• 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 - BIRD BRAIN
    BIRD BRAIN Owls are wise. We're taught that from our earliest picture books. “All the cuddly wuddly forest creatures went to the Wise Old Owl. She would know what to do.” You've probably read something...
  • 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 - HALCYON DAYS
    HALCYON DAYS We've been doing a lot of work at RSPB Old Moor recently, most obviously in starting to create a new path alongside Green Lane so that, fairly soon, visitors will be able loop around this...