Tuesday 9 February

We had a fantastic walk this morning the light was beautiful.

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Sunday 17 May

Pleasant walking day

 Apple Mint - Mentha x villosa

 Canada Goose

 Common Water-crowfoot - Ranunculus aquatilis

 Coot Egg

 Mandarin Drake

 Ragged Robin - Silene flos-cuculi

 Red Campion - Silene dioica

 Water Avens - Geum rivale

Wych Elm - Ulmus glabra

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Thursday 14 May

Another sunny walk - I have to show off our beautiful swan family, Edwina was on the water with them, she is a good mother.

 Wildfowl 

Two Canada Geese coming in for feeding time

Grey Wagtail 

We also call them Turks heads as well as Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

The leaves Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata

 Edwina & her Babes

 She is wary of all that come near her babes

 I love this one looking at Mum

 They are already taking the sunflower hearts

We always feed sunflower hearts they are packed with goodness for the little ones and when they fledge and go we can usually tell the ones that were born on the lodges if they return - they take the hearts straight away, others are waiting for bread and ignore the feed.

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St George's Day Thursday 23 April

A beautiful morning on our country's Saint's Day.

This is also the best day to pick dandelions if your making Dandelion Wine or so I was told by my Gran.

 Big Lodge

Canada Goose still sitting

 

 Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas just through

Terns are back - they are now in control of the rafts, seagulls beware.

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Saturday 21 March

Beautiful sunny morning

Canada Geese

 Goat Willow - Salix caprea

Steps to the old cottages, must have been wonderful on days like this to step out and see the lodges, then again it was a hard short life for most.

Birkacre Rucks

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Monday 16 March

Cool & Dull

 Canada Geese

Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera

 

 Dogwood - Cornus sanquinea

 Frog Spawn

 Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna

 Charlie Robin collecting nesting material

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

 

Woodruff - Galium odoratum

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Monday 16 February

Rained overnight, had stopped when we set off, thankfully we never saw a drop of rain.

 Canada Geese

Turkey Tails down the river bank could not get near to it

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Tuesday 10 February

Mild morning the lodges are clear of ice.

It was peaceful this morning plenty of small birds around the feeders.

I could have stayed and watched all day 

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Tuesday 3 February

Well below this morning but dry and wonderful to walk in, the sun was rising over Duxbury as we headed for the lodges with the morning feed.

 The Young Swan was on the lodge in a pocket of water as long as he stays put he will be okay we managed to throw some corn out to him and he ate.

Mum & Dad had sheltered under the trees along with a gang of mallards, they were fine and soon had breakfast.

 

This goose intrigued me as it was on it's own and came straight up to me

 

 I gave it some feed and it was not bothered by me or Meg's presence, seemed smaller than the other geese.

It ate it's breakfast and continued on it's way 

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