Nemesis
This juvenile Cormorant has been hanging around Stratford for a couple of weeks now, but up until today it’s always managed to evade my lens. I’d even taken to calling it Nemesis. Today though, R spotted it diving in the … Continued
Storm-tossed
R and I went over to Farmoor Reservoir this morning, where a Great Northern Diver was reported, and photographed, yesterday. Sadly, we found that it had moved on overnight, which was pretty ungenerous of it as today is my birthday, … Continued
Coordination
It poured with rain for much of the day, and I was dubious about the Met Office forecast that we were due a late spell of sunshine, but as I came out of the supermarket early this afternoon I realised … Continued
Serendipity
Today was concert day so I was running against the clock, but I had to go to Stratford this morning, and I was rattling around the house trying to gather keys, phone, glasses, etc. as quickly as possible so I … Continued
Bird therapy
The weather seesawed back to ‘Dreary’ today, and I felt the need of some bird therapy. There were no interesting bird alerts anywhere within a fifty-mile radius though, so I took the line of least resistance and went up to … Continued
Song Thrush
“Looks like a Mistle Thrush,” said someone next to me. “You don’t see many of them.” “I don’t think so,” I said. “It’s not pale enough.” “Hmm. I think it is.” “Plus,” I said, “It sounds like a Song Thrush. … Continued