations

Thought I would get a couple of shots of this daily evening migration of 20,000 or so gulls over my neighbourhood. Might be worth something one day- when all the landfill sites have been closed.

More real birding stuff here:
http://peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com/

Xmas in Hackbridge

I agreed to do a bit of photography for the local church Xmas fair. Santa was a bit of a rogue, grabbing the mums and shattering kids dreams with his beard falling off. It was more fun than I thought it was going to be.

Long-eared Owls

We are very lucky (as are the developers) to have four Long-eared Owls roosting on my local patch. There are also two Barn Owls around which is good becuase we lost these species due to development and now they have returned. More here:

http://peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com/

No pain-no gain

There is no shortage of will to destroy the human and natural environment but there does appear to be a shortage of unified will to protect it. I wonder if the biggest threat to the environment is not human greed but human apathy.

3 million unemployed by Christmas, 16% fall in house prices in 12 months, state of emergency interest rates, projected government borrowing of £118 billion next year, 45,000 already re-possessed and this is just the beginning.

A fundamental shift in perspective towards a more sustainable environmental future can only occur after the adverse effects of unsustainable philosophy are felt by the majority of individuals within a society.

The worse this economic crisis gets- the more chance there is for alternative and minority thinkers to gain ground.

Larus landfillus

Here is a rear view of the terrifying and enigmatic 'Landfill Gull'.