David Murray's Personal Blog

Category: Birds and Nature

Shorebirds in Action

Posted by DavidMurray | Jan 5, 2023 | Birds and Nature, Books | 0

Black Swan at Siddick Pond

Posted by DavidMurray | Dec 15, 2022 | Birds and Nature | 0

Mute and Whooper Swans

Posted by DavidMurray | Nov 14, 2022 | Birds and Nature | 0

Bees Galore.

by DavidMurray | May 26, 2023 | Bees | 0 |

In recent weeks the birds seem to have been hiding behind leaves so I started photographing insects, mainly bees and butterflies. Here are three bees.

Mushroom and Snail

by DavidMurray | May 4, 2023 | Birds and Nature | 0 |

A snail and a mushroom provided unexpected interest on a walk along the grassland at the coast in an area where in the past I’d found butterflies.

Two More Beautiful Butterflies on May Day

by DavidMurray | May 2, 2023 | Birds and Nature | 0 |

Butterflies again! I’m gradually adding to my list of butterflies seen so far this year. Here are some from May Day.

Butterflies on a Beautiful Spring Afternoon

by DavidMurray | Apr 20, 2023 | Birds and Nature | 0 |

From one of my favourite paths I explored a side track that led to a quiet place between woodland and fields with butterflies in considerable numbers.
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Lizard – Nature Is More Than Birds

by DavidMurray | Mar 31, 2023 | Birds and Nature | 0 |

As I walked along the boardwalk at Foulshaw Moss looking for birds I caught up with a man pointing his telescope not at a bird but sharp downwards, at a lizard.

My Little Bird Books – Book 1

by DavidMurray | Mar 9, 2023 | Birds and Nature, Books | 0 |

Last December I published an interim edition of a new book, “Some Of My Birds”, to celebrate the bird life of West Cumbria to which I had first been introduced through walking for exercise during the Covid pandemic...