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  • 3rd February 2023 – Stoke Park, Bristol

    3rd February 2023 – Stoke Park, Bristol

    It’s been rather dull today but there were glimpses of sunshine when I walked through Stoke Park this afternoon. I was too slow to get a photo of a Snipe so practised getting my eye in in with some Moorhens and Coots (definitely a soft option). There were 39 Black-headed Gulls (more than I have…

    martintayler

    February 3, 2023
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  • 2nd February 2023 – World Wetlands Day

    2nd February 2023 – World Wetlands Day

    Today is World Wetlands Day – a few fond memories to celebrate these wonderful resources.

    martintayler

    February 2, 2023
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  • 31st January 2023 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    31st January 2023 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    A gentle stroll around the local park and a chance to get back close up to birds.

    martintayler

    January 31, 2023
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  • 23rd-27th January 2023 – Doñana National Park, Spain

    23rd-27th January 2023 – Doñana National Park, Spain

    We have been lucky enough to spend the last 10 days in Andalusia in Southern Spain – five of them on a birding trip to the Doñana National Park. It has been surprisingly cold at times but we have had wall to wall sunshine and seen Spain at its best with doses of tourism in…

    martintayler

    January 30, 2023
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    Bird photography, Birds, Nature
  • 1st and 2nd January 2023 – Eastern Moors, Derbyshire and RSPB Old Moor, Yorkshire

    1st and 2nd January 2023 – Eastern Moors, Derbyshire and RSPB Old Moor, Yorkshire

    We have been visiting friends in Sheffield over the new year. On New Year’s Day we accepted the challenges of the weather and had a short walk on the Eastern Moors in the Peak District on the edges of Sheffield. Here I managed a few photographs of birds near feeders. On the 2nd January the…

    martintayler

    January 5, 2023
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  • 26th December 2022 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

    26th December 2022 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

    At this time of the year the Bewick and Whooper Swans are normally the celebrities at Slimbridge. However, today a diminutive goose, a Ross’s Goose (or possibly a snow goose) made a surprise appearance. I have never seen one of these birds before. Slideshow of photos from this morning:

    martintayler

    December 26, 2022
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  • 10th December 2022 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    10th December 2022 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    The kingfisher was on the River Frome (at the bottom of our road) when we started our walk to Eastville Park and there again at the end of our walk, but it was just a fleeting visit – luckily just long enough for me to get my camera out of its bag. It was fairly…

    martintayler

    December 10, 2022
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  • 27th November 2022 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

    27th November 2022 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire

    A dull day at Slimbridge can still be very rewarding. A great spotted woodpecker was one of the highlights along with large flocks of lapwings and golden plover. Plenty of northern pintails too. Slideshow of this morning’s photos:

    martintayler

    December 1, 2022
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  • 22nd November 2022 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol

    22nd November 2022 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol

    It was very wet underfoot but there was good light and it was still quite mild on my walk through our local park this morning. A pair of stonechats brightened my day which might have been even better if I had managed to find the firecrests which other local birders have been reporting regularly in…

    martintayler

    November 22, 2022
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  • 8th November 2022 – Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels

    8th November 2022 – Catcott Lows, Somerset Levels

    I stopped off at Cheddar Reservoir on my way to the Avalon Marshes in Somerset but a heavy shower sent me scurrying back to my car; and so my only photo of my brief walk was of a pied wagtail. I made another stop by the roadside after Wedmore when I saw a flock of…

    martintayler

    November 8, 2022
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