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First owls of the season
21 Nov 2024

First owls of the season

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The owl season began in style this afternoon. I don’t know how many Short-eared Owls were flying, but at times there was frantic action all over the field, and I came home with several hundred photos. In the end I … Continued

Asio flammeus, bird, Cotswolds, flight, owl, owl field, raptor, short eared owl
Attitude
15 Nov 2024

Attitude

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

As we were out and about in Warwickshire this morning, and it was TGIFday, R and I decided to go to Hiller’s for lunch. As, it turned out, had most of the senior population of the county. R suggested I … Continued

autumn leaf, bird, Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, Hillers bird hide, leaf fall, pond
Churchyard birding
14 Nov 2024

Churchyard birding

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had to go to Stratford this morning for ingredients to make a batch of ragu, and I took the opportunity to do a little birding – first at the new local nature reserve off the Warwick Road, and then … Continued

bird, churchyard, gravestone, Holy Trinity, lichen, moss, nuthatch, Sitta europaea, Stratford upon Avon
Flushed
13 Nov 2024

Flushed

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Flushed with yesterday’s birding success, I went off in search of rarities again this morning: my bird alerts had a Red-breasted Merganser and a Scaup joining the long-staying Ferruginous Duck at Draycote Water, and I thought there was a fair … Continued

Aythya nyroca, bird, diving duck, Draycote Water, duck, Ferruginous Duck, Mergus serrator, Red Breasted Merganser, reservoir, sawbill
Twitchy
12 Nov 2024

Twitchy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’m not a twitcher – not least because I abhor crowds – but every now and then I see some bird alerts that make me think Well really – it would be rude not to go and take a look. … Continued

bird, Black Necked Grebe, fence, Gavia stellata, Grimley, lake, Podiceps nigricollis, Red Throated Diver, Saxicola torquata, stonechat
Colour pop
9 Nov 2024

Colour pop

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

The Boy Wonder is staying with R and me for the weekend, for the first time in over six months. This morning we rendezvoused with L in the car park at Slimbridge to make the handover (which seemed to involve … Continued

bird, Bucephala clangula, diving duck, duck, Goldeneye, Slimbridge, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Redwing
7 Nov 2024

Redwing

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This afternoon I finally managed to catch up with my first Redwing of the season. It was feeding on holly berries in the Avonbank Gardens in Stratford, down near the chain ferry, where at just after 3pm it was so … Continued

Avonbank Garden, bird, dusk, holly berry, holly tree, redwing, Stratford upon Avon, thrush, Turdus iliacus
Peevish
5 Nov 2024

Peevish

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

I was feeling jaded and peevish this morning, and I only managed to overcome an almost unconquerable desire to stay tucked up in bed all day with a good book* by throwing myself bodily into some clothes, scooping up all … Continued

bird, Cormorant, Farmoor Reservoir, juvenile, Oxfordshire, Phalacrocorax carbo, reservoir
Bobbin
30 Oct 2024

Bobbin

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I could honestly call this Robin the bird of the day, but it would be at least as accurate to describe it as the best of a bad job.  On a depressingly Tupperware day I missed a good and easy … Continued

bird, branch, Erithacus rubecula, robin
Goldcrest
29 Oct 2024

Goldcrest

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

So there I was, standing on the riverside pathway in Holy Trinity churchyard in Stratford, looking like someone who was doing their socials rather than paying attention to the beautiful and historic surroundings, but actually using the Merlin app to … Continued

bird, churchyard, Goldcrest, HolyTrinity, Regulus regulus, Stratford upon Avon, yew tree

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