Volemageddon
R and I have gone back and forth between these two images until we’re both cross-eyed, without being able to agree, or even decide which of them either of us prefers. So in the interests of getting some sleep tonight, I’ve … Continued
Canoodling
They look so furious all that time that it’s often not easy to decide whether birds of prey are indulging in conflict or courtship, but given the time of year, and the fact that this pair of Buzzards had been … Continued
Draycote birding
It was a perfect owling day, but I wasn’t feeling up to dealing with hordes of people, so I decided to go to Draycote Water for a Christmas-carb-busting walk and a Great Northern Diver. Both of which I got, though … Continued
Disallowed
Well, this wasn’t on my New Year bird list bingo card. I hadn’t expected to be going out at all today, after waking to the tail end of yesterday’s storm, but by lunchtime the gale had blown through and the … Continued
Flight practice
This morning H and S set off back to the Frozen North (H still a bit under the weather with what now looks pretty clearly like a virus), and suddenly the house was huge and empty. So R and I … Continued
Golden hour
The Cardiff crew managed to depart the Shire at lunchtime, despite multiple delaying tactics by the Boy Wonder. His word of the day is “alleyway”, which he learned this morning when R and I walked over to the Airbnb and … Continued