Avez-Vous un Cuppa?

It's my birthday today and for some reason I seem to see or find a good bird on this day? So getting out of my car at Watermead CP North this morning, I noticed a raptor being mobbed by crows and a single Buzzard. I thought is it the Red Kite again?,but getting my bins on the bird I realised that in fact it was an Osprey migrating slowly north!! Get fuc*ing In!! I watched the bird for the next couple of minutes as it slowly flew over me and then towards Wanlip North before losing it behind some trees as it flew north. I was straight on to the phone and let people know of the sighting and then I jumped into my car and drove it to the entrance of the park to see if I could the Osprey again? My luck was out but I decided that Cossington Meadows might be a good idea? So I drove over to the reserve. With no more sign of the Osprey I spent the next hour or so checking out the reserve. Sightings on the reserve I saw included a ringed Little Egret (Probably the returning Groby bird?!) and...

Gloucester v Ospreys Gloucester v Ospreys again! Cardiff Blues practicing tackling! Drake Scaup at Swithland Res Grey Heron at Cossington Meadows Well over the weekend I celebrated my 40th birthday, watched a bit of rugby and did some birding on the Sunday. Firstly on the Friday night I spent a few good hours in The Orange Tree celebrating my birthday and would like to thank my friends for all the cards and presents I received. On the Saturday in the morning I felt like death warmed up!! and was in two minds if I should go to the EDF semi finals in Coventry due to me feeling so ill. But after have a bit of breakfast which didn't come straight back up I decided that I might be OK to go. So in the afternoon I joined the good numbers of different supporters at the Ricoh Arena. The first match of the day was Gloucester v Ospreys and I must admit it was a rubbish game, loads of handling errors, defences cancelling each other out, and a number of injuries to players who might be going on...