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10 Feb 2022

Jam tomorrow

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

“I’m sure I’ll take you with pleasure!” the Queen said. “Two pence a week, and jam every other day.” Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, “I don’t want you to hire me – and I don’t care for jam.” … Continued

9 Feb 2022

Attitude

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I spent the morning fighting my web site and losing, and then suddenly realised that it was 2pm on a heavily overcast day, and if I didn’t get a wriggle on and find something to photograph, what light there was … Continued

5 Feb 2022

Poseur

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

It was still cold and windy today, and forecast to be stormy by the afternoon, but the light wasn’t too bad this morning, so as soon as I’d prepared a sausage casserole and got it seething in the slow cooker, … Continued

2 Feb 2022

Showy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

The light was pretty poor in the Shire this morning, but the forecast promised better weather further east, so I decided to take a trip over to Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire, in search of a long-staying great northern diver. On … Continued

1 Feb 2022

Missus

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

Both male and female great spotted woodpeckers put in an appearance in the woodland behind Hillers’ garden this afternoon. This is the female, identifiable by the lack of a red cap, though otherwise she’s pretty similar to the male. I … Continued

30 Jan 2022

Citizen science

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

According to the Winter Watch team, over a million people took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch last year – an amazing collective effort towards the understanding of bird populations in the UK. Today was the final day for … Continued

29 Jan 2022

Bachelor

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The English name ‘chaffinch’ is neatly descriptive, because this is a finch that is will search through chaff to find grain to eat. ‘Fringilla’ is the Latin word for a finch, and Linnaeus named this species ‘coelebs’, meaning single, because … Continued

28 Jan 2022

Pert

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The afternoon was getting murky by the time I got to Dunnington, after a bright morning which would have been great for photography, but which I’d had to waste on boring and irritating errands. The stress of the morning made … Continued

24 Jan 2022

Snap

by JDO | posted in: Birds, People, Warwickshire | 0

I had to go to Stratford this morning to buy some shoes – an errand on which R conspicuously failed to offer to join me, presumably because he knew how likely it was to end in bitterness and recrimination. I’m … Continued

23 Jan 2022

Transformer

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

“He’s the one I want,” I said to R, trying to track this individual in the midst of a feeding mêlée, “because he’s almost into his breeding plumage.” In truth though, male and female black-headed gulls are identically marked, and … Continued

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