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Babes
18 Apr 2025

Babes

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Family life, Gloucestershire | 0

We went to Slimbridge this morning, to rendezvous with L and take charge of the Boy Wonder for a couple of days. The weather wasn’t great, but he still elected to spend some time in the reserve rather than going … Continued

bird, chick, Coot, Fulica atra, Slimbridge, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Finery
6 Apr 2025

Finery

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Starlings. Ugly, noisy, messy, destructive creatures, right? Wrong. Just look at that plumage, and the slender, elegant yellow bill. In their breeding pomp they’re beautiful birds. They’re also devoted parents: we have a longstanding nest in the roof, with an … Continued

bird, hegerow, starling, Sturnus vulgaris, tree
Smug
26 Mar 2025

Smug

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I felt anything but smug when I woke up this morning (later than usual, after yesterday’s route march around Farmoor), opened the curtains and found that the lane was full of National Grid vehicles. We’d been warned twice, first by … Continued

bird, diving duck, Draycote Water, duck, Goosander, Mergus merganser, reservoir, sawbill
Bird on a stick
25 Mar 2025

Bird on a stick

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

When I woke up this morning with a burning desire to be somewhere else, I thought about the past few days and realised that I hadn’t set foot outside the muddy trench we call home for almost four days. No … Continued

anser caerulescens, bird, Falco tinnunculus, Falcon, Farmoor Reservoir, flight, goose, kestrel, Oxfordshire, raptor, reservoir, snow goose
Ducking out
17 Mar 2025

Ducking out

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

By coincidence, I had two unconnected appointments at Stratford Hospital today – routine blood tests at 11am, and an eye clinic consultation, for which R would need to drive me, at 2pm. Rather than us making two separate car journeys, … Continued

bird, Charlecote, diving duck, duck, flight, Goosander, lake, Mergus merganser, National Trust, NT Charlecote, sawbill
Feathery
12 Mar 2025

Feathery

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R had to be in Stratford first thing this morning, and I went in later to join him for lunch. Best of the day’s birds was this female Blackbird in Holy Trinity churchyard, who landed so close to me that … Continued

bird, Blackbird, churchyard, Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, Turdus merula
Profile
4 Mar 2025

Profile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I began the day in Stratford, starting with routine blood tests at the hospital, then going to my dentist for a somewhat overdue check-up. Then I decided to head over to Kemerton Lake, to see if there was anything interesting … Continued

bird, Great Crested Grebe, Kemerton Lake Nature Reserve, lake, Podiceps cristatus
Splashy
3 Mar 2025

Splashy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford for lunch today, in belated celebration of the fact that Saturday marked the 39th anniversary of our first official ‘date’. In truth, having all the family over at various points in the weekend was … Continued

Avon, bird, Black Headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, flight, gull, river, Stratford upon Avon
Incoming
28 Feb 2025

Incoming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

It was a slightly strange afternoon at the owl field: the light came and went, and so did the Shorties. At one point I think there were three flying, but I can only absolutely swear to two. There seems to … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, Cotswolds, field, flight, owl, owl field, raptor, short eared owl
Full-body commitment
26 Feb 2025

Full-body commitment

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having overdone the gardening yesterday (eeeurgh), I awarded myself an easy day today. I also wasn’t feeling the love for standing up on the Cotswold scarp waiting for the owls to perform, so I wound up going into Stratford with … Continued

bird, churchyard, Erithacus rubecula, gravestone, Holy Trinity, robin, Stratford upon Avon

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