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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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5th February 2023 – New Passage, Severn Estuary 2023
We had a fleeting visit to New Passage on the Severn Estuary this morning. The tide was too low to see much and it was too cold to hang around. There was a flock of 30 oystercatchers stretched along the waters edge and a similar number of redshank where the pill met the waters edge.…
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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…
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2nd February 2023 – World Wetlands Day
Today is World Wetlands Day – a few fond memories to celebrate these wonderful resources.
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31st January 2023 – Eastville Park, Bristol
A gentle stroll around the local park and a chance to get back close up to birds.
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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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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…
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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:
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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…
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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:
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