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Autumn Blooms

October 28, 2026 • Leave a Comment

As I talked about in my previous post, Autumn is a time of transition and movement, and I was thinking of birds at the time of writing. However, the fall season is also a time when a new burst of life erupts from below, taking its turn for some limelight whilst the trees and plants shed their leaves from above. I am of course referring to fungi! Wh...

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Grey Phalarope

October 20, 2026 • Leave a Comment

Autumn is always an exciting time of year in the world of birds, with migration in full swing as birds both depart and arrive in the UK. This usually means birds veering off course or stopping here before travelling on and can mean some relatively rare birds touching down locally. Such an event occurred last week, with a Grey Phalarope taking up te...

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Small Coppers

September 27, 2026 • Leave a Comment

During an evening dog walk back in May this around our local village and surrounding fields, I encountered a healthy brood of Small Coppers (Lycaena phlaeas). This is a butterfly that I absolutely love and chances to photograph them are pretty seldom. With a new location established and a favourable weather forecast for the following morning, I set...

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A Shrike Summer

September 25, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The much-admired and remarkably long-staying Long-tailed Shrike that took up home in the hedgerows of the Cotswolds departed a few weeks ago, so here are some images of this beautiful bird. It really was a brilliant experience to see it moult into its adult plumage over the many weeks it was here. From a relatively unkempt and dull youngster, the...

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Long-tailed Shrike

July 31, 2026 • Leave a Comment

This is a super quick post to share a few photos of an incredible local find - a Long-tailed Shrike - which was found earlier this month in the hedgerows of Eastleach Martin, here in the Cotswolds. This is only the third ever record of this species in the UK, and comes hot on the heels of the second ever record, which was in Fife just weeks before.

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