Friday 17 April

Good Morning

 White Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Bluebells - Hyacinthoides non-scripta

 Dandelion - Taraxacum

Greylag Goose

 Lords & Ladies - Arum maculatum

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris

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Friday 19 December

Damp morning after a night of rain, we did not get wet.

Still a bit of Autumn colour left on the trees

Sue's dogs enjoying the walk

Billy Swan - he's already had a good handful of mixed corn feed yet he follows us just in case we have more and today he managed to get some sunflower hearts, I do have a soft spot for him as he clung on to living on the lodge with his father chasing him off, he would not go we called him Billy no mates, when his father died he was top swan.

He is just like his father, big and strong, no incomers for his lodge 

Canada Geese are coming back to feed

More decorations added to the tree

The female Tufted Duck

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Thursday 18 December

Milder today with showers

 The Christmas Tree has gained some decorations

This is no 10 Marker still no idea what they represent but we are working on it

Cheeky Grey Squirrel

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Friday 12 December

Rained all night long, even the stream at Slippery Log was flooding

The Big Lodge

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Thursday 11 December

The weather overnight was bad, windy and sleety hail stones so we visited the tree to see if there had been any casualty's, Sue had already called and tidied the tree up, the wind had blown a few off.

Still looking good but needs some more visitors

The play area has gained another bit of play equipment.

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Tuesday 9 December

The sky was on fire, we ignored the warning red sky in the morning thankfully it did not rain.

We had to admire the colours every day is so different 

We got to the Christmas Tree still only 4 decorations so we set to work with ours and the remnants that were left on last year, I always try to clear the tree after I think everyone has taken their decorations off - it took us about an hour to get them on - the tree has grown over the years and we have to use our sticks to reach the taller branches.

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Sunday 7 December

Mild this morning

We walked to the Christmas Tree it had 4 decorations on it, I was going to put ours on but when we set out it was raining and I did not want to be hanging decorations in the rain.

Sue found the deer track

This is the stream that runs through Spring Wood it goes into the Top Lodge (thankfully) helping to keep the water level and fill it when it is needed, this is the area we call slippery log as it was always crossed by a fallen log - the log rotted to nothing years ago, we now have wood that appears and we manage to get across 

A photo of the place we cross very muddy 

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Friday 21 November

The two fungi photos on the same log, which is Sycamore, I am useless on fungi and not had them ID.

 A new one for me, I would have thought this a Mallard but it is a female Shoveler Duck, slightly smaller than the mallard.

It was very busy and never stopped - it was sifting the water all the time

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Friday 18 April

Good weather and it brings out the fishermen, some are fine others a pain in the neck, as I say most clean up and make sure nothing is left to injure the wildlife but a few discard tackle, mainly line and hooks which is not safe for anything even us. 

Fishermen setting up their rods

Mallard & her 4 Babes

Too Cute

Roe Deer heading for the woods

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Tuesday 11 March

More frosty photos from Tuesday 

These were taken on the way home

Homeward Bound

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Tuesday 11 March

Frosty morning

Photos for today are of our outward walk, through the park then Primrose Hill, through slippery log area of Spring Wood then up to the Barrow Field on Eaves Green.

Looking across the valley to Coppull and home

A beautiful morning

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