woodland

8 Oct 2025

Perky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I spent about forty minutes in Hillers’ bird hide this afternoon, before meeting R in the café for a late lunch. Sadly, thanks to last year’s brutal tree felling on the Ragley estate, the woodland clearing no longer attracts the … Continued

25 Aug 2025

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I wanted to go to Farmoor this morning after a Little Stint, which has been showing well there for a couple of days now, but after checking the journey time on the mapping app on my phone, I reluctantly accepted … Continued

2 Jul 2025

Hubris: meet Nemesis

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Feeling like the Great Odonata Hunter after the various successes of yesterday, I headed off down to Wiltshire this morning in search of a Lesser Emperor. Five hours and two and a half circuits of Lower Moor later, and after … Continued

12 Oct 2024

Harsh

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I spent a torrid half hour in the hide at Hillers this morning, where it was cold, and there were very few birds to be seen. Luckily I had the prospect of coffee and cake with R at the end … Continued

5 Oct 2024

Late

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Beetles, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I was pretty tired today after all the gadding about of the past three days, but it was warm and the light was good, and not knowing how many days like that we might have left to us this year, … Continued

30 Sep 2024

Grandpa Chaffinch

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’m getting pretty fed up with this wet and windy weather now – which doesn’t bode too well for my mood over the next five months. Today I needed to pick up a prescription from the GP’s surgery at Bidford, … Continued

23 Sep 2024

Watchful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It rained for the entire day – at some points only lightly, but at others the downpour was torrential. The ground in this area managed to absorb it all though, so things could have been worse: parts of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, … Continued

29 Aug 2024

Willowy

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

This morning’s internal debate went something like this: Draycote Water? Ferruginous Duck and Black-necked Grebe; huge area, so not necessarily good for photos, but lots of easy walking; car park; coffee; nearly an hour away, and quite often frustrating… Grafton … Continued

9 Mar 2024

Subtle

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

For several weeks now I’ve been hoping to catch a photo of one of the Siskins at Hillers away from the ground or the feeders, and as soon as I sat down in the hide this lunchtime I spotted this … Continued

10 Feb 2024

Nutty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Overnight, local flooding got worse as water moved down the River Avon, which was already over its banks in many places. Our village is still fine, thankfully, though houses on the other side of the loop remain under threat, and … Continued

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