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Chough against snow in Aletsch glacier

Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps

June 7, 2020June 5, 2021 Beej

Ravens, choughs, blackbirds… the stars of the snow-white alpine playground of the Swiss Alps are mostly black. A birding diary from the fabled Jungfrau region Continue reading Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps

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And there it sat, chuffing to itself

Chuffed by a chough

June 14, 2014January 5, 2015 Beej

The first time I came upon ‘chough’ I thought it was a dictionary entry for an act of expectoration by one with a North Indian surname. It would be a few years before I got the hang of what it was really – a kind of crow Continue reading Chuffed by a chough

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