Great Crested Grebe – Jill Orme Photography

4 Mar 2025

Profile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I began the day in Stratford, starting with routine blood tests at the hospital, then going to my dentist for a somewhat overdue check-up. Then I decided to head over to Kemerton Lake, to see if there was anything interesting … 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

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

20 Nov 2023

Wintry

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

I didn’t drive all the way to Farmoor Reservoir this afternoon to take photos of Great Crested Grebes, Cormorants, Pied Wagtails, and Tufted Ducks, but that’s mainly what I arrived home with. I’d been hoping to see the Slavonian Grebe … Continued

7 Mar 2023

Cuddlin’

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This is almost what you might be thinking it is – but not quite. The upper bird here is the female of this pair – smaller and slighter, and with slightly different markings, than the male beneath her. About forty … Continued

6 Mar 2023

Improbable

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Unlikely, but as it turned out, just possible. I went to Kemerton Lake in the hope of seeing the great crested grebes displaying to each other, photos of which were posted on Sunday by someone I know, but they weren’t … Continued

24 Feb 2022

Restless

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Deprived of a day with Boy Wonder because the Household B is currently in Covid purdah, R and I were grumpy with each other this morning (and in my case at least, with the rest of the world as well). … Continued

11 Feb 2022

Jam today

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

It was a lovely day, but I didn’t fancy going a long distance, so I risked another trip to Kemerton Lake, where – three hours into a four-hour stint in the water level hide – this is what happened. There … Continued

7 May 2021

Ambitious

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

“That’s never going to happen,” said the woman with the binoculars, who was sitting a few metres further along the bank from where I was standing. “Not in a month of Sundays,” I agreed. We were both wrong, as it … Continued

30 Apr 2021

Love

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’ve been so busy recently that seven weeks have somehow slipped past since my last visit to Compton Verney, but I managed to remedy that situation this morning, and spent three happy hours at the lake. Few things unscramble my … Continued

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