• 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 - 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...
  • Christmas Special - View from the Shed by Shaun Finnie
    THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS I'm sure that you're all familiar with the festive song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. You know, the one with the Five Gow-wold rings. There's a lot of confusion as to...
  • 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...