IT might be to keep dippers (the birds) in our dream collection, most of us would concede that these curtseying little charmers demand too much space. We'd need to fit a fast-running river in our dipper call of a dipper as it careered past upstream. I have seen young juveniles but never a nest, which I'd love to do. (One thing I learned from Bill's article was the amazing nest-site fidelity, which can stretch across several generations.) A minor ambition for 2023: make sure I watch a dipper, somewhere. Any of the species would be fine. You'd have to be in an interesting place to be watching a dipper. My goal should be achievable. I hope the same's true of your bird-related ambitions for this year.
