Chris Hind

Some Winter Birding around the Solway ... With the National influx of Russian White-fronted Geese, Cumbria did not miss out on the action with better than average numbers of this fo...

Winter birding around the Solway with Russian White-fronted Geese at several locations ... borderlandsbirding.blogspot.com/2026/01/some...

Didn't you used to be Chris Mullin - Diaries 2010 - 2022 This is a delightful and insightful read ! This came as no surprise to me as I read some of his earlier diaries some years ago.  These diar...

This is a great read and sadly the final episode mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2026/01/didn...

Betrayal - The Murder of Robert Nairac GC by Alistair Kerr This represents quite a departure from my usual range of reading and came about because it was lent to me by a friend from whom it came wi...

Book review - this is a great and fascinating read, highly recommended. mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/12/betr...

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If Russia Wins A Scenario by Carlo Masala Carlo Masala is Professor of International Politics at Bundeswehr University Munich.  He has an impressive CV with roles in Nato Defence Col...

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The Meaning of Geese by Nick Acheson I started reading this book at the end of last winter just as the wintering geese on the Solway were departing for their breeding grounds. ...

A wonderful read from start to finish - competely enjoyable and enthralling mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Kremlin's Noose by Amy Knight I have long had a fascination with Russia from reading Sholokhov novels in the late 1960s to several visits to Russia in the 1990s includin...

A refreshingly good read ! mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

In Search of One Last Song by Parrick Galbraith This title appealed to me when I came across it in the Gairloch Bookstore because it had 'disappearing birds and the people trying to save t...

A potentially interesting read failing to live up to expectations mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...

My regular go-to political podcast reviewed www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed...

The Naked Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak Following reading Alice Roberts' trilogy and having recently delved into contemporary genomics I was excited to learn more about this intere...

The Naked Neanderthal book review mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

The Screaming Sky by Carles Foster I noticed this book while browsing the tables in the Hillbillies Bookstore in Gairloch.  The author's name struck a cord and I remember re...

The Screaming Sky by Charles Foster - a wonderful read mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

My new blog - Books on Wildlife and more - mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com

Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 is now available. It’s free to CBC members. Anyone can buy a copy on the CBC website or from a range of bookshops around the county.

Least Sandpiper gave lovely views today at Steart Marshes and brought to an end the long wait to see this species in Britain

Slimbridge revisited ... in the mist ... Yesterday was the one chance for a visit to this iconic location ... a childhood dream that never happened to a place that seemed impossibl...

Slimbridge yesterday in the mist … but great birding nevertheless borderlandsbirding.blogspot.com/2024/12/slim...

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Or 'two thirds of Britons don't have a clue about the impact of their dogs on wildlife' (and probably half of that number wouldn't see it as a problem anyway).

Excellent meeting at Bolton Fell Moss. Résonance project hosted by Rob and Harriet Fraser with around 50 well informed participants from a wide range of wildlife bodies. Many thanks to Rob and Harriet.

Ban Driven Grouse Shooting - a new Government Petition - please sign

@stevetrotter1.bsky.social No sign Steve although we were mostly standing in open areas for discussion rather than searching woodland/ scrub

Excellent meeting with NE staff at Wedholme Flow and Glasson Moss today to discuss peat bogs and wildlife. An adult male Hen Harrier added to the day. Thanks to Emma for inviting me.

Blog post - Borderlands Birding and Beyond

A rather different autumn week in North Norfolk

Just birds and this year Tony please, juv and female plumages welcome, anything that gives me scope for interesting comment.

@tonybeales.bsky.social Hi Tony, I’ll be collecting potential photos for Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 up to end of Jan 2025. All must be taken in Cumbria in 2024. All welcome with dates and locations. Please send to chris.m.hind@gmail.com

Great Grey Shrike showed well if distantly at Sunbiggin Tarn Cumbria yesterday