• 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 Volunteer Shaun - RISE TO THE CHALLENGE
    RISE TO THE CHALLENGE I've written at length in these blogs about how we birders are collectors at heart, how we love to say, “I found a new one” when we spot a bird that we've never seen before. It...
  • 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 - ONCE IN A LIFETIME
    ONCE IN A LIFETIME Like many of you, I keep a year list. For those who don't know, this is a list of every bird that I've seen over the calendar year. It's a harmless way of adding a little self-competition...