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Robins in the New year’s sunshine

2nd January 2022 Armin Grewe 2 Comments

On the second day of the new year 2022 I managed to get out for a short photo walk around Aldermaston Wharf, returning as the rain arriving from the west set in. I didn’t see an awful lot, but managed to capture these two Robins in the mild New Year’s sunshine high up in a tree:

Picture of a Robin looking straight at us — Robin frontal view

Picture of a Robin in full voice, singing loudly — Robin frontal view

As usual, click on the pictures to view the larger version and visit the gallery. I hope you enjoy the pictures of the two Robins, if I remember correctly the most popular bird in the UK.

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Sunny August Sunday morning walk in West Berkshire

13th August 2017 Armin Grewe 10 Comments

As I’m writing this it’s cloudy in West Berkshire, quite please that I went out for a sunny Sunday morning earlier today in the morning. I used a route I found last weekend, taking me north from Aldermaston to the outskirts of Beenham. Then turned west passing north of Douai Abbey to Kiff Green. Here I turned south and walked to Upper Woolhampton, from where I continued to Woolhampton. In Woolhampton I crossed the Kennet and Avon Canal, which I then followed along the towpath east back to Aldermaston Wharf. I saw a variety of things, here are some of them in a picture gallery (click on the pictures for the larger versions):

Picture of a Yellowhammer bird — A Yellowhammer (I believe)

Picture of a number of cattle walking, both young and old — Cattle approaching

Picture of five calves standing close together — Five calves in a huddle

Picture of a Deer hiding in a field — A Deer in a field

Picture of a Blackbird on the ground — Blackbird on the ground

Picture of a Robin hiding in a tree — A Robin hiding in a tree

Picture of a Rook on a fence post — Rook on a fence post

Picture of a Willow Warbler in a tree — Willow Warbler in tree

Picture of a butterfly feeding on a flower — A butterfly feeding on a flower

Picture of a butterfly of some nettles — A butterfly of some nettles

Picture of a paraglider in flight — A paraglider flying over West Berkshire

The map used for this walk was:

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A few local birds from this weekend

13th March 2016 Armin Grewe 4 Comments

This weekend I visited two local nature reserves, on Saturday I visited Decoy Heath, on Sunday I visited Padworth Common. While I didn’t spot any rare birds there were a few common local birds around. Here are a few of the pictures I took: