2016 Calendar

Front cover

Front cover		 Little Owl calling

Back cover

Back cover		 January – Bittern
February – Short-eared Owl
March – Garganey
April – Grasshopper Warbler
May – Ring Ouzel
June – Red-backed Shrike
July – Kingfisher
August – Green Woodpecker
September – Red-breasted Flycatcher
October – Steppe Grey Shrike
November – Hen Harrier
December – Twite


I could have entitled this calendar ‘Holme and Away’ since four of the images were taken there and a fifth nearby! However, instead of that I settled on something with an alliterative feel to grab the attention. In the case of one of the star cover birds (a young Barn Owl recently fledged from my loft) this proved especially apt, as I doubt that (in another generally poor breeding season following a particularly cold spring) my birds would have succeeded in fledging five young had it not been for my ongoing supplementary feeding programme with day-old chicks - also in the process attracting a regular Tawny which has been ‘mugging’ me most nights and even grabbing chicks from my hand before I’ve had a chance to place them! I’ve tried to capture this on a strategically placed Trail Camera but it happens so quickly that it’s usually all over before the video kicks in. I shall persevere nonetheless; as I did last autumn and winter with the systematic overhaul and cleaning out of the bulk of my 700+ owl boxes (for which funding remains tight if not non-existent!). With calendar sales now confined mainly to the private sector and photo royalties at rock-bottom, ‘nurturing nature’ in my part of North Norfolk is becoming an increasingly challenging task. I’ll let you know next year if I’m still managing to rise to it (hopefully in the same spirit that my mother showed when celebrating her 100th birthday recently!).

Sales of this calendar directly benefit my conservation work and feeding programme.
If you want to view an image of both the front and back covers in more detail then click on the links above the images. Better still, of course, you could purchase one (or more!) calendars from me at the prices shown below. Postage and packing rates relate purely to the UK.


 Price UK P&P Total
A4 calendar £9.50 £3.25 £12.75
A3 calendar £12.50 £4.75 £17.25


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