Month: August 2022
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28th August 2022 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
With an early visit to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s reserve at Slimbridge we missed the Bank Holiday crowds and traffic. With the extended period of dry weather much of the wetlands were very dry but there was plenty enough to keep us occupied throughout the morning. The highlights were ruff, greenshank, common and spotted…
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19th August 2022 – Trimingham, Norfolk
We made an early visit to see some very rare (for this country) European bee eaters at Trimingham, near Cromer in Norfolk. The forecast was good but it was very dismal when we arrived at 7:30 a.m. I managed to get some shots in poor light and had to make do with that because by…
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18th August 2022 – Norfolk
A little of the beauty of North Norfolk at Cley and Salthouse Marshes. Y … and so much more.
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15th August 2022 – Cley Marshes, Norfolk
More amazing birds again today in Norfolk, this time at Cley Marshes. The rarest, and a first for me, was a spotted crake. The most spectacular were the spoonbills but I loved seeing all the different waders. Slideshow only today as I clearly need to do some more work on my ID of a few…
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13th August 2022 – RSPB Titchwell Marsh
Lovely to be back in Norfolk (and seeing some birds again!). A few photos from RSPB Titchwell Marsh where we stopped near the end of our long hot journey from Bristol. Slideshow of my photos from this afternoon:
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1st August 2022 – Duchess Pond, Stoke Park, Bristol
The sun brought out the damselflies, dragonflies and butterflies at Duchess Pond in Stoke Park this morning. A few birds too. Too hot to hang around though. Slideshow of my photos from this morning
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