{"id":75644,"date":"2024-05-25T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=75644"},"modified":"2024-05-25T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T14:58:10","slug":"a-few-of-my-favourite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/05\/25\/a-few-of-my-favourite-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A few of my favourite things"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are a few of my favourite things.<\/p>\n

My binoculars were out this morning:<\/p>\n

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Coffee and cake were provided by Sian Moss of the Wren Cafe at Kingfisher Bridge Nature Reserve<\/a>, who makes the best of both in this area, without a doubt:<\/p>\n

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The reserve is just south of Ely. That's the Cathedral looking rather Monetesque in the background:<\/p>\n

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The birdwatching was brilliant. But I was also playing with the new camera bought to make the blogs - because we decided that an iPhone is good, but not good enough. I only have a fairly wide angle lens right now - because that is what vlogging requires, and I suspect its use for photography will be limited, but it had to be tried out:<\/p>\n

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The water buffalo on the reserve showed interest - but we were playing them jazz, which always brings them over. We've tried other music, but jazz always works best:<\/p>\n

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How the second one got his wonderfully coloured quiff I do not know.<\/p>\n

As to the birding, the highlight was avocet checks - only the second clutch ever to hatch here. And alongside that, the wonderful garden warbler singing<\/a>. They are the dullest of warblers, but the sound is the epitome of summer - like water tumbling down a brook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are a few of my favourite things. My binoculars were out this morning: Coffee and cake were provided by Sian Moss of the Wren
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