Slimbridge – Page 5 – Jill Orme Photography

1 Jan 2020

Keeping on keeping on

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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

13 Dec 2019

Baleful

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I’ve spent the day cycling through the stages of grief. Every now and then I get stuck on anger, and the visceral hatred I feel for the liars, plotters, cheaters, and employees/fellow-travellers/useful idiots of V. Putin who have brought us … Continued

29 Nov 2019

Joyful

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And there was light. And I thought… I’d better take advantage of this, because it might be the last I see this year. So I went to Slimbridge. The male goldeneyes are fully dressed in their beautiful breeding plumage now, … Continued

7 Nov 2019

Smew

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After my maungy day yesterday, the elements took pity on me – or possibly on the rest of humanity – and provided an unforecast day of nice weather. So I went off to Slimbridge, which worked its usual charm and … Continued

30 Oct 2019

Blackwit

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I’m getting better at this game – I looked at this bird as it stomped past the South Lake hide at Slimbridge today, and thought black-tailed godwit – which, indeed, is what it is. I can’t be sure of the … Continued

2 Oct 2019

Cormorant

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I didn’t quite nail this capture, but in my defence I only spotted the cormorant a split second before it took off, and because I was set up for ducks swimming on a lake and not for flying things, I … Continued

17 Sep 2019

The chase

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A group of us were standing in the Zeiss Hide at Slimbridge this afternoon, watching nothing very interesting going on, when suddenly all the ducks and waders went skywards. “Peregrine!” said someone. “Marsh harrier!” said someone else. They were both … Continued

15 Apr 2019

A bit of ruff

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I’m indebted to R (who has the kind of low mind that an expensive education will help you cultivate) for the title of today’s blip. I’m also grateful to the bird identification group on Facebook for confirming to me that … Continued

20 Mar 2019

Hooded merganser

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It’s been a very long day – beginning at 4am, when I managed to wake myself up in advance of my 6am alarm, and failed to get back to sleep again for an hour. I needed to be out of … Continued

14 Mar 2019

Serious face

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The gales continued today. I was on the point of setting off for the Cotswold Water Park this morning when I saw on Twitter that one of the roads on my route was totally blocked by a fallen tree; and … Continued

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