Tag: Birds
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14th March 2023 – Somerset Levels
The weather was kinder today and, although there was a fresh breeze throughout, it was sunny for most of the day. I visited 3 nature reserves on the Somerset Levels, about an hour and a half south from my home in Bristol. At RSPB Catcott Lows a couple of wardens had just disturbed most of…
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5th March 2023 – Galleries
I have created a new “Galleries” section on my blog to highlight some of my bird photos. I have purposely not labelled the birds in the mixed galleries as I thought it might be fun (for me too) to try our luck at identifying them. They are labelled elsewhere on the site. So far I…
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Nature Photo Challenge: Eyes
I enjoyed Denzil Nature’s Photo Challenge on “Pattern” last week and particularly enjoyed seeing some of other bloggers’ contributions. See Denzil’s post. His challenge this week is “Eyes”. So here goes: The eyes have it!
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19th February 2023 – WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
We are regular visitors to Slimbridge but we generally avoid going there during school holidays. However, with a rarity, a White-rumped Sandpiper (an annual visitor to the UK from North America in small numbers), reported there the temptation was too great. On arriving at the Rushy Pen hide (where it has been reported in recent days) we…
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14th February 2023 – Chew Valley Lake, Somerset
A beautiful day to visit Chew Valley Lake just south of Bristol. The water level was very high and it didn’t look very inspiring when we looked out from the Stratford hide. Until, that is, a group of 8 Goldeneye came into view. One of the males was displaying regularly by raising its head to…
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7th February 2023 – Somerset Levels
A day spent birding on the Somerset Levels is always a special treat. However, by midday I was beginning to think this might be the exception. However, the sun burnt through the mist by about one o’clock and I saw some lovely birds in the afternoon to go with the magically atmospheric scenery that I…
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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…
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3rd May 2022 – Chew Valley Lake, North Somerset
I spent the day at Chew Valley Lake which, even though I am now out of my surgical boot, is currently my go-to place for birding as I don’t have to walk any great distance. At least I have ventured out of my garden! The local birders I met all said that it was a…
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10th January 2022 – Garden birds
As I am currently somewhat restricted on my birding activities I thought I would take Stephen G Hipperson’s advice in my last blog and do some garden birdwatching. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic I have been used to making do in this way at various times in the last two years. In this blog I…
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