Quick trip to Wilstone

another-view-wilstone-reservoir

another-view-wilstone-reservoir

Water level down none draining out at the weir. Loads of Coots. Young Heron, Mallards, and a Green Sandpiper.

View from my office window

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another-view-from-office-window

A walk in the rain.

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walk-in-the-rain

Raining but went for a walk any way. Parked at end of Wendover woods. Saw Whitethroat in a rape field, Coal Tit. And Nuthatch.

Quainton after Great Grey Shrike

http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/ was reporting a Great Grey Shrike in the hills near Quainton, so I thought I would go and have a look.
Rook, Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blackbird, Crow, Green Woodpecker, Starling, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, but Bo Great Grey Shrike!