Month: July 2019
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31st July 2019 – WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
I was totally indulged on my birthday and had a lovely morning photographing birds at Slimbridge Wetlands Centre on Gloucestershire. We didn’t venture far as most of the centre was teeming with children and their parents/grandparents at the beginning of the school holidays. However, we found a few quiet hides where we could see some…
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29th July 2019 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
I had a short walk around Duchess Pond in Stoke Park Estate dodging the rain showers. The sun shone briefly and a few butterflies appeared. I was particularly pleased to see a Red Admiral and that I was able to get close to a Green-veined White. Other than mallards, coots and Canada geese on the…
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28th July 2019 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
We had a lovely late afternoon walk through the woods in Stoke Park and along the skyline on Purdown with great views over Bristol and its suburbs. A robin greeted us at the entrance to Barn Wood A Speckled Wood butterfly in the woods Duchess Pond in the foreground with the Dower House behind…
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27th July 2019 – Eastville Park, Bristol
Goosanders are not common in my local park but this last winter we saw a good number of them. Strangely today another one (a female) reappeared on the River Frome, the river which runs through the park. It behaved in a somewhat strange manner (a bit like you sometimes see from caged animals) and sort…
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24th July 2019 – Severnside
A very hot day was forecast and so I made the most of the coolness of the day by working in the garden very early on for a few hours and then down to the Severn Estuary at Pilning Wetlands to see the changes that are happening there and to benefit from the…
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18th July 2019 – Potteric Carr NR
Potteric Carr, on the edge of Doncaster, managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is one of the largest urban nature reserves in the country. It is certainly extensive with the walk around the perimeter being just over 4 miles. We had a great day there but there was so much to see and so many hides…
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17th July 2019 – out and about
I have been very distracted by the Cricket World Cup and dashing about the country in the last few weeks but nonetheless I have been able to have a few local walks and am now enjoying a few days in the Peak District where I have taken some nature photos. It’s been more a time…
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6th July 2019 – Pembrokeshire, Wales
We were going to Pembrokeshire in Wales for a party to celebrate the wedding of some friends and made a short break of it. It wasn’t really an opportunity for nature photos but as I had a camera with me I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to take a few photos when we were…
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