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A Winter High - published on The Badgers EyeHigh pressure has been sitting over Europe. Temperatures across the continent have plummeted and a week ago the UK joined the party. With daytime temperatures rarely above freezing and clear night skies bringing minus double figures, the two doses of snow have remained on…See More

from The Badger's Eye - 8.1.12After a morning on a chilly football training pitch I returned home and enjoyed a spot of kitchen window bird-watching while I warmed up. The feeders were popular, blue and great tits streaming across the gardens on an aerial corridor to our honeysuckle…See More

A saunter round the meadow taken from The Badger's EyeA terrible admission, but I've been struggling to put a blog post together over the last couple of weeks. Time in the evening and at weekends has been scant as I'm frantically busy at work setting up my new business. I also…See More

Rooftop PartridgeSitting in the garden around 9pm last Sunday, contemplating the demise of english football as the sun hung low in the west and sent it's golden rays down the valley, a partridge landed on my chimney stack. It took a second look to be sure it was a correct ID and not a wood pigeon, but sure enough, when I put my lens on it a red-legged partridge came into focus.…See More