Thursday 27 November

The heron was sat by the Big Lodge

I think he was trying to hide, he flew off heading for his spot on the River

This tiny pond, it's the only name I can call it is near the small lodge, it has a twin just to the right of it, that one is just a bog yet in the past they were both used in the bleaching process, they are linked to the small lodge by a sluice gate, this pond has been cleaned out a few times over the years since it's retirement from bleaching, it is beautifully lined with brick almost a work of art. I think it would have been good to see the workmanship on permanent display.

From a distance it looked like a swan but it was a balloon quite large.

Take Care

Thursday 5 April

Cold this morning, had a keen frost overnight.

 Clematis

 Hot Air Balloon take from the Barrow Field

Jay 

Wild Cherry - Prunus avium

Take Care.

Sunday 11 March

Dry this morning

 Big Lodge

 This Hot Air Balloon was soon over and out of sight.

Nuthatch

Take Care

Sunday 3 July

Sunny morning and we ended up on the Lower Burgh Meadow.

But as we were setting off four Hot Air Balloons passed over the house - they looked beautiful against the clear sky.

 Another Cat kill found on Sunny Brow

 Common Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa var. bobartii

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Goats Beard - Tragopogon pratensis

 Lady's Bedstraw - Galium verum

 Skipper

 Marsh Woundwort - Stachys palustris

 Peached-Leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

 Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

 Scented Mayweed - Matricaria recutita

Tufted Vetch - Vicia cracca

Take Care.

Saturday 26 September

This gave us all a bit of a scare as it appeared over the trees from Burgh Wood, Harvey & Blue did a runner as it was really low. Thought it was coming down.

It was advertising Parkinson's Bakery at Leyland, it seemed to be struggling to get any height, we would have followed it but Harvey & Blue ran the other way and we had to find them.
It is now heading for Duxbury but still seem to be low, I wonder if anyone knows if it came down?

It drops behind the line of trees on the Pond Field.

Arnold watching the balloon as it fired its burner again,

We found Harvey & Blue on the Barrow field, Harvey still a little nervous after his encounter with the noisy fire breathing balloon. Blue stuck very close to Dawnie all the way round the rest of the walk.
A ditch has been cut from the outlet on the Barrow Field to a gully in Burgh wood, we will be watching for the next episode.
Quite a few Chaffinch around the Channel Sluice Table.