Month: August 2019
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17th August 2019 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
Not quite knowing what the weather was going to do today we had an early morning walk to Eastville Park where we spent quite a bit of our walk sheltering from the rain. Of note we saw a grey heron on the lake and more than 40 house martins flying quite high over the lake.…
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13th August 2019 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
I couldn’t resist going back again this morning to see if I could get better shots of the whinchat. Thanks to Ali from Brixham who spotted it away from the reeds I was very pleased with the results. A very enjoyable hour. Not so many different types of birds this morning (mainly reed buntings)…
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12th August 2019 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
Encouraged by what I had seen in the park yesterday I went back this morning to see if I could see the whinchat that has been reported in recent days. First of all in the marshy area I saw reed buntings again. In the same area I also saw goldfinch, common whitethroat, a bluetit and…
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11th August 2019 – Stoke Park, Bristol
We had a brief walk around Stoke Park and managed to dodge the showers. We caught sight of 2 reed buntings and a whitethroat in the marshy area and saw the beautiful fly past of a grey heron at Duchess Pond. Reed Buntings I managed almost 90 in focus photos of this grey heron in…
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4th August 2019 – Cornwall
We have been away on holiday on the North Cornwall coast for the past week. I didn’t get much opportunity for nature photos except on this day when we saw some lovely butterflies. Some of the beautiful scenery in North Cornwall My favourite butterflies were the Common Blues. Female Common Blue Male Common Blue Male…
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