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10 Oct 2019

Monochrome

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I haven’t converted this to black and white, or desaturated it at all – it’s exactly as I took it. So you’ll probably be able to work out what kind of day it was. My other candidate for a post … Continued

2 Oct 2019

Cormorant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I didn’t quite nail this capture, but in my defence I only spotted the cormorant a split second before it took off, and because I was set up for ducks swimming on a lake and not for flying things, I … Continued

30 Sep 2019

Dribble

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

As it was quite a nice morning, but rain was forecast, I zoomed off to Stratford in search of dragons. When I reached the river I couldn’t immediately see any, so I crossed to the south side and walked along … Continued

26 Sep 2019

Kestrel

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I set off for Trench Wood this afternoon in brilliant sunshine, but the further west I drove the heavier the sky became, and about half way there I gave up on the plan, turned the car, and went to Grove … Continued

25 Sep 2019

Cuteness

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had a bit of trouble deciding between this shot and one of a male pheasant coming into glorious new plumage; but in the end I’ve gone with this, partly because long-tailed tits are much harder to photograph than a … Continued

24 Sep 2019

Sparkling

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

Today was a good day. I was so nervous about this morning’s Supreme Court ruling that I preferred to read the live tweet streams of Joshua Rozenberg and Ian Dunt rather than watching the Supreme Court TV feed; but the … Continued

23 Sep 2019

On golden pond

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

With bad weather forecast, and the dragon season galloping towards its close, I zoomed off to Croome this morning in the hope of photos. There were plenty of Common Darters around, mostly ovipositing in tandem, and a handful of Migrant … Continued

17 Sep 2019

The chase

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

A group of us were standing in the Zeiss Hide at Slimbridge this afternoon, watching nothing very interesting going on, when suddenly all the ducks and waders went skywards. “Peregrine!” said someone. “Marsh harrier!” said someone else. They were both … Continued

11 Sep 2019

Sassy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Landscape, Northumberland | 0

This morning we went back to Leaplish, one of the visitor sites beside Kielder Water, and revisited the wildlife hide in the forest. The area immediately in front of the hide contains several bird feeders, but a notice explains that … Continued

8 Sep 2019

Sibling rivalry

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Northumberland | 0

So how was your day? Ours was…. interesting. We were en route to Hadrian’s Wall this morning, when someone drove into our car and pretty much demolished both the driver’s side doors. Luckily we and the other driver were all … Continued

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