• View from the shed by Shaun Finnie - LISTERMANIA
    LISTERMANIA How's your year list going? You know, the list of birds you've seen in a calendar year? What do you mean you don't make one? I thought all birders did. A year list, a life list, perhaps...
  • View from the Shed by Shaun Finnie - Initial Views
    INITIAL VIEWS Welcome to VIEW FROM THE SHED, a new blog from the RSPB's Old Moor reserve in South Yorkshire. I'm Volunteer Shaun and each week I'll be providing my views, be they sightings around the...
  • View from the Shed by Shaun Finnie - BIRD LISTENING
    BIRD LISTENING Like many of you, I'm a birdwatcher. I'm not a particularly good one – there's no way I'd stake my reputation on being able to tell the difference between a Marsh Tit and a Willow Tit...
  • View From The Shed by Shaun Finnie - ON THE WATERFRONT
    ON THE WATERFRONT Just about all birds can be described as birds of the air. They fly. Most of them are good at it. A few, like the recently-returned SWIFTS, SWALLOWS and SANDMARTINS are absolute masters...
  • View from the Shed by Shaun Finnie - INTO THE VALLEY
    INTO THE VALLEY We've done some serious construction and remodelling at our Barnsley RSPB sites recently. Firstly and most important to me personally, we have a lovely new shed at the entrance to...