Month: October 2018
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31st October 2018 – Eastville Park
I had a few jobs to do this morning and nearly didn’t go for a walk but, as it was such a beautiful autumn morning, I decided to do a quick lap of Eastville Park. I was so glad I did as I had magnificent views of a male kingfisher throughout the park. The trees…
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29th October 2018 – Severn Estuary
It was a bitterly cold morning at New Passage on the Severn Estuary and even though the sun broke through it remained cold. However, testing my constitution and my stoicism I spent a happy morning watching the waders on Northwick Warth. I did walk along to see what was on the Pilning Wetlands but I…
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27th October 2018 -Eastville Park
The day before the clocks go back and its gone bitterly cold to remind us that winter is just round the corner. We were well rewarded in our walk around Eastville Park by the sight of 2 grey herons, 2 kingfishers and a grey wagtail – oh and a cup of coffee and a bacon…
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24th October 2018 – Dyrham Park
Another beautiful day. We had a trip to see if we could see the deer rutting at Dyrham Park (National Trust) and were lucky to get a few glimpses of them before heading off for our walk and our picnic.
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23rd October 2018 – Eastville Park
Following a walk in Stoke Park we dropped down to come home via Eastville Park. Stoke Park With the benefit of the keen eyes of our young companions we spotted a kingfisher. As this was a non-birding walk (i.e. I didn’t have a long lens with me) I tied to capture its beauty with the wide…
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19th October 2018 – Walberswick
Not really a birding day today: we had a trip to Southwold and then a walk down to the pub for lunch and back along the River Blythe. Sorry about all the boats but I’m sure the river comes under the category of “nature”. We haven’t seen many redshank this week My close up photos…
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18th October 2018 – RSPB Minsmere and Westleton Heath
It was another beautiful autumn day in Suffolk today but slightly fresher in the morning than previous days and certainly a much cooler wind in the afternoon. We made another trip to RSPB Minsmere and the day started well with a beautiful pheasant in full sunlight in the fields and a muntjac deer in the…
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17th October 2018 – Walberswick
Another beautiful morning and we just had time (before entertaining friends) to have a brief walk around the village of Walberswick and the nearby marshes on the Suffolk coast. There wasn’t much in the way of bird life to report but I would like to record how this favourite destination of ours has got even…
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16th October 2018 – Westleton Heath and RSPB Minsmere
It’s been an amazing day in Suffolk today; not so much for the birds but for the wonderful weather which has been hot (well into the 20s) and sunny all day. In fact it has been quite hard work traipsing around with heavy camera equipment. Not that I am complaining as we were treated to the…
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14th October 2018 – RSPB Minsmere
It was good to be back at RSPB Minsmere. The forecast for today was not at all promising but we managed dry weather until mid afternoon and it was surprisingly warm with very little wind (very different from the stormy weather as we left the West Country the day before) and although generally dull there…
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