Wildlife observations and conservation issues - primarily from the City of Bristol (from a green political perspective).
Monday, 21 April 2008
3/4/08 – A PEACOCK AND FIGHTING BLACKBIRDS
A Peacock butterfly was disturbed from a Choisya shrub in Devonshire Road this sunny afternoon. Two blackbirds were so engrossed in chasing each other round my front garden that at one point they came within two feet of me on the ground.
Wildlife recorder and conservationist by inclination, National Election Agent of the Green Party of England and Wales by profession (all comments in this blog are my personal opinions), plant collector and one-time amateur ornamental plant breeder by obsession.
Originally from S.E. London, I lived in Bristol from September 1978 to April 2009, when I moved back to the northern part of Barnehurst (between Northumberland Heath and the Bexleyheath railway line).
I kept in close touch with conservation issues in the area during my time away, especially since 2004 when I began serious recording again after a 20 year break. I am actively involved with Lesnes Abbey Conservation Volunteers and Cray Riverkeeper Volunteers (for whom I am Site Manager for Thames Road Wetland), and have submitted comments and proposals in respect of various Bexley Council planning issues and draft strategy documents affecting allotments, open spaces and wildlife.
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