Monthly Archives: December 2016

Digi-decade

Posted on 31/12/2016 by campaignerkate

Ten years of a digital camera, 17,732 photos, 4.8 a day. Continue reading →

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Otmoor can’t take a lot more

Posted on 30/12/2016 by campaignerkate

Otmoor RSPB reserve cannot cope with the number of cars generated by the starling murmurations. Continue reading →

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What future for the forest?

Posted on 26/12/2016 by campaignerkate

I visited Ashdown Forest in East Sussex with the conservators to look at how the common is grazed. Continue reading →

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Piddington path-check: day 4

Posted on 24/12/2016 by campaignerkate

The fourth and final day of path checking in Piddington and Wheeler End parish for the Ramblers Continue reading →

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Thank you Janet, the Ramblers’ rock

Posted on 21/12/2016 by campaignerkate

Janet Davis is leaving the Ramblers after 32 years working on public-paths policy. We shall miss her enormously. Continue reading →

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Piddington path-check: day 3

Posted on 19/12/2016 by campaignerkate

I found a completely blocked path on my third day of checking paths in Piddington and Wheeler End parish. I reported it and it’s cleared now. Continue reading →

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Magnificent Margaret of Maidenhead

Posted on 17/12/2016 by campaignerkate

Margaret Bowdery, footpath secretary of East Berkshire Ramblers, has died and we shall miss her greatly. Continue reading →

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A dissimulation of wagtails

Posted on 13/12/2016 by campaignerkate

I saw a mass of pied wagtails one night in the dimly lit motorway services car-park. Continue reading →

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Too many chaffinches?

Posted on 07/12/2016 by campaignerkate

I am doing a bird survey for the River Thame Conservation Trust. Continue reading →

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