Big Freeze and a Big Green Big Year
08 Jan 2010
Not only is the big freeze providing unusually close views of birds like this Reed Bunting but it is also causing some spectacular hard weather movements. An amazing 2,610 Skylarks were BirdTracked heading south over Sunderland on 1 January and thousands of larks, thrushes and other species were observed moving eastwards along the south coast at the end of the week.
As the Arctic conditions continue, spare a thought for Gary Prescott. His monster challenge for 2010 is a Big Green Big Year (BIGBY) that involves cycling, yes cycling to every RSPB and WWT reserve in the UK! His targets are to raise money for the RSPB, WWT and Asthma UK, to increase awareness of climate change and to break the Non-motorised Year List record (251 species seen by Chris Mills in 2005). Read Gary's blog to find out how he is getting on.
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