/blogs/Frampton25/ en-us 2007-04-15T20:40:25+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004535.html I've got a new Website, well I started it when Surfbirds was off air. At present it's much the same as this Blog, but please take a look anyway. Copy and paste this link. http://www.freewebs.com/notjustbirding/ Thank you for looking,... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:40:25+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004534.html GARSTON WOOD It was another glorious afternoon so we drove to the RSPB reserve at Garston Wood on the Wiltshire/Dorset border, and had a long walk in the woods and fields each side of the county boundary. There was a... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:37:14+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004533.html NORTH HAMPSHIRE DOWNLAND On a really hot afternoon we walked on some North Hampshire downland in the hope of seeing some butterflies. We weren’t disappointed, as we saw good numbers of Brimstones and Peacocks, and half a dozen or so... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:31:35+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004532.html LYMINGTON With the promise of a fine evening, after work we drove to Lymington. From the Bath Road Car Park we walked the sea wall as far as Eight Acre Pond, returning along the lanes. Unfortunately the weather didn’t live... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:27:12+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004531.html Here is a further selection of photographs taken over Easter Dandelion Clock Alongside The Wood Cows Wild Arum Oilseed Rape Blue Sky, Yellow Field... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:24:16+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004530.html CRANBORNE CHASE Not wanting to mix it with the Bank Holiday traffic, on Easter Sunday afternoon we had a long walk from home up over the fields, and the following day we had a walk in the Chase Woods on... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:18:00+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004529.html IN THE GARDEN The glorious weather over the Bank Holiday weekend meant that we spent a lot of time in the garden. The birds are still taking lots of sunflower hearts from the feeders, and there are still good numbers... Frampton25 2007-04-15T20:09:34+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004491.html SHAPWICK HEATH After a weekend of not very good weather - it was very windy – not many birds and some pretty lousy photographs; we had today off and went to the Shapwick Nature Reserve on the Somerset levels. It... Frampton25 2007-04-02T21:18:57+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004488.html NEW FOREST This weekend was spent in and around the New Forest; the weather was generally grey and cold with a brisk northerly wind. The only photographs were obtained using a ridiculously high ISO setting and the results were a... Frampton25 2007-03-27T19:33:53+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004485.html AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN NEW YORK As a present for a ‘Milestone’ birthday, our elder daughter took Ann for a long weekend in New York. They managed a couple of hours birding in the snow in Central Park, and among the... Frampton25 2007-03-21T07:32:07+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004479.html NEW FOREST It was another glorious day, so we were out and about in the New Forest again this morning. This time we parked at Milkham Inclosure and walked through Milkham and Roe Inclosures, out across Bratley Plain to the... Frampton25 2007-03-12T20:57:09+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004477.html NEW FOREST After lunch we drove to the New Forest and parked at the Bolderwood car park and walked a clockwise circuit through Bolderwood Grounds, Mark Ash Wood and North Oakley Inclosure. The highlights of the walk were four singing... Frampton25 2007-03-10T21:31:27+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004471.html With the exception of a few days during colder spells in December and February, the garden has been very quiet bird wise all winter, however in the last two weeks it has come alive. A Song Thrush has been singing... Frampton25 2007-03-04T10:45:43+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004470.html BLASHFORD LAKES It was a lovely morning, so we headed for a regular birding haunt of ours, the Blashford Lakes Reserve. We started by looking over Ibsley Water where the water level was high after recent rain. There were still... Frampton25 2007-03-04T10:41:51+00:00 /blogs/Frampton25/archives/004463.html WEYMOUTH The weather forecast for once was spot on today, a frost early, then sunny, clouding over in the morning, with rain from lunch time. So with this in mind we went to Weymouth and postponed the shopping until lunch... Frampton25 2007-03-02T20:05:27+00:00