Nutty
More running around today, trying to finish the Christmas shopping before it finished me. I’ve just about beaten it now, I think, which isn’t bad considering it’s only a week since I finally agreed to engage with it (though R, … Continued
It’s beginning to look…
…. and this Robin seems almost as alarmed about it as I’m currently feeling. I promised myself that this year I’d keep everything relaxed and low-key, but I’m at the stage where everything I cross off the top of my … Continued
Free runner
I only got to spend about fifteen minutes in the churchyard of Holy Trinity this afternoon, en route (circuitously) between the rec’ car park and a hospital appointment, but during that short space of time I learned two things. The … Continued
Blue hour owl
Early sunshine this morning raised my hopes of a fine afternoon’s owling, but by 10am the Tupperware lid had closed over the Vale of Evesham, and by the time I set off, just before noon, it was raining. I gritted … Continued
Weird duck season
A snap decision late this morning to go to Slimbridge paid ample dividends, because the reserve was teeming with birds. The Bewick’s Swans are assembling now after their long migration from Russia, and the winter duck and wader flocks are … Continued
Tongue-out Tuesday
It was a nice day today, and I wanted to go owling, but tomorrow is shaping up to be long and tiring, so I managed to talk myself out of it. Instead I searched the garden for invertebrates, and managed … Continued