Seventy seven
I had to take an early trip to Stratford today to have my regular blood tests done, and collect a prescription. Emerging from the hospital to a hint that the heavy cloud of daybreak might now be thinking of lifting, … Continued
I had to take an early trip to Stratford today to have my regular blood tests done, and collect a prescription. Emerging from the hospital to a hint that the heavy cloud of daybreak might now be thinking of lifting, … Continued
Conditions were a little tricky at the owl field this afternoon: there were five owls in the air (good), but they kept getting into conflict with each other and flying high, rather than hunting low across the field (bad), and … Continued
Whenever I go to Slimbridge I take a pretty set route around the hides, from the Rushy screen down to the Estuary Tower, then circling round to South Lake and the New Piece hides, and finishing with Zeiss. In the winter … Continued
“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
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