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29 Dec 2023

Feast

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

I wanted to photograph some birds today, but the both my weather apps predicted changeable conditions up on the Cotswold scarp, and I know just how much fun that can be, so I decided to try Farmoor instead. En route … Continued

15 Dec 2023

Flat

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

Day Two of my extended birthday saw R and me heading for Farmoor Reservoir in search of a Great Northern Diver. “I can go on my own,” I said, “and meet up with you for lunch afterwards.” “But it’s your … 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

2 Feb 2022

Showy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

The light was pretty poor in the Shire this morning, but the forecast promised better weather further east, so I decided to take a trip over to Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire, in search of a long-staying great northern diver. On … 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

9 Sep 2019

Kielder Water

by JDO | posted in: Landscape, Northumberland, Transport | 0

As we’re both still a bit shocked by the crash yesterday, and suffering some physical stiffness, it’s probably not a bad thing that we were confined to the cottage for most of the day by lack of transport; but it … Continued

12 Jun 2019

Plughole

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Derbyshire, Landscape | 0

When we left Liverpool this morning, R and I headed for Derbyshire, to visit his aunt and her husband. We went via the Ladybower Reservoir, where I hoped that the overflows would be running after the recent heavy rain – … Continued

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