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14 Mar 2019

Serious face

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The gales continued today. I was on the point of setting off for the Cotswold Water Park this morning when I saw on Twitter that one of the roads on my route was totally blocked by a fallen tree; and … Continued

11 Mar 2019

Housework

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had to go to Coventry this morning to see the periodontal specialist for my three month post-surgery check-up – which happily I passed, so barring mishaps I don’t have to see him again until December. As I was only … Continued

5 Mar 2019

Footbath

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I went over to Brandon Marsh today, in search of a couple of whooper swans that have been reported there over the past few days. I found them quite easily, but they were zonked on the edge of an island, … Continued

27 Feb 2019

Red stockings

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’m not a fan of the Beatrix Potter stories, though I love the illustrations; but I did always like the notion that Mrs Tiggywinkle used to to wash Sally Henny-penny’s yellow stockings. She’d have had to work quite hard on … Continued

25 Feb 2019

Steart

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Somerset | 0

After doing some actual work this morning (oh, the pain!) I zoomed off down to Somerset, and walked 14,000 steps around Steart Marshes wearing the Big Boots. As it was my first visit I wasn’t able to guess how long … Continued

23 Feb 2019

Suspicious

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

He had a nasty feeling that there was something stalking him, and he was right; but luckily for him, my intentions were reasonably honourable. This morning R and I did more gardening (eeeurgh): we’ve tidied half of the large rose … Continued

21 Feb 2019

Balmy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was such a lovely morning that R and I decided to go up to Hillers for coffee, after which I left him reading in the café and went in search of photos. The show garden was full of honey … Continued

19 Feb 2019

Punky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Staffordshire | 0

I made a first visit to the RSPB reserve at Middleton Lakes in Staffordshire today, and did the Wetland Walk, which comes in at about 10,000 steps. There’s only one hide, but it’s a roomy one in the middle of … Continued

17 Feb 2019

Owlday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

All the rushing about I’ve done this week finally caught up with me today, and I’ve been in quite a lot of pain. Common sense dictated a quiet day at home – but where would be the fun in that? … Continued

14 Feb 2019

Pintail

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I don’t think there are many more elegant ducks than the male pintail, even when he’s snoozing in the sun. With spring – and love – very definitely in the air at Slimbridge today, he was keeping one eye on … Continued

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