Its Big Garden Birdwatch time again. The world's biggest wildlife survey gets underway again this weekend, 30 to 31 January, 2010.
Almost everyone in the UK with an interest in birds, will be participating by spending just one hour over this weekend, counting the birds in their garden or local park. The Big Garden Birdwatch provides easy to use identification charts and counting sheets on their website and if you are not already registered with them, simply visit their site and sign up for free.
The Big Garden Birdwatch is the world's biggest bird survey and it is great fun. By taking part you help the RSPB learn more about UK garden birds and how they are faring across the country.
Burns Night, Monday January 25 is just a few days away and once again people around the world will be celebrating Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns and piping in the Haggis to receive the time honoured address:
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race.
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm.
Followed by much feasting, dancing, whisky and Burns poetry.
This year St. Patrick's Festival runs from 13th March to 17th March, with the Festival Parade held on Wednesday March 17th 2010 at 12 noon (subject to licensing.) The parade takes about 90 mins to complete the parade route.
St.Patrick's Day is one of those very special days around the world, but nowhere in the world is it more special than in Ireland, where it all started. As always, Dublin, will again be high on party fever as Ireland's greatest annual celebration takes over for the spectacular five day festival.
Join in the best party in Dublin; jump to this link if you want to keep up to date with what's happening in Dublin.
We have stayed a while at Budapest, before pushing on along the Danube and what better way to convey to you the majesty of this great twin city with the River Danube flowing through its heart, than this travel video with Hungarian music, brought to you by the new Budapest Pocket Guide.
Following my post about Diving Holidays in Egypt, I thought that you might enjoy this video of a Red Sea Diving Safari at the Marsa Shagra house reef, July 2005 produced by Wethorse Productions in the Netherlands.
