A quick blog of perhaps several to highlight where and how I intend naturestimeline to develop over the coming months and years from a business sense and also from an educational viewpoint. My working background Freelance Professional - Short-term contract worker offering Bird Surveys/Desk Research/Work from Home Office services Visiting Researcher and professional Ornithologist/Field … Continue reading One of naturestimeline’s core business objectives – Freelancing
Tag: Bird Research
Ongoing Research – slowly building up the knowledge base!
For those who might have missed this, I’ll reblog this article here. On my way to fulfilling my mission statement. “birding through the seasons, why birds matter and how to conserve them”.
As of this afternoon, I have completed a first stage of many by documenting my scanned (poorly) handwritten notes for a personal research project I have in mind. An example from one of the 184 notes I have uploaded in recent days is shown below.
*be prepared for a geek moment
Doxie scanned example of handwritten notes – Yellow Wagtail 1
I have also tagged them within Evernote with various wordings for later referencing. For those of you who don’t know what Evernote is, it is a digital note-taking software package and is available with both offline and online versions. Below is an example screen grab of my current Evernote setup for the purposes of this Bird Research Project.
Evernote setup screen grab example – Yellow Wagtail 1
I may eventually try to find a way of incorporating this growing evidence base of notes of viable conservation measures onto
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Getting out and about at Farm Fest 2014
Naturestimeline hasn’t ceased to be, in spite of what some might wish or hope for and on the outside chance that you may have missed me, I’ve had PC issues and well, I’m back.On the 12th July, I was out and about supporting a local farming enterprise recently, hence the post title* *click on the … Continue reading Getting out and about at Farm Fest 2014
Baby birds galore
My regular readers will know that I painstakingly (too strong an emotive really) update my phenology calendar to reflect on the natural events taking place in the United Kingdom. So, now that the mixed spring has passed, what effect did it have on nature, more especially our familiar breeding garden birds? When it comes to young birds, … Continue reading Baby birds galore
Bird Surveys, ill health and horrendous weather
Why the hiatus, I hear you ask. Well, let me explain if I may. My current job role as a Bird Surveyor/Researcher allows me to intimately follow our feathered friends and log their breeding success. To best illustrate the differing roles out there, I will direct you to a couple of blogs. For example, Lewis Yates, whose exploits this birding season come from … Continue reading Bird Surveys, ill health and horrendous weather
