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Variety is the spice of life
A number of people have been intrigued about this mythical lake that I seem to disappear off to week after week. The main question that...
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gileslury
Jun 7, 20234 min read
Mins-More
A trip to the RSPB reserve at Minsmere wasn’t ‘mere’ in any way. It isn’t a mere stone’s throw from the house. It involved a 3 hour coach...
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gileslury
May 15, 20232 min read
The changing seasons from blue to white
I would be the first to admit that the main draws of the Lake for me are the birds and the general sense of well-being I get from my...
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gileslury
May 8, 20232 min read
Antipodean Adventures in Birdwatching : Part Five
Given how many pictures of birds I took while in Australia I feel compelled to share a few more. Whether that compulsion is a means of me...
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gileslury
May 3, 20231 min read
The long and short of it
I like to find a theme for my blogs on this site. They are normally about some aspect of what I have seen, but this week’s is slightly...
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gileslury
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Antipodean adventures in Bird watching: Part 4
Where do I start? I saw over 75 types of birds and shot hundreds (and hundreds) of photographs. So what do I include in this little blog...
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gileslury
Apr 21, 20231 min read
Forget me not
Having been away for 2 and a half months i was keen to get back to Stocker's Lake and see how things were. The Forget me not is in bloom...
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gileslury
Mar 11, 20232 min read
Antipodean Adventures in Birdwatching: Part 3 - The joy of seeing something new
I’ve now been in Australia for a few weeks and in amongst other sightseeing. I have had the chance to see so many new (to me) species of...
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gileslury
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Antipodean adventures in Bird-Watching: Part 2
Well the second instalment and like all good series let’s pick up where we left off. The ones that got away. The shot I would have loved...
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gileslury
Feb 12, 20233 min read
Antipodean adventures in birdwatching : Part 1
(A Tui) I originally named this site “A man, his camera and a lake” but this blog doesn’t feature that lake. Instead, it features a...
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gileslury
Jan 29, 20233 min read
I'll be back
I have shown some family and friends around my second ‘home’ - Stocker’s Lake, but a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being...
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Jan 13, 20232 min read
Shovel it up
This week the lake seems to be full of Shovelers, which I discovered are sometimes known as ‘Neighbour’s mallard’. The reason being that...
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gileslury
Dec 26, 20221 min read
Feed the birds...
With the return of colder weather, I have been putting out food for the birds It's always fun to see what the seeds and fat balls attract...
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gileslury
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Walking in a winter wonderland
It was a cold and frosty morning, …well actually this blog is about two cold and frosty mornings as the photos are from my last two...
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gileslury
Dec 11, 20222 min read
On the road again
This week there was time for a short visit to the RSPB reserve at Otmoor before picking up one of the sons at Didcot. It was only as we...
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gileslury
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Slimbridge but not slim pickings
Having finally got round to joining the RSPB, I got in contact with my local branch in Watford knowing that it was fairly active group....
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gileslury
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Lovely weather for ducks
It has been said that Eskimos have four hundred different words for ‘snow,’ the reality is probably nearer fifty. We, British, have about...
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gileslury
Oct 31, 20222 min read
BIG BIRDS IN TREES
Research by Kings College London has found that everyday encounters with birds improves mental health. They went as far as to suggest...
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gileslury
Oct 9, 20222 min read
I'VE MIST YOU
Ok, so that is a pretty bad pun, but it is the best I can come with. Last week was the first misty morning I have enjoyed this autumn. A...
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