Kemerton Lake Nature Reserve – Page 2

10 Feb 2022

Jam tomorrow

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

“I’m sure I’ll take you with pleasure!” the Queen said. “Two pence a week, and jam every other day.” Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, “I don’t want you to hire me – and I don’t care for jam.” … Continued

14 Jan 2022

Frosty

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Landscape | 0

After yesterday’s excitement I couldn’t resist another trip to Kemerton Lake today, in the hope of getting even better views of the otters. But it wasn’t to be, because the whole of the lake surface around the public hide was … Continued

13 Jan 2022

Cormorant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’ve been hearing recently that there’s a lot of otter action going on at Kemerton Lake, on the border between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, so this afternoon I drove over to take a look. There have been periods when I’ve visited … Continued

2 Feb 2020

Wigeon

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I rather like wigeon, which is fortunate because they were about the only birds within sensible range on a rather grim afternoon at Kemerton Lake. Apart from the inevitable coots, that is, but I’m not at all fond of coots … Continued

25 Jul 2019

Parental care

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I went looking for beautiful Demoiselles this morning, at the site where I took this photo last year, but all I got was extreme embarrassment and a severely bruised shin, from stepping on a manhole cover that tilted, sending me … Continued

18 Jun 2019

Elegant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

This is an immature male Blue-tailed Damselfly, keeping up his strength at Kemerton Lake Reserve today. He and his lunch were my best captures of the session – I saw just a handful of damsels, and only one distant dragon, … Continued

6 May 2019

Anxiety

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I was at Kemerton Lake this afternoon, chatting to the other person in the hide and wondering if and when something would happen out on the lake, when all the pochards suddenly left the island where they spend most of … Continued

17 Apr 2019

Vivid

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

As you probably know, there’s a photographic by-law that makes it obligatory for anyone who fancies themselves with a camera to go out each spring and attempt to take an interesting shot of a rapeseed field. I hereby submit my … Continued

12 Apr 2019

Fish on Friday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Tired after a couple of days of rushing about, I decided to stay reasonably close to home today, and took a drive up to Kemerton Lake to see if the little grebe chicks had hatched. There was no sign of … Continued

1 Apr 2019

Lunch

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I decided to zoom up to Kemerton Lake this morning, to check on the grebes. But my vision of a peaceful couple of hours in the hide came to nothing – partly because there were other people in it (the … Continued

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