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A clamourous Peregrine and it’s young over London

June 24, 2011

The screaming calls, like the call high-pitched irate gulls, drew my eye to the sky, and there above the Museum of London was a female peregrine. With a dead bird clasp tight in her talons, she was noisy pursued what could only be her young. She…

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The Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) of Canvey Point

June 5, 2011

A patch of Black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point when watch closely was a minor paradise of bug life. Essex Skippers danced around the patch, chasing one another, feeding and resting, and fought the various bees for the best place at the ho…

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The Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) of Canvey Point

June 5, 2011

A patch of Black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point when watch closely was a minor paradise of bug life. Essex Skippers danced around the patch, chasing one another, feeding and resting, and fought the various bees for the best place at the ho…

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The Poppy and the bumblebees – tales of the Railway Bank

May 11, 2011

The bumblebee appeared to have a strange growth on it’s black legs – a sort of brown black ‘gall’. I wondered whether this was some disease that affected bumblebees. I sent out an image on face book and twitter and… Claudi…

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Cattle egret, (Bubulcus ibis) in the Camargue

May 9, 2011

In a field along the road from Chacarel and Mejanes a group of Cattle egrets patrolled the grass beneath the hooves of the black bulls of the Camargue. Cattle egret’s are spreading and soon I am sure they are going to be a common sight in souther…

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Raptor and Stork Migration – Istanbul

September 30, 2010

Last weekend I spent two days watching the raptor and stork migration across the Bosphorus. The first day was spent on the Camlica Hill, on the Asian side of Istanbul. ON the Sunday we strted there but moved north in site of the Black Sea at hill with …

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The dilemmas of an artist

June 25, 2010

"Will I be sacrificing my artistry if I decide to create for someone else and make my art into a full-fledged business? Conversely, do I have the right to call myself an artist if I decide to work on my art part-time and use my mainstream gigs to fund my artistry? In that scenario, does that make my art merely a hobby?"

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Single Black Women: Broaden your horizons!

June 15, 2010

Angelina to play Cleopatra? This is the last frontier en route to Post Race America–there are NO more black roles in Hollywood, just as there are NO more available black guys in Chicago. SO if you want a man, girlfriend,…

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