In the wood I found a White-legged Bumblebee nest that had been dug out by a Badger, but it was very quite bird wise. I was also trying to photograph the Marbled Whites in the Upper Cherwell Valley but they weren't being very cooperative!
Birding and wildlife blog for Grimsbury Reservoir, Grimsbury Woodland Nature Reserve and the Upper Cherwell Valley, north Oxfordshire.
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This is no Farmoor, Otmoor or Port Meadow. This is Grimsbury. It's Grim up north!
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015
30th Jun 2015
A beautiful sunny morning during this heatwave with a light breeze making it quite pleasant. The Common Tern is still at the reservoir making regular fishing circuits between perching up on the railings, pontoon or buoys. Five Great Crested Grebes were loafing around the northern end including a well grown juvenile that has flow in from a breeding site somewhere. A Cormorant flew over north west, this being the first one I have seen here in a while.
In the wood I found a White-legged Bumblebee nest that had been dug out by a Badger, but it was very quite bird wise. I was also trying to photograph the Marbled Whites in the Upper Cherwell Valley but they weren't being very cooperative!
In the wood I found a White-legged Bumblebee nest that had been dug out by a Badger, but it was very quite bird wise. I was also trying to photograph the Marbled Whites in the Upper Cherwell Valley but they weren't being very cooperative!
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