Go Ape


Here is an example of an embedded you tube video. Taffy and I did Go Ape.

Quick trip to Wilstone

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

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A walk in the rain.

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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!

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Otmoor RSPB

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Goldfinch, Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Magpie, Blue Tit, Lapwing, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Coot, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Canada Goose, Hobby, Greylag, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Pochard, Cormorant, Mallard, Black headed Gull, Cuckoo (male and female!), Grey Heron, Rook, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasant, Greenfinch, Yellowhammer, Grasshopper Warbler, Linnet.

Wet, windy, cold!

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Even so got yellow wag, blackcap, gadwall, possible tern, swallow, and sand and house martin.

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My first picture

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This is a test post with a picture, in fact this is the first picture on my blog.

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