{"id":84155,"date":"2025-07-20T15:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=84155"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:26:01","slug":"more-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/20\/more-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"More reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was birdwatching again this morning, and with slightly less rain in prospect, I took a proper camera rather than just my phone. That said, despite lightening up some of these images since getting them out of the camera, as is very obvious, it was a grey morning.<\/p>\n

A parent and a young avocet (to the left) shared company with a couple of black-headed gulls. The parent is most definitely vocalising - and it's a great call to hear.<\/p>\n

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With ruff to the rear and black-headed gull to the right, there is a snipe skulking (as they always do) in the right foreground:<\/p>\n

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I think this young swallow was thinking that if it did not warm up soon it was going to Africa:<\/p>\n

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This is a black-headed gull against an ominous sky:<\/p>\n

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And a common tern, doing much the same thing:<\/p>\n

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A greylag goose was trying out the ripple effect, having a wash:<\/p>\n

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And to come off the water for a moment, the pied wagtails were very busy. The weather seemed ot have brought out bugs galore:<\/p>\n

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As usual, well worth going, and some of the reading I did will influence videos next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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