Month: January 2018
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23rd January 2018 – Eastville Park
Eastville Park in the rain in winter is more about fungi and lichen but this afternoon I saw the first celandine of the year and the yellow theme was maintained when a grey wagtail came close and brightened up a miserable afternoon. Through the gloom the catkins also looked quite a picture. Grey wagtail You…
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22nd January 2018 – Stoke Park
After relentless rain yesterday it was not surprising that it was very wet in the park today. I saw three goldfinch as soon as I arrived in the park and then a male and a female stonechat. On the lake there were a dozen mallards, 2 moorhens and a grey heron which flew from one…
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19th January 2018 – North Somerset
Just a chance for a few photos whilst on a visit to Midsomer Quilting at Chilcompton in North Somerset. Collared doves, robins, pied wagtail and meadow pipit, Unusual to get 2 robins together? Collared doves in a barn Meadow pipit Pied wagtail Bucolic scene in North Somerset First snowdrops of the year Rainbow over Chew…
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16th January 2018 – Stoke Park & Eastville Park
It was good to be back on my home patch and get some good views of our local birds. I started in Stoke Park and was instantly treated to two stonechats in the boggy section. Stonechat Even more to my surprise was a common snipe that jumped up out of the bog and flew over…
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12th January 2018 – Suffolk Coast
After a week of murky and, at times, bitterly cold weather in Suffolk, today we were blessed with a gloriously sunny day which warmed our spirits (which certainly weren’t at all low anyway) and allowed a chance of some decent photographs. We spent the morning at RSPB Minsmere and then in the afternoon we moved…
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11th January 2018 – Walberswick
Not really worth a blog today as it has been too rainy and foggy to take any nature photos. However, after lunch at The Crown at Westleton there appeared a smudge of blue in the sky and so we stopped off at the quay in Walberswick and I couldn’t resist a few snaps of some…
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10th January 2018 – Suffolk
Well, we have been out in the fresh air for most of today; I think it’s the longest I’ve been outdoors on such a gloomy day. Fortunately, it’s been much milder and must have reached 6 degrees centigrade at some point. However, it has certainly not been a day for photographs (even with modern digital…
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9th January 2018 – Walberswick National Nature Reserve
Having had a nature free day yesterday (more out of necessity than choice as it was even really too cold to enjoy pottering around the shops and cafés in Southwold) today we chose to have a walk around Walberswick National Nature Reserve. Fortunately the biting cold wind of the day before had subsided and, although…
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7th January 2018 – RSPB Minsmere
We went to RSPB Minsmere on a bright but bitterly cold day full of optimism. This time last year, although a dull dreary day, we had seen many species of birds and had had good views of lots of waders. This year, on arrival, we were told that many of the hides were inaccessible due…
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2nd January 2018 – Eastville Park
There was persistent rain in the morning but fortunately there was a little window of opportunity with the weather to get out this afternoon (back on home territory in Eastville Park); however, it was quite dark and, although my young companion and I managed to spot 2 male kingfishers regularly around the lake, it was…
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