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Monthly Archives: January 2024

Kindness
11 Jan 2024

Kindness

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

At the park this afternoon the Boy Wonder decided that he should share some of his cookie with the birds, to help them keep warm in the cold winter weather. Of course, when people talk about feeding the birds what … Continued

bird, biscuit, boy, child, crumb, gull, juvenile, Larus fuscus, lesser black backed gull, park
Owl of the day
10 Jan 2024

Owl of the day

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

“Did you miss all this?” said HB at the end of the afternoon – meaning the three owl-free winters we’ve been through, rather than the biting cold on the top of the scarp, and the long hours spent standing around … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, Cotswolds, flight, golden hour, owl, owl field, raptor, short eared owl
Obsession
9 Jan 2024

Obsession

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

If we know each other on Facebook or Instagram you may already have noticed that I went out after owls today, because I posted a selfie of myself at lunch time, wearing so many layers of clothing I looked like … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, Cotswolds, flight, golden hour, owl, owl field, raptor, short eared owl
Floof
8 Jan 2024

Floof

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

There’s not much to say about today, really: it was cold, it was dark, and it tried briefly to snow while I was in Stratford, but lost interest after a couple of minutes and gave up. This little blue tit … Continued

bird, Blue Tit, churchyard, Cyanistes caeruleus, Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, twig
Irresistible
7 Jan 2024

Irresistible

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I wasn’t going to go – I really wasn’t – but the light was good, and the forecast was reasonable… and in the end the siren call of the Cotswold owls was too strong, and I went. The lane was … Continued

Asio flammeus, Cotswolds, dive, flight, golden hour, owl, owl field, raptor, short eared owl
Peaceful
6 Jan 2024

Peaceful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

A couple of the barges that moor in the Bancroft Basin in Stratford were moved further from the river during last week’s floods, and their new positions produced unusual reflections around some of today’s gulls. In some cases these were … Continued

Bancroft Basin, bird, Black Headed Gull, canal, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, gull, Stratford upon Avon
Tuneful
5 Jan 2024

Tuneful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I misread one of my bird alerts this morning, and thought that the wintering Black-throated and Great Northern Divers at Draycote Water had left Biggin Bay, where they’ve been hanging out for several weeks, and moved over towards the southern … Continued

bird, Black Throated Diver, Black Throated Loon, Draycote Water, Dunnock, Gavia antarctica, hedge sparrow, hedgerow, loon, Prunella modularis, reservoir
Constructive
4 Jan 2024

Constructive

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Despite R and me suggesting to him several times that it might be good to go out to one of the local parks for some fresh air and exercise, the Boy Wonder was adamant that he wanted to stay at … Continued

boy, child, construction, construction kit, magnet, toy
Bancroft Gardens
3 Jan 2024

Bancroft Gardens

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Weather | 0

First thing after breakfast this morning I loaded the slow cooker with a huge batch of ragu, and then set off for Stratford with R to run some errands. Despite yesterday’s deluge, we were unprepared for the discovery that the … Continued

Avon, Bancroft Gardens, bird, Branta canadensis, Canada Goose, Cygnus olor, Feral Pigeon, flood, goose, mute swan, river, Stratford upon Avon, swan
Wrong
2 Jan 2024

Wrong

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It rained – sometimes forcefully – from dawn till dusk today, apart from ten minutes in the early afternoon, when the downpour apparently lost concentration and allowed itself to fizzle out. I took advantage of the lull and scuttled outside … Continued

celandine, droplet, Ficaria verna, flower, garden, rain, raindrop

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