Tumbling
I spent a thoroughly enjoyable few hours at Slimbridge today. It was bitterly cold, and the light was patchy, but the birding was all you could reasonably wish for. Pick of the day, rarity-wise, was a Scaup – but it … Continued
This morning I decided that I was well enough to risk a day out, so I made the trip to Slimbridge that didn’t happen on Monday. It turned out not to be the best day for a visit, because staff … Continued
“Is there any reason I shouldn’t go to Slimbridge this afternoon?” I asked R this morning. “No!” he said. “You go! Have fun!” Almost as though he was sick of me stomping around the house complaining about the weather, and … Continued
It seemed too long since I’d been at Slimbridge (seven months, according to my photo files), and as I figured that they’d now had plenty of time to work out their anti-Covid measures, I thought it was safe to take … Continued
In the spirit of starting the year as you mean to go on, I hauled myself out of my desk chair this afternoon and went to Slimbridge. The light was Stygian before I even got there, and by the time … Continued