Month: April 2020
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26th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
The lovely sunny weather has continued all through the weekend which has definitely helped to lift morale in these difficult times. Wisteria Avenue? The birds have been more difficult to photograph with the leaves growing on the trees and so that is probably why I found myself in the garden without my camera yesterday morning…
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22nd April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
Another glorious day. I’m sure that on such a day I would have been looking to go further afield for my dose of nature or at least taking a walk in one of the local parks. Recently in Stoke Park Estate there have been lots of exciting bird sightings including ring ouzels, wheatears and a…
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19th April 2020 -Self-isolating in Bristol
I didn’t spend long taking photos at home today (maybe because I didn’t see many) but for the short time I had a camera in my hand I was lucky to see a comma butterfly. I have already seen a few varieties of butterfly in my garden this year (peacock, orange-tip and a white which…
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17th April 2020 – Holland
No, I’ve not gone barking mad (not yet anyway). I have not really made off to Holland but (in a way) a little bit of Holland has been transported to our home and it has a tenuous link to my nature blog. My wife, Wendy, has completed her most recent patchwork quilt and we have…
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17th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
I so miss my dose of nature. It’s been such a crucial part of my life since I retired. I love the exercise, I love being in the fresh air, I love the way my photography skills are challenged and I love the mental challenge of trying to identify (mainly) birds and (occasionally) flora and…
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14th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
Slideshow of my photos from this morning (on an iPad you can pinch and stretch) This morning I broke my bounds and ventured in to a neighbour’s garden (with her permission whilst she was walking her dogs). I saw the same birds, more or less, but from a different perspective and I enjoyed the variation…
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12th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
Another beautiful day for this time of the year (Easter Sunday) with the temperature reaching 22 C. The birds seemed to be taking it easy today but I was pleased to get a photo of a great tit. I can hear them regularly but don’t seem to photograh them that often. Was this gull taking…
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11th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
The weather for the last few days has beeen fantastic. As I write it is 24 degrees C and I have had to come in out of the garden as, with very little breeze, it feels very hot indeed. I have followed a routine by taking some photos in the morning but this afternoon a…
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8th April 2020 – Self-isolating in Bristol
Slideshow of some of my photos from the last two days. (If being viewed on an iPad you can pinch and stretch). Three weeks in to lock-down and there is clearly a repetition in my blogs. My apologies, but trying to capture photos of wildlife from the boundaries of my home is doing the world…
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