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12th July – Bristol Peregrine Update 2
Peregrines again? Afraid so! Apologies if Brandon Hill Nature Blog has turned into Bristol Peregrine Blog recently, but after spending most of the Winter and early Spring watching the daily (and sometimes nightly) activities of the pair of peregrine falcons that were hunting … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, bristol, falcons, peregrine, photography, urban, wildlife
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25th May – Bristol’s Urban Peregrines Update
The last few weeks have been ideal for watching Bristol’s urban peregrines – the sun has been out and both adults have been very active, up and hunting for most of the day. The chicks are obviously old enough now to be … Continue reading
20th May – First fledglings of 2012
Since getting back to the UK and Brandon Hill, it’s been a pretty miserable time weatherwise, but inexorably the season and wildlife pushes forward and after a few interesting Spring migrants passing through the park (including siskins, willow and garden … Continue reading
Posted in Amphibians, Audio, Bats, Birds, Birds of prey, Corvids, Damselflies & Dragonflies, Foxes, Mammals, Migration, Nesting, Passerines, Photography
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17th April – Atlantic Adventure (mostly off topic!)
A close encounter with common dolphins – please watch in HD! I’ve just returned to Bristol after over a month away, most of it spent at sea, aboard The Bessie Ellen – a tall ship built in Plymouth in 1904. … Continue reading
Posted in Amphibians, Birds, Birds of prey, Mammals, Photography, Video
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12th Jan 2012 – Murmurs of Spring
The pair of peregrines that have been making use of the Wills Memorial Tower this winter have been very active, and it seems that pretty much every time I have ventured out to Brandon Hill just recently, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Birds of prey, Birdsong, Passerines, Photography, Video, Wild flowers
Tagged brandon, bristol, common, european, falco, falcon, hill, levels, memorial, murmuration, nature, new, park, passage, peregrine, peregrinus, photography, river, severn, somerset, starling, sturnus, tower, uk, urban, video, vulgaris, wildlife, wills
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20th December – Winter
Autumn at Brandon Hill has really flown by. The short days and a busy work schedule have meant that over the last month, I have spent less time there than any period since I first moved to Bristol, nearly a … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Birds of prey, Corvids, Foxes, fungi, Mammals, Migration, Passerines, Photography, Wild flowers
Tagged accipiter, autumn, brandon, bristol, cabot, falco, falcon, fox, harlequin, hill, hunting, ladybird, lapwing, migration, nature, nisus, nocturnal, owl, panorama, park, peregrine, peregrinus, photography, red, sparrowhawk, sunrise, tawny, tower, uk, urban, wildlife, woodpigeon
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October 15th – RED ALERT!
Most of my mornings at Brandon Hill over the last couple of weeks have been spent watching for migrating birds from the top of Cabot Tower. Up until recently, it was quite a lonely affair, but since the launch of … Continue reading
September 28th – Birds over Bristol
Over the last couple of weeks I have been busy setting up the Cabot Tower Bird Study Group – an urban visible migration study and raptor watch. I have been increasingly convinced of Brandon Hill’s potential for spotting birds migrating through … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Birds of prey, Corvids, Migration, Passerines, Photography
Tagged bird, birds, brandon, cabot, group, hill, migration, study, tower, tower 42, uk, visible, wildlife
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September 5th – Clifton peregrines and Cabot Tower wildlife
This little video is of Clifton’s urban peregrine falcons (city centre peregrines can be seen in the video below or here). The first 2 clips are views from Cabot Tower, looking out to the Wills Memorial Tower at the top … Continue reading
Posted in Bats, Birds, Birds of prey, Birdsong, Insects, Mammals, Migration, Passerines, Video
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August 16th – Cabot Tower reopens
Some good news today for Brandon Hill Nature Park, the people of Bristol and the blog – after over 3 years of being closed to the public, Cabot Tower has finally reopened. Having only moved to Bristol in 2010, it … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Birds of prey, General, Migration, Passerines, Photography
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