Time to introduce you to a couple of blogs I occasionally read.

Mark, my freelance ornithologist friend in Aberdeen, keeps a blog of his birdwatching. He currently works for some sort of surveying organisation (he's tried to explain but I don't understand), and is also helping a friend out with his PhD. His blog seems from my ignorant perspective of these matters, to be professional, accurate and of genuine interest for those into this sort of thing.

Birdwatching is also one of Niall's lesser-known interests. He's decided to keep a blog of his pursuits too. It's proving somewhat more controversial among the ornithological fraternity however…

Oh, and I can assure you this is probably the last time that anything vaguely to do with plants, animals or the natural world gets mentioned here. So make the most of it!