11 posts tagged wheatear

Well… sorry about all those deadlines I was supposed to be meeting today – but I couldn’t face being stuck indoors (it was a public holiday).  Having checked the weather forecast and discovered it had upgraded from ‘probably rainy’ to ‘mostly fine’ in the South-East, I hopped in the car (which

Late April 2008 birding news May 5, 2008 – 10:52 am With May just around the corner and Honey Buzzards everywhere in the Arava valley the last leg of spring is upon us. The cool mornings are full of the bubbling calls of European and Blue cheeked Bee-eaters and Shrikes can be seen on every bush and fence.

North of Inverness, up the A9, lies the attractive town of Golspie. Apart from praising the Coffee Bothy there, it was good, I’m not actually going to talk about the town or its history - the link does that sufficiently.

Yes, it has been a long time since I last updated. Anything I’ve written about my knitting endeavors was posted to my LiveJournal, and not here where it’s supposed to go. So, what have I been doing? Lots of things. First of all, I got a Ravelry account; I’m riesquared over there.

Southern Israel Birding news – mid April 2008 April 21, 2008 – 6:01 pm With the spring migration’s first major wave now over, April rolled in with its selection of interesting migrants. March 2008 was one of the best we had in southern Israel for several years.

Took a different day off today than normal, long story. Anyway after everything I had been through in the morning a pleasant 2 hour stroll along the whole of Sand Bay, each side of high tide at 6.30pm was what the Doctor ordered. Didn't really expect to see much wildlife, as loads of dog walkers and joggers out and a couple of people having BBQ in the drift wood.

I’m working on the yoke of my wheat ear cable yoke pullover, and I’ve started working on the front of the the Notre Dame de Grace pullover. Squee. Pictures!!!

Okay. I’m sorry. I suck at this. I need to update this more. To have something to write about, I have to knit more. Last year, well, last semester, I didn’t knit very much at all. I picked up a wheat-ear cable sleeve a couple of times, worked on it for maybe a total of three hours? Not good.

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Having my fingers and everything else crossed all week has payed off. A chance to get the lost Desert Wheatear - 2 in the country.Cromer point, Burniston, North Yorkshire, TA0292. A 6am blast off from home, I get to the top of a very cold Seacliff top.