Draycote Water – Jill Orme Photography

26 Mar 2025

Smug

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I felt anything but smug when I woke up this morning (later than usual, after yesterday’s route march around Farmoor), opened the curtains and found that the lane was full of National Grid vehicles. We’d been warned twice, first by … Continued

2 Jan 2025

Draycote birding

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was a perfect owling day, but I wasn’t feeling up to dealing with hordes of people, so I decided to go to Draycote Water for a Christmas-carb-busting walk and a Great Northern Diver. Both of which I got, though … Continued

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

18 Mar 2024

Cresting

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Because it was a nice(ish) day today, and it felt as though I’d been stuck at home for ever, I went out and about in search of birds. I began the day at Brandon Marsh, which sadly more than lived … Continued

5 Jan 2024

Tuneful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I misread one of my bird alerts this morning, and thought that the wintering Black-throated and Great Northern Divers at Draycote Water had left Biggin Bay, where they’ve been hanging out for several weeks, and moved over towards the southern … Continued

30 Jan 2023

Springy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had to run an errand in Coventry this afternoon, and as it was bright and sunny I thought I’d swing on up to Draycote Water afterwards, to see if I could find the long-tailed duck and the pair of … Continued

9 Jan 2022

Mobile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having missed the chance to photograph a great northern diver in Worcester recently, the poor creature having died of avian ‘flu, I zoomed over to Draycote Water in Warwickshire this morning, where a couple of them have been wintering for … Continued

14 Dec 2020

GND redux

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

When R asked me if I’d like to go for a walk on my birthday and I said that I fancied a yomp around Draycote Water, his expression reminded me of the hoary old joke about the man who asks … Continued

23 Nov 2020

Great northern diver

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

There are several great northern divers dotted around the country at the moment, including one at Ripple in The Shire, but I decided to go in search of the pair that have been hanging around Draycote Water in Warwickshire for … Continued

23 Dec 2019

Weasel

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

I went to Draycote Water today after the great northern diver that’s been up there for around a week now. I didn’t find it, though I bumped into other people who’d had distant views of it during the morning, but … Continued