A SONG thrush is singing despite the heavy frost which has coated fields around the upper parishes as I write this feature.
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Time to get involved
February 6, 2010 – 2:30 pm
THE UK is awash with plans to establish marine nature reserves and conservation zones all around the country. Its Marine and Coastal Access Act has established four teams to identify conservation zones to protect seas around the coasts.
Destination: South Atlantic
January 9, 2010 – 2:30 pm
I WILL be attempting to find an orca (killer whale) or two for my clients as you read this article.
South for the winter
December 5, 2009 – 10:00 am
THERE was no doubt that seeing a giant anteater was my guests’ most wanted wish on a recent trip to Guyana. What they saw on the savannah close to the Brazilian border was altogether unexpected and wonderful: a female carrying its baby on its back – a rare and exciting sight.
Airs and disgraces
November 7, 2009 – 2:30 pm
‘THERE are a-gulls and b-gulls, but never sea-gulls,’ night-class pupil Ted Banks told me years ago.
All at sea
October 10, 2009 – 9:00 am
Birdwatching is not all about success and excitement, as Tim Earl discovers while bobbing around on the ocean 15 miles north of Guernsey. Seabirds remain stubbornly out of sight – but other wildlife compensates…
Demise of the dodo
September 12, 2009 – 10:00 am
BEING famous for becoming extinct is the worst possible epitaph, but the dodo is just that.
The nest of intentions
August 15, 2009 – 9:00 am
THE young ginger-headed marsh harriers flying around La Claire Mare nature reserve at L’Eree are the first ever hatched in Guernsey. It is a great thrill to see what were once unproductive boggy fields now returned to their former splendour as wild marais.
Scot free
July 18, 2009 – 10:00 am
I’VE been rescued. Having been shipwrecked in the Seychelles (my ship. Hebridean Spirit. was sold to an Arab sheik, that is, and the crew and I said our farewells in Mahe), a princess has come to my rescue.
Treasure islands
June 27, 2009 – 2:00 pm
Pirates of both the air and waves aren’t far away as Tim Earl makes his way towards the tropical atoll of Aldabra – which, in wildlife terms, is truly a booty beauty…
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