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Variety is the spice of life
It is always interesting to visit other nature reserves and see a few different birds. So not surprisingly I enjoyed my visit to the RSPB...
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gileslury
Sep 26, 20223 min read
EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED
There are certain things that I almost take for granted on my visits to the Lake. I expect a Magpie’s crackling chuckling call to be the...
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gileslury
Sep 10, 20223 min read
A day of mixed emotions
I have experienced many positive emotions during the time I have spent at the Lake over the last couple of years. It has helped me feel...
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gileslury
Aug 31, 20223 min read
The Purple Season Seductress
On my visits to the lake, most of my photography is focused (sorry couldn’t resist that) on birds and the landscapes/’lakescapes’....
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gileslury
Aug 25, 20224 min read
The law breakers of Stocker’s Lake
There is much to love in and around Stocker’s Lake, and there is much I do love. I love the ever-changing scenery which can seem to have...
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gileslury
Aug 12, 20222 min read
ASMR and my responses to my visits to the lake.
I went to the ‘Weird sensation feels good: The World of ASMR’ exhibition at the Design Museum today. It includes a number of exhibits...
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gileslury
Aug 7, 20221 min read
Red sky at night
I had thought about going to the lake and trying to capture some sunrise snaps - but have you seen what time sunrise is at the moment?...
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gileslury
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Giving it the treatment
I have been away again. This time to Norfolk. Not surprisingly my camera came too. Lots (and lots) of photos were taken. I set about...
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gileslury
Jul 24, 20222 min read
Red Kites galore
Nearly all of my blogs relate to my time spent in and around Stocker's Lake in the Colne Valley but I do go elsewhere sometimes. A...
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gileslury
Jul 17, 20222 min read
What links butterflies and excrement?
I didn't know much about birds when I starting photographing them and still don't. "I take pictures of them just don't ask me what they...
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gileslury
Jul 16, 20221 min read
What a pose(u)r
Catching up on some photographs from a couple of weeks ago, I thought I would share some (more) pictures of a cormorant. As you can see...
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gileslury
Jul 10, 20222 min read
A bright sunshiny day
I can see clearly now the rain is gone I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It's gonna be a...
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gileslury
Jul 6, 20221 min read
David versus Goliath
You never quite know what you will see on a visit and my last trip was no exception. I was just trying to capture a heron in flight when...
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gileslury
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Egrets - More precious than gold?
I had wondered about a theme of white for this week’s blog in which I would feature the different (predominantly white) birds and flowers...
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gileslury
Jun 12, 20221 min read
I have definitely become a twitcher
A combination of busy-ness, laziness and a holiday means, I haven’t written a blog about a trip to the lake foe some time. And while this...
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gileslury
May 15, 20221 min read
Cuteness overload
Less of a blog and more of a photo gallery. A selection of fluffy young ones and a couple of nesting birds. Enjoy Not sure how these...
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gileslury
May 13, 20226 min read
What bird links Robert Burns, Charles Dickens and Paul McCartney?
This week I took a couple of pictures of a wren and decided to add write a blog about these ‘wee’ birds. Now, if you have been paying...
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gileslury
May 3, 20222 min read
Feeding time …and the arrival of summer?
Some of my favourite photos are ones that capture little slices of everyday ‘bird’ life and while the courtship display of the grebes was...
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gileslury
Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Sparrowhawk & its nictitating membrane
Outside the house we are staying in for a week, we saw what we thought at first was a dead bird, a sparrowhawk lying on its back....
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gileslury
Apr 14, 20222 min read
A certain satisfaction
I go to the lake to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, for interest, exercise and possibly now, out of habit. As I have...
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