Thursday 7 May

Dry morning for our walk

 Blue Speckled Egg found on the path

 Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris

 Common Nettle - Urtica dioica

Swan & you can just make out a couple of Cygnets - we later found there were 3

Mallard Babes

Mallard & Babes

Mandarin Drake

Sunny Brow View

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Wednesday 4 March

Still above freezing but no sunshine today

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Dead Gull

Griff the lonely duck still pining for Micky who we hoped would be joining him on a private pond but the RSPCA seemed to have forgot about visiting the pond and answering queries.

Seems the crowd is growing, I will soon stop feeding as the weather picks up and more people come in the good weather.

Arnold in the distance with Meg waiting semi waiting for me

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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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Saturday 24 January

Mild & Damp

Robin waiting for us

Sunny Brow

Big Lodge

Big Lodge

Top Lodge

Lodge Path

Male Tufted Duck

Female Tufted duck

Mallards

Lodge Path

Swans still on patrol

 To the left is the Lodge path up the hill to the lower burgh

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Tuesday 16 December

Damp & above freezing

Not many clouds in the sky

Black Headed Gull

Trying some new feed for the wildfowl, a corn mix, they seem to like it. I am still feeding the smaller birds with sunflower hearts they love them and no waste.

The Play Area

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Tuesday 18 November

Grand morning and lots of photos, so I have picked a few today

 View from the 2nd Bridge of the river Yarrow

Misty Big Lodge

 Well used Tern Rafts

 Another misty view

 Crow trying to keep warm

 Another still flowering, Fox-and-cubs - Pilosella aurantiaca

Female Mallard

 Male Mallard

 Sunny Brow Sunrise

I love these little Tufted Ducks this is the male

The look always makes me smile

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Tuesday 9 September

Lovely morning - plenty of Canada Geese coming to the lodge.

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Saturday 7 June

Another dry morning

 Amber Snail - Succineidae

 Big Lodge View

Mallard & Babe

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Tuesday 3 June

Weather still good

 Big Lodge View

 Bush Vetch - Vicia sepium

 Mallard still with 11 of her well grown babes

Tern Raft with residents

Take Care