Cygnus columbianus – Jill Orme Photography

12 Jan 2024

Family life

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Whenever I go to Slimbridge I take a pretty set route around the hides, from the Rushy screen down to the Estuary Tower, then circling round to South Lake and the New Piece hides, and finishing with Zeiss. In the winter … Continued

5 Jan 2022

Incoming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I spent three hours at Slimbridge in the middle of the day, and though I didn’t manage to be in the right place at the right time to see either of the most famous current residents (a spoonbill and a … Continued

13 Dec 2019

Baleful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I’ve spent the day cycling through the stages of grief. Every now and then I get stuck on anger, and the visceral hatred I feel for the liars, plotters, cheaters, and employees/fellow-travellers/useful idiots of V. Putin who have brought us … Continued

29 Nov 2019

Joyful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

And there was light. And I thought… I’d better take advantage of this, because it might be the last I see this year. So I went to Slimbridge. The male goldeneyes are fully dressed in their beautiful breeding plumage now, … Continued

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