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Save the Date: Big Garden Birdwatch 23-25 January 2026
Every January, something rather magical happens across the UK. Hundreds of thousands of people step outside, settle in by a window, or take a quiet stroll through their local park… all to take part in the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. And now it’s almost time to do it all again. The Big Garden Birdwatch 2026 is taking place from 23–25 January, and you’re invited to join in. Registration opens in mid-December, and once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive handy updates and top tips to help you get the most out of your birdwatching hour. Whether you’re a seasoned spotter or someone who can just about tell a pigeon from a parrot, everyone is welcome. Taking part couldn’t be simpler. Your mission - should you choose to accept it - is to spend one hour during the Birdwatch weekend watching the birds in your garden, on your balcony, or in your nearest green space. Then, just send in what you’ve seen. You don’t need expensive binoculars or encyclopaedic knowledge; even seeing no birds at all is valuable information. The survey helps build a detailed picture of the health of the nation’s birds, showing us, which species are thriving, and which may need a bit more help. To appreciate why your hour matters, take a look at the scale of last year’s event. In 2025, more than 590,000 people took part, counting an incredible 9.1 million birds between them. Since the Birdwatch first began in 1979 - when children’s TV show Blue Peter encouraged viewers to post in their sightings—participants have together clocked up an astonishing 12.6 million hours observing UK birdlife. That’s a lot of tea, biscuits, and
patient peering into hedges. But while much has changed since the 1970s, the question remains: how are our birds doing today?
Big Garden Birdwatch 2025: The Top Five One thing that hasn’t changed is the reign of the House Sparrow. For the 22nd year running, this cheerful little bird topped the charts, with a remarkable 1,211,260 sightings recorded. Joining it in the nation’s top five were:
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT MEADOW LANE In December 1800, the peace of Alfreton was shattered by news of a brutal murder in the town. It was on Friday, 5th December about 7 o’clock in the evening when Mr. William Hill, a farmer, of Tibshelf was returning home on horseback from Alfreton Market that he was attacked by two footpads, one of whom got hold of his coat lap and pulled him off his horse and as he fell, the other gave him a violent blow which fractured his skull. When on the ground he was struck again and afterwards robbed of Notes and Cash to the amount of around £13 together with a watch. He was found shortly afterwards and made comfortable but when help arrived Mr. Hill was found upon his legs staggering and insensible. He was taken to Alfreton where he languished until Thursday, 11th December when he expired. A Coroner’s Jury later returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against person or persons unknown. There appeared to be no further developments until Saturday, 16th May 1801 when, it was reported, Charles Henry Sirr, Dublin’s City Major, (Chief of Police) arrested Irishman George Lacy Powell. Powell was committed to the Provost prison, charged with the murder of Robert Biddle, a farmer, near Tideswell, however searches have failed to locate this alleged murder. In any event Powell was later returned to Derby and along with his accomplice John Drummond, a fellow Irishman, appeared at the Derbyshire Assizes in July 1801 and having admitted the Murder of Mr. Hill were
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Happy New Year!.... Why not explore what it means to have faith as a Christian?
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A dogs Day out This walk last featured in the magazines nearly 8 years ago. There have been a few small changes to the route, so we are very grateful to Michelle and Dean for re-walking the route and updating the instructions. This is a lovely walk, which passes through a pretty area around Blidworth and near to Jerry Green Dog Rescue, who do great things to help re-home our furry friends.
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Cross straight over the road and continue along a footpath threading through the trees. The path bears to the left and begins to run parallel with the road. After a short distance you will reach a crossroads of paths with a metal gate just prior to the road on your left. At this point turn right along a well laid path heading gently downhill.
13. Continue to pass ‘Burma Road’ and the fire station on your left and then further on the GoLocal food shop on your right. Immediately after the GoLocal and Chip Shop (on the corner), you will reach a road on the right. Cross straight over this road and take a tarmac footpath to the left of the Post Office.
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14. After a short distance you will reach a road. Continue straight ahead and gently downhill going along ‘Meadow Road’. At the bottom of the hill continue straight ahead onto a signposted footpath. Continue with a hedge on both sides and at the end of the alleyway continue straight along the pavement through the houses until you reach a T junction. Turn left onto ‘Marriott Lane’. Staying left continue for a short distance until reaching ‘Main Road’ at the top of ‘Marriott Lane’.
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15. Turn left along the main road and continue for a short distance until reaching a war memorial on your right-hand side. At this point turn right, to pass the war memorial on your left and continue uphill along ‘Beck Lane’. Continue to the top of the hill and as you begin to descend continue straight ahead into a lane and signposted ‘byway’. 16. Continue along the lane for some distance with open views to the left and right. Continue past the beginning of some woodland, a telegraph pole and metal gate on your left. After a short distance turn left onto a footpath passing 4 wooden stumps follow the path keeping the wood to your left and open views to your right. 17. After some distance at the T junction turn right onto the way laid path after some distance the path bends to the left with woodland either side. Continue along the path until you reach the T junction, turn right onto the well laid path. 18. Continue along the path going past a metal gate to the road. Cross straight over the road and through a gap. Turn immediately left and follow a path along the edge of the woodland running parallel with the road. Continue until reaching a T-junction and turn right along the lane heading back to the car park.
10. Turn right along the road and continue for some distance. Continue along the road passing a bus shelter on the lefthand side of the road and a bus stop on the right-hand side of the road. Continue straight ahead and just prior to reaching the next bus stop on the right-hand side of the road, turn left onto a signposted footpath passing to the right of a signboard for ‘Tippings Wood’. 11. After some distance pass through a gap adjacent to a metal gate and then turn right along a footpath keeping a signboard reading ‘Boundary Wood’ on your left. Continue along this well laid path for a long distance and then pass through a gap adjacent to a metal gate into a car park. 12. Continue straight ahead across the car park and then onto a path passing through some trees. After a short distance you will climb some steps to reach a road. Turn left along the road.
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Fine Dining?
Some of you – of a certain age – will be able relate to this, which I received from an old mate from over the Border. It certainly brings back memories of good wholesome (but plain) eating from my days back in Arbroath. How about you? It was a time when……. Pasta had not been invented.
Fish didn’t have any fingers in those days.
Curry was a surname.
Eating raw fish was a sign of poverty, not sushi.
A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas.
People who didn’t peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.
All crisps were plain with your only choice being whether or not to add salt.
Indian restaurants could only be found in India.
A Chinese chippy was a foreign carpenter.
Cooking outside was called camping.
Rice was a milk pudding and never, ever, part of our dinner.
Seaweed was not a recognised food.
A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining. Brown bread was something only poor people ate. Oil was for lubricating; fat was for cooking. Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green. Coffee was Camp and came in a bottle. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh. Only Heinz made beans.
‘Kebab’ was not even a word, never mind a food. Sugar was not vilified but regarded as a type of white gold. Prunes were medicinal. Pineapples came in chunks in a tin – we’d only ever seen pictures of a real one. Water came out of a tap and had anyone suggested that one day we should bottle it and charge more than for petrol, they’d have been laughed at.
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Even though my family, grandparents and everyone I knew lived in a small, terraced house for my early childhood, there was an unspoken rule about the front room being the “Best” room. It was the first room in the house you entered into from the street. (The back door was accessed via the entry for small children coming in for their tea.) The walls had wallpaper and there was as much carpeting as could be afforded. It was only ever heated on high days and holidays (usually Christmas) when family came to spend the afternoon and open gifts. This room contained a small sofa, dining chairs and ornaments which needed to be kept out of reach of boisterous children. In my grandma’s best room there was a small coffee table standing on a white sheepskin rug and always a vase of impressive chrysanthemums (big Japs) in a smoky brown glass vase on this table. The cool of the room ensured they were fresh for weeks. She also had a rubber plant and money plant which thrived.
At one side of the room stood a china cabinet with a glass front containing a china tea set, best glasses, special photographs and mementoes. Every time someone walked past on the uneven floorboards, the nick-knacks and glass would rattle in the cabinet. This was a room for looking and definitely not touching. All family life continued next door in the living room, where they crammed a sofa, drop leaf dining table and chairs, a television set or radio and everything else needed to sustain daily life.
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