Barrow Gurney and the Cotswolds

2 Dec - A morning visit to these reservoirs in Bristol, where the regularly returning entering Long-tailed Duck has been joined by a Great Northern and a Black-throated Diver.......once I found no 3 tank, all 3 species gave fairly distant views n good light, though only the LTD allowed approach within photography range. A sunny calm afternoon prompted a detour to the Cotswolds en route home, and I was rewarded by 2 or 3 Short-eared Owls appearing in perfect low afternoon sunlight, And hunting over the grassland with graceful floating flight, with a supporting case of a brief flyby Barn Owl and good numbers of winter Thrushes.