tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90868070277939607902024-03-05T09:54:39.552+00:00Wren's Nature NotebookJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-29421829019126548962013-07-04T19:35:00.002+01:002013-07-04T19:35:29.590+01:00Edford Woods - Bluebells galore!<span style="color: #ffd966;">Well this is only just over a month late!!! I need to get back into the blogging groove again! This particular walk in Edford Woods is only available to the public from February to May. So, on the 31st of May I took a last walk around for this year to see what was about. I was expecting the Bluebells to be over largely, but as it has been such an unusual year weatherwise, it turned out that they were in their prime! Here are some photos I took on my walk around this circular route. Please click to enlarge any photos. My Bluebell lined path way at the beginning of the walk.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Sunlit Bluebells</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> Close up....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> .....with an Early Purple Orchid....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Speaking of Early Purple Orchids, I was surprised to see these out as well. Poking up amongst the Lesser Celendine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Another plant that was flowering in profusion was the Ramsons. The delicate aroma of onions followed me as I made my way around the wood.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">The growth was at its lushful best with ferns unfurling all over. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> Some fully out.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> There was lots of this graceful grass about, but I don't know what it is. Anyone know please?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> I'll finish off this first post on Edford Woods with a combination of Greater Stitchwort and Bluebells. Always a lovely pairing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> I'll post the second part of my walk around Edfords woods soon!</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-33019662478595779642013-06-13T16:23:00.002+01:002013-06-13T16:28:14.743+01:00Welsh Trip - final post!<span style="color: #f1c232;">Another apology. A combination of ill health and continuing computer problems are the reasons for a delay in this final post from my trip to South Wales. For our final full day we decided to head north for a day in and around Dinas RSPB reserve. This is a beautiful predominately Oak woodland in amongst the Welsh hills. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Getting ready for a long trek.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> The first part of the woodland walk is along a broadwalk. We had some target species to see here and it wasn't long before we saw one of them, a lovely Pied Flycatcher.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Some of the Blackthorn trees were smothered in lichen. It was very eyecatching in a wintery sort of way. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> This Blackthorn was only just in bud and coming in to flower. At the beginning of May, like a lot of things, it was several weeks late. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Lambs also seemed to be around later than usual. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">This one below was particularly cute sat on the back of Mum! It was a chilly day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> There were some flowers to enjoy as we walked through the woods. Lesser Celendine and Wood Anemone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> Bluebells....just!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Lords and Ladies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Delicate Wood Sorrel. The leaves have a lemony taste in small doses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> Here are some views of the river which ran through the wood. Our path followed it for quite a while. It was quite manageable to start with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">As we walked along, the river got increasing rocky and wild as did the path in places!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> On our way round, we managed to see our other target species of Wood Warbler, Redstart and Tree Pipit. No photos as they stayed pretty distant. After some lunch by the river, we got in the car and went exploring up into the Welsh hills on the road towards the small town of Tregaron. It was a scenic route and we managed to do some birding on the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">There were some Welsh ponies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> A distant Red Kite.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">And a lovely Whinchat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> Well, that's the end of the trip. I'm sorry it has taken so long to get the final post up! Hopefully my laptop will behave and they'll be a new post shortly! (-:</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-66442172320000906272013-05-29T09:44:00.003+01:002013-05-29T09:46:47.305+01:00Welsh trip - Part 3<span style="color: #bf9000;">Well apologies for the absence. First I had major laptop problems and then real life got in the way for a while! Back to Wales.......after getting off the boat back from Skomer, we went to a little reserve just down the road called Marloes Mere. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"> There were some Barn Swallows swooping and chattering around the car park and a couple settled briefly. I managed to get a couple of shots. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">The Gorse was in full flower and we were assaulted by its wonderful coconut scent as we walked along the lane.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">I think this Dunnock was enjoying the scent too! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">One of the reasons we came to this little reserve was that there had been a report of a Glossy Ibis there. We didn't find it at first but some patient sitting in the small hide finally produced a sight of this amazing bird in flight. No photos as it was quite distant, but while we were waiting for the Ibis, we were entertained by a Coot going back and forth with nesting material. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"> The reflection of a Gorse bush made for a lovely photo opportunity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">The final part of my Welsh trip will be in the next post which hopefully wont take so long to get up! (-:</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-16156905552257495262013-05-15T20:01:00.001+01:002013-05-15T20:05:32.101+01:00Welsh trip - Part 2 - Other wildlife on Skomer<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: small;">Having OD'd on Puffins (never!), this post has all the other birds and wildlife we saw on Skomer that day<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;">This area below was particularly good for Puffins, Kittiwakes and Fulmars.<span style="font-size: small;"> It was also incredibly windy!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">I spent quite a while trying to get some decent photos of the Fulmars as they flew up and down and around this area. Unfortunately the sun was almost directly facing me. I did manage a few shots though. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span><span style="color: #ffd966;">A Raven overhead with its lovely 'kronking' call.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> Back on the ground this Meadow Pipit was busy looking for food. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> Striding out!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">There were a few Northern Wheatears breeding on the island. I didn't get close to any so these are distant shots, heavily cropped. I've included them as they are such stunning looking birds!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">We found a wide part of the path to just sit and watch the Puffins for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span><span style="color: #ffd966;">One of the numerous rabbits breeding on the island. This one was a bit shy! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Among the more normal rabbits were some completely black ones. This one wasn't so shy! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> The nearest we got to seeing a Manx Shearwater on this trip was as a carcass I'm afraid. They spend the day out at sea and come in to their burrows just as it's getting dark to try and avoid getting predated by the gulls. Some still get picked off though. Shame!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">After spending 5 hours on the island, it was time to make our way back to the boat. While waiting for the boat to arrive, I managed to get some shots of a Razorbill which was perched on the cliff just below us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">The view looking from Skomer back to the mainland of south west Wales in the distance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">On the boat back there were a couple of photo opportunities as the crossing was a lot calmer! An agile Herring Gull which caught scraps in mid air thrown by the captain. It was too close to get properly full frame! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> And finally some Northern Gannets which were diving for fish reasonably close to us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"> There'll be more from South Wales in my next post.</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-3164606770127729432013-05-12T12:43:00.000+01:002013-05-12T12:43:04.683+01:00Welsh trip - Part 1 - Puffin fest! <span style="color: #b45f06;">It has taken some time to sort through my photos from this trip, but I've managed it at last! (-: We stayed in a beautiful place called Laugharne on the south Welsh coast. Here's some history about the place from Wikipedia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Laugharne</b> <span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="/ɑr/ 'ar' in 'bard'">ɑr</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></a></span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <span lang="cy"><i><b>Talacharn</b></i></span>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, lying on the estuary of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_T%C3%A2f" title="River Tâf">River Tâf</a>. It is known for having been the home of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas" title="Dylan Thomas">Dylan Thomas</a> from 1949 until his death in 1953, and is thought to have been an inspiration for the fictional town of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llareggub" title="Llareggub">Llareggub</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Milk_Wood" title="Under Milk Wood">Under Milk Wood</a></i>.
The Township was originally known as Abercorran, but this was changed
to Laugharne after the Civil War, in honour of Major-General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Laugharne" title="Rowland Laugharne">Rowland Laugharne</a>, a renowned local army officer, who had commanded a Parliamentarian army, before rebelling in 1648.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">In the early 12th century, grants of lands were made to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_people" title="Flemish people">Flemings</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England" title="Henry I of England">Henry I</a> when their country was flooded, and later they were joined by Flemish soldiers banished by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugharne#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> They were weavers and dyers and were such an influence that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> was hardly ever heard in Laugharne.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugharne_Castle" title="Laugharne Castle">castle</a>, known originally as the Castle of Abercorran, existed in Laugharne before the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman Conquest</a>
and belonged to the princes of South Wales. Henry II visited it in 1172
on his return from Ireland and made peace with Prince Rhys of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinefwr" title="Dinefwr">Dinefwr</a>. Through the marriage of Prince Rhys' daughter, the castle passed to Sir <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guy_de_Brian&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Guy de Brian (page does not exist)">Guy de Brian</a>,
who had been Lord High Admiral of England. His daughter Elizabeth
inherited the castle and married Owen Laugharne of St. Bride's who gave
his name to the castle.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">Possession passed to the Crown and during the 16th century belonged to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Perrot" title="Sir John Perrot">Sir John Perrot</a>,
returning to the crown after his death. In 1644 the castle was
garrisoned for the king and taken for Parliament by Major-General
Rowland Laugharne, who subsequently reverted to the king's side. This
led <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Cromwell</a> to lay siege to the castle, burning and leaving it in ruins.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">Laugharne is mentioned as being affected by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Channel_floods,_1607" title="Bristol Channel floods, 1607">Bristol Channel floods, 1607</a>.
It is not known whether this had any long-term effects on the town, but
it may have contributed to the silting up of the harbour, which at one
time had seen imports of coal and tobacco from the New World.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A photo of the atmospheric ruined castle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">For our first full day we planned to catch the boat across to Skomer Island which is famous for its breeding Puffins and Manx Shearwaters. It was a bank holiday weekend in peak Puffin time so we left very early to make sure we got onto one of the limited places in the boat across. (only 250 people are allowed onto the island in any given day and the boat carries around 50 people). We managed to get onto the first crossing at 10am so we had plenty of time for some birding and sight seeing first.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here's a view of Skomer Island from the mainland.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">My birding friends, Jane, Lou and Emma after watching an obliging Grasshopper Warbler. Even though this was early May, you can see that we're still in winter birding gear! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">At last, it was time to get down to the jetty to take the boat across to Skomer. It's the small blue and white boat in the photo below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The rest of the photos in this post are of Puffins. We were told by the warden that they're quite late coming back to the Island to breed, so I wasn't surprised to see that there were not as many around as the last time I was here many years ago. Still, enough for some lovely photo opportunites! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The next post will be about all the other birds and wildlife we saw on Skomer.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-73662453693536616622013-05-01T19:59:00.000+01:002013-05-01T19:59:20.183+01:00The Somerset Levels - Part 2<span style="color: #b45f06;">Sorry for the delay in getting part two out. I don't have a good excuse really! Better late than never! After crossing the reserve I walked along London Drove and came to one of the several hides. It's lovely to be able to walk on the broadwalk as if you're walking through the reeds. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Another lovely view out over open water and reedbed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A pair of Gadwall were just near enough to take a couple of photos. These are heavily cropped though.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">More signs of management work on the reserve were these pollarded Willows. Pollarding is when trees are cut at the top of the trunk whereas coppicing is when they are cut at ground level to shoot up again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It was time to make my way back across the reserve to my car. There was a lovely reflection of a Willow which I couldn't resist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">And a couple of shots of Willow with the sun shining through......</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPVNR1h4OnX7I1a-RfMWbw6f1R1EQtYUK5JaxuA7g2jdwqjA0zVlsm4EpHXdmqX3zq0CWliJ59bLoFTaPcfQnrz2WGQNBZJah5Swwy6f89enoP1Lmy9L8w75KghNxpyqem5rTqCb766L2/s1600/Greylake+RSPB+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPVNR1h4OnX7I1a-RfMWbw6f1R1EQtYUK5JaxuA7g2jdwqjA0zVlsm4EpHXdmqX3zq0CWliJ59bLoFTaPcfQnrz2WGQNBZJah5Swwy6f89enoP1Lmy9L8w75KghNxpyqem5rTqCb766L2/s400/Greylake+RSPB+1.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #b45f06;">My second and last visit of the day was to Greylake, an RSPB reserve not far from Westhay. It has a small area of broadwalk and reedbeds, with extensive wet meadow areas and a hide.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The hide overlooks the wet meadow area which has a small amount of water year round.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Nothing ventured very close to the hide on this occasion, so here are some distant Wigeon coming in to land! Good eh? (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Luckily for me, in the car park there is a feeding station and an obliging male Reed Bunting posed for a minute for a couple of photos.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I'm off to South Wales for a long weekend of birding. Hopefully I'll have some material for a post or two! (-: Something happened in the middle of my post while I was spellchecking which I can't seem to rectify, so apologies for that! </span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-19988830894114451802013-04-24T21:06:00.000+01:002013-04-24T21:06:03.817+01:00A trip to the Somerset Levels - part 1<span style="color: #b45f06;">Last Monday's weather forecast promised a lovely sunny day, so I thought I'd drive the 40 minutes to the Somerset Levels to see what was about. As it turned out there was a fair amount of cloud about. That should teach me not to take much notice of forecasts! I should know by now shouldn't I! I started out at Westhay National Nature Reserve which is managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. This is the reserve where I first started serious birding on my own before joining a club so it has special memories for me. Here's the carved entrance arch. Click to enlarge any photos.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There are several hides around the Reserve. This is the view from the first one. I enjoyed watching the Sand Martins and Swallows zooming and swooping high and low over the water and reeds. The air was alive with the buzzing sounds of the Martins and the chitterings of the Swallows.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> A Cormorant came in to land. The shots aren't great but I loved the way his landing gear came down prior to skidding onto the water! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Having left the first hide, I walked along the path between the two droves that cross the Reserve. It was quite a muddy crossing but do-able. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> On the left in the photo above, you can see the water is high and almost crossing the path. As I walked along this stretch the reflections of the pathside trees on the still water produced some amazing zigzag patterns. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Further along this path I came across a lovely bird sculpture which must have been done since I was last there. I have to confess, I've not been to Westhay for a over a year! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Before getting to the far drove, there's a loop walk with a blind halfway along. I got a lovely view from here over part of the reserve. I could hear a Bittern booming and my first cuckoo of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There had been some maintenance done recently with some reed cutting and in the cut area were a couple of Greylag Geese. They were aware of me viewing from the blind but seemed quite a ease, doing a swim by at one point.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There'll be more from Westhay and the Levels in my next post.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> It was lovely to hear the first Willow Warblers coming back at last. I managed to track one of them down and take a couple of photos. You can see the pale legs in these photos which is one of the ways to tell them apart from the similar Chiffchaff which has dark legs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> It was sat up alert singing its beautiful, slightly melancholic cascading song. One of my favourites!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This isn't the best shot, but it shows a Wren busy nest building with a beak full of dried leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Another thing I've been waiting for is the flowering of the Marsh Marigold. It's such a wonderful burst of golden yellow in a still drab landscape each year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Just a photo of the beautiful bark of the Silver Birch.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A Moorhen checking himself out in the reflection. I'm sure it must be a male! (-;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We have some feeders up at the reserve and this female Pheasant was standing underneath and kept looking up to the feeding finches above, waiting for some tasty morsels! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There'll be a Somerset Levels post shortly.</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-24681015728900002032013-04-16T20:11:00.001+01:002013-04-16T20:11:12.723+01:00Poppy versus Pica pica! <span style="color: #b45f06;">The other day I was up in our back bedroom (computer room) talking to Chris who was working at the computer when I noticed a Magpie (Latin name Pica pica) close by in our Cherry tree. Then all of a sudden there was Poppy slinking along the ridge line of our kitchen trying to sneak up on it. I raced to get my camera and got back in time to show the following sequence of events! (-:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here's the Magpie minding its own business.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> And here's Poppy trying unsuccessfully to hide behind the grey pipe at the end of the roof! (you can see the first Magpie in the bottom left of the photo).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The Magpie sets up a right racket and is soon joined in the tree by its mate, both of them making a lot of noise! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Poppy tries to crouch down even more at this second arrival (her tail is waving madly at this point)! The Magpies continue their scolding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Poppy is so disconcerted by this that she decides that discretion is the better part of valour and attempts a ignominious retreat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Oooops, that's a bit steep and slippy......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Reverse!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Perhaps I should try a bit further along.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Nope, still very steep and very slippy.......on second thoughts, I better just go back they way I came in the first place!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> She slunk back into the house via the bathroom window and spent the rest of the day on the bed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This one seemed just a wee bit smug I think! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> That's probably the last time she tries to sneak up on those Magpies! (-:</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-78416610897083127762013-04-12T14:33:00.000+01:002013-04-12T14:58:06.042+01:00A quick visit to Edford Woods.<span style="color: #b45f06;">As I mentioned in my last post, I stopped off at Edford Woods on the way back from Chew Valley and Blagdon Lakes. I had to get back home for an appointment, so it was just a quick walk around the woods to see if the Daffodils had defied the recent weather and flowered yet. As you'll see, they're beginning to flower, but not in full bloom. No time for much birding on this occasion, so it's Daffs and nothing but Daffs in this post. (-:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">About halfway round the walk the path starts running along the Mells Stream. Very often I would see Dippers along this stretch, but I wasn't able to take my time on this occasion. I wasn't aware of disturbing any though.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I'll hope to come back in about another month when the Bluebells should be the main attraction. My next post is a promised treat for Pix from Pix Under the Oaks! (-: </span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-21254744960108807332013-04-10T19:23:00.002+01:002013-04-10T19:23:49.334+01:00Chew Valley Lake and Blagdon Lake <span style="color: #b45f06;">I had a morning free last Saturday so I drove the 40 or so minutes over to Chew Valley Lake to see if I could see the Ospreys that had been report from there and Blagdon Lake over the previous several days. I also took my new camera hoping for some Osprey fishing action (optimistic is my middle name) (-: As it turned out, having tried both Lakes, I didn't see any Osprey at all. I did take a few photos of more obliging birds though. At Chew Valley Lake this Great Crested Grebe was fishing reasonably close to shore. Click on any of the photos to enlarge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A Coot was even closer. I love the disruption to the reflected reeds making a beautiful pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A smart looking male Tufted Duck showing off that lovely purple sheen on the head and his quiff!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Blagdon Lake is just 15 minutes drive from Chew Valley Lake (shorter as the Osprey flies I'm sure, not that I'm bitter)! (-: Although no Osprey turned up, I was very pleased to see my first Common Sandpiper of the year feeding along the edge of the dam end of the Lake. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On the way home, I stopped off at Edford Woods to see if the wild Daffodils were out. I'll post about that next time.</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-25470842662636841992013-04-07T20:13:00.000+01:002013-04-07T20:32:50.539+01:00Out and about.<span style="color: #b45f06;">I've been out and about over the last few days with my new Nikon D7100 camera. I'm using it with a 70-200mm f4 lens and a 1.4 converter. It's taking some getting used to after my more basic Nikon 40DX. Here are some of the photos I've taken so far.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I finally got reasonably close to a Grey Heron at my local Rodden Reserve, only because he flew in close to where I was standing. We played a waiting game between us as I'm sure he was aware I was there. I stayed stock still for about 20 minutes, but in the end, he decided to fly off to another part of the Reserve and I managed to get a couple of shots. It's a shame it didn't stay nearby to hunt for food. Maybe another time. (click to enlarge)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I also saw my 99th bird species for Rodden Reserve the other day. It was a lone Greylag Goose. He didn't stay long though. By the time I'd walked round the Reserve, it was gone. I wonder what my 100 bird will be? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I'll post some more trial photos shortly. </span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-19791981751386172982013-04-03T20:10:00.003+01:002013-04-03T22:19:03.248+01:00Across the River Severn<span style="color: #b45f06;">Last weekend I went with some birding friends to the Forest of Dean, crossing the River Severn over into Wales. We go at this time of year to look for certain birds. Our first stop was at New Fancy View (a prominent view point from which to try and see Goshawk). It was absolutely freezing up there with a strong easterly wind, but we persevered and eventually had good if distant views of a couple of Goshawks. No photos, but I did manage to get a couple of a Raven flying over our heads. You can see its characteristic diamond shaped tail.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Our next stop was a Cannop ponds which is a reliable spot to see Mandarin Ducks. These were introduced to Britain and have bred successfully here in the Forest of Dean. The males are particularly striking even on a dull day like it was on this occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Even the duller females have a delicate beauty to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Here's a male taking a bath. He was further out so these are heavily cropped.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I managed to catch another pair.......ahem............mating! Again, this was quite far out on the pond so these photos are cropped quite a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Our final stop of the day was at Worgreens a lake with surrounding reeds. We had gone there to try and see Willow Tit (which we didn't manage to see). However, we were surprised and delighted to find 6 Garganey here. It's normally hard to find even one of these birds as they usually skulk in the dense vegetation, but these were right out in the open. I can only presume that they were recent migrants just in. Garganey are summer visitors to Britain. I couldn't get close to them, so this is only a record shot of one of the pairs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There were also some very tame Greylag Geese here! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It was a successful if very cold day! </span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-6560297045223238582013-03-27T20:40:00.004+00:002013-03-27T20:45:38.219+00:00In the garden<span style="color: #bf9000;">In the absence of being able to get out and about, I decided to take some shots in the garden today. The sun nearly shone, it was a slightly brighter day with a slightly warmer wind.................slightly! My rhubarb is braving the elements and starting to shoot up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">I don't like it myself, but I'll make Chris some rhubarb crumbles later on in the season. Here's an arty crinkly close up! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">To be honest, there's not much in the way of flowers peeking through yet in the garden except this beautiful Hepatica. I got this plant years ago when I worked in a Garden Centre in London. A customer appreciated some help I gave him and gave me this plant in return, so it has happy memories attached to it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"> The rest of the colour today comes from a bowl I planted up from garden centre plants. They're giving a welcome splash of colour at the moment. Primrose, Scilla and Anemone in this shot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Daffodils and Fritillary towards the back of the bowl giving height.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Fern and Anemone towards the front to drape over the side.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">A year or so ago I made a bug home in an out of the way part of the garden. I'm hoping that it's been used over the winter by various beasties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Happy Easter to everyone if I don't post before! (-:</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-89563893026146848172013-03-23T20:32:00.000+00:002013-03-23T20:32:00.216+00:00Rodden Reserve revisted! (-:<span style="color: #b45f06;">These photos were taken on the same day as the ones posted the other day. It's been hard to find any time without rain threatening recently. I sincerely hope we get a run of dry weather soon. I'm going stir crazy as are a lot of people I think. I'll start with this abstract photo of grass stems and rippling water at the lake edge. I just liked the cross hatching of the two.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We've had these Goosanders hanging around the main lake for several weeks now. There are generally 2 females and 1 male. On this day it was just a male and female together. It would be great if they stayed in the area to breed, but I don't think they will. They're such graceful looking birds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I quite often see one Grey Heron on the Reserve. It tends to be quite skittish, moving off at the slightest movement from me. On this day, I was surprised to see three all standing together. Needless to say, they all took off as I walked around the main lake. I managed to catch two of them in flight, the third going off in the opposite direction. You can just see the head of one of them to the right in the photo below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> As I walked round the Reserve, I came across the sweet, repetitive warble of the humble Dunnock. This is a very unassuming bird, but which on closer inspection, has a lovely subtle plumage. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> It's a real bonus to be able to recognise birds song. I picked up the liquid bubbling song of Goldfinches and immediately looked around for them. I soon found them feeding off the tiny seeds from these Teasel plants. I couldn't get very close but managed to get a record shot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I'll finish off on a bright note. There's not much in flower around the Reserve at the moment, but I found these Colt's-foot plants bursting out in flower on the beetle bank. The flowers come out before the leaves. It was a lovely splash of early colour!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Lets hope Spring is on the way shortly!</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-38367355697329475452013-03-20T20:35:00.002+00:002013-03-20T20:35:47.020+00:00More rambles at Rodden Reserve<span style="color: #b45f06;">These aren't actually aimless rambles around my local reserve. While I'm walking and taking photos, I'm also making notes of all the birds I see and hear and then sending the records up to the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) on their Birdtrack system online. Here's the link to the BTO website if you want to take a look <a href="http://www.bto.org/">http://www.bto.org/</a></span> <span style="color: #b45f06;">. The first thing I noticed when walking round was that the Pussy Willow was showing a bit more. It wont be too long before these trees are a mass of pollen!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I came across this Robin which seemed to have an incurable itch! It spent ages scratching, taking no notice of my careful approach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> There has been a Coot here over the last few days. This is quite a rare visitor to the Reserve. It's been hanging out with the local Moorhens.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I'll finish this post with a graceful nodding grass seedhead. There'll be more from Rodden in the next post.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-74324810639143040672013-03-17T19:30:00.003+00:002013-03-17T20:02:22.798+00:00A ramble round Rodden Reserve<span style="color: #b45f06;">I managed to sneak out to my local reserve for an hour the other morning when the sun was <b>trying</b> to make its presence known. Here are some photos taken on the way through the reserve. It was cold and the main lake had frozen over displacing any ducks for the time being.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> This chilly early morning shot lent itself to a bit of black and white treatment I thought.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">In the same way that the following two shots did too. Some drooping grass seed heads.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">.....and some ice crystals forming around the edge of the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">That's enough of the black and white. The Pussy Willow hasn't shown much change since I was here a few weeks ago, still being at that lovely just emerging stage. You can see some ice crystals still there before the early morning sun had got to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> The paths were still pretty frosty in the shade as I walked round.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> A pair of Canada Geese took exception to my presence. You can just about see it's frosty breath as it honked out its annoyance at my approach. Maybe I should have given them the black and white treatment too! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">They both moved off onto the main lake, slipping and sliding on the icy surface. One of them still protesting so I moved off quickly after taking this shot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Here's a couple of shots of the River Frome which flows along the western edge of the reserve.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Spring is on its way though, as I walked round the reserve I could hear a male Reed Bunting singing his simple ditty, staking out his territory. Here's a photo of a male I took at the beginning of the year to show his winter plumage. I found the singing male, now in his smart breeding plumage and took a couple of photos before leaving him in peace.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I'll hope to get out again to Rodden reserve soon.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-37209540169059374722013-03-14T20:32:00.002+00:002013-03-14T20:32:43.323+00:00Cornish bird trp - last day.<span style="color: #b45f06;">We were sad to leave our comfortable house in St Mawes (thanks to Emma's Mum for the loan)! At this time of year St Mawes is a sleep seaside town south of Falmouth, but I bet it's heaving with tourists come summertime! This was the view from the sitting room and very nice it was too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We decided to take the southerly route home to try for a bird that we missed out on seeing when driving down at the beginning of our trip. First stop was Portpean where we eventually picked up a Velvet Scoter (White-winged Scoter to my American friends) in amongst some Common Scoter. After a brief stop at Sibleyback lake to tick off Lesser Scaup, we then made our way eastwards into south Devon to a place called Ernesettle just north of Plymouth. On our previous visit here we apparently missed seeing the Lesser Yellowlegs (an American wader) by just 5 minutes as it disappeared down a gully at low tide on the estuary. This time we were successful, but only after some wait. It's always nice to see your target bird after having had to work for it! It was too far away for a photo unfortunately.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Next stop was Broadsands near Peignton. This is a reliable site for the locally scarce Cirl Bunting. We soon heard one male singing, but keeping out of sight low down in the hedgerow. After giving it some time though I caught up with a more obliging male singing at the top of the hedge. The sun was not in the best position, but I managed a couple of ok shots.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">From there we headed north to Topsham and a date with an American Wigeon. He's here in the photo below hiding in amongst hundreds of our Eurasian Wigeon (on the right hand side, click photo to enlarge if you want to try and find him). (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It was then time to head further north and home. It had been a successful end to a wonderful winter trip to Devon and Cornwall. </span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-90032877255797619672013-03-12T17:01:00.002+00:002013-03-12T17:01:54.035+00:00Cornish bird trip - day 3 a day of two halves.<span style="color: #b45f06;">It really was a day of two halves in that it started out mizzerly/drizzerly grey and icily cold. By the time the afternoon and some sunshine had come along it seemed positively balmy! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We started out by having a sea watch at Portscatho beach just up the road from where we were staying in St Mawes. We were after the recently reported Red-necked Grebe, always a tricky bird to see each year. We weren't successful on this occasion but we enjoyed watching several Mediterranean Gulls flying across the bay in front of us. This species has recently undergone a marked increase in Britain. It is a lovely 'white winged' Gull similar in size to the more common Black-headed Gull. Unfortunately they were all too far out to get a photo. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> After our sea watch we headed west again to Marazion near Penzance. This is a lovely area with reed beds on one side of the coastal road and the sea and beach on the other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It wasn't a morning for photography but I managed to take some photos nonetheless. Here, one of my favourite waders, the Oystercatcher.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> A pair of Greylag Geese flying over the Reserve.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A Grey Heron flying in to land amongst the reeds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> In the afternoon, we headed north again towards St Ives and then east to Godrevy. This is a wonderfully scenic headland where we had our lunch looking out over the ocean. We didn't envy all the people at work on this Monday afternoon! Miraculously, the sun peeked through the clouds and shone for the rest of the day. Lovely!!! (click on the image to enlarge).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Me enjoying the wonderful view. Excuse the geeky hat! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> A pleasing rock formation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Our target bird to see was an unringed Chough that had been reported here in recent days. After a short walk along the headland, we were pleased to find this one bird feeding on the cliff edge. It was quite a distance away, so these record shots are heavily cropped.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This is a real success story. A few years ago, there had been a program ready to re-introduce Chough to Cornwall. Just as they were about to start the re-introduction, Choughs from the continent recolonised by themselves. They are still few and far between but are steadily recolonising which is great! Chough is a member of the corvid family and seeing this bird along with both Jay and Raven on other days meant that we'd seen every species of corvid in Britain on this trip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We were so busy watching this Chough that we nearly missed looking down into the inlet below and discovering a colony of Grey Seals and their pups! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">They looked like elongated pebbles strewn along the beach! This was as close as my camera could get.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Our last stop of the day was at St Clements along the Tresillian River near Falmouth. We stopped here to try and find me a Spotted Redshank for the year and it also had the added bonus of being a beautiful walk! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> As you can see the tide was low and we soon found the reported Spotted Redshank, another tick on my year list! (-: The walk along here was lovely and we were accompanied by the sounds of Redshank, Greenshank and the beautiful bubbling call of the Curlew.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> This particular Curlew had a juicy but wiggly worm to deal with!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On the way back to the car and home, we came across this Little Egret, another great success story of recolonisation in Britain. 30 years ago they were a rarity but now it would be weird not to see one on an estuary.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I'll post about our last day of our Cornish trip shortly. </span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-3747250247661334562013-03-09T20:00:00.004+00:002013-03-09T20:00:55.444+00:00Cornish birding trip - Day 2<span style="color: #b45f06;">Our first stop today would be at Penzance on the extreme southwest tip of Cornwall. This was an hours drive from where were were staying and so involved a reasonably early start to catch the falling tide. The small island of St Michael's Mount in Penzance bay is always photogenic. At low tide there is a causeway across to the island. The sky was dull and overcast (not conducive to exciting photography) and there was a freezing easterly wind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On the beach there were several Rock Pipits. They differ from their Meadow relatives in being a colder brown colour and the breast streaks are more smudgy and diffuse.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On rocks surrounding the Jubilee Pool we soon found our target species. A cold looking Ruddy Turnstone.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">......and several Purple Sandpipers. These birds always seem to be found on rocks close to crashing waves. It always seems a perilous place to spend time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">One of them decided it was time for it's early morning and very chilly bath!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We saw more than birds at Penzance. This Grey Seal kept popping up to check us out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> Our next stop was further north towards St Ives. While eating our lunch at Copperhouse Creek, we were joined by various Corvids (members of the Crow family). In fact it turned out to be a Corvidfest! (-: First up was this striking leucistic (abnormal pale feathers)Carrion Crow. It also seemed to have a slightly deformed bill. That didn't stop it from picking up scraps from our lunch however! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Next up was a Jackdaw. A smaller cousin to the Crow with a startling white eye.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The chance of scraps soon brought in a couple of Rooks. I normally associate this corvid with a very rural setting of large trees and fields. Rooks differ from Carrion Crows in their more shaggy/scruffy appearance and that bare area around the bill.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Last but not least of the corvids was a shyer Magpie. It sidled in after the larger corvids and various gulls had left.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Not to be left out of the scrum for scraps was this pair of Herring Gulls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Our final stop for the day was inland at Rosenannon Downs. We were hoping to watch the evening raptor/owl roost which had been reported regularly here. The area looked promising. Unfortunately for us, it didn't turn out that way on this occasion. It was a lovely scenic area to end the day however.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> There'll be more from Cornwall soon.</span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-49347150745693365352013-03-06T21:49:00.000+00:002013-03-06T21:49:07.244+00:00Cornish bird trip - Day 1<span style="color: #b45f06;">I was lucky to get the chance for some winter birding with friends down in Devon and Cornwall this last weekend. We started off well. Just after picking up my friends in Weston Super Mare, I decided to fill up with diesel for the long journey down to Cornwall. In the petrel station forecourt were 13 Bohemian Waxwings sitting in a tree! I was busy getting the diesel and also the light was awful, so no photo, but the good start boded well for our 4 day trip. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Our first stop was in Devon, close to Exeter. Steps Bridge at Dunsford is a well known area to try for Lesser-spotted Woodpecker. It also has a lovely River which very often has Dipper.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> We did indeed find a Dipper along the river. The light was poor and I couldn't get very close, so these are record shots only. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here are my birding friends, Jane, Emma and Louise. Ready to find that elusive Woodpecker!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> There were being very diligent in their task! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Eventually we were rewarded with excellent views of this very hard to find bird. It has declined badly in recent years and not enough is known as to why. Although the views were good, they weren't good enough for a photo. So, this obliging Robin will have to do instead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> It was lovely to see signs of Spring well on the way with wild Daffodils dotting the woodland floor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> After finding our target species here, we enjoyed the lovely walk back along the river to the car.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> We had a couple of other stops on the way down to where we were staying, but no scenic ones, so the next post will start with our first full day of birding in Cornwall.</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-1073329042911692652013-02-28T22:03:00.003+00:002013-02-28T22:10:02.052+00:00Around the Somerset Levels<span style="color: #38761d;">With the absence of good weather here at the moment, I'm posting my wanderings around various parts of the Somerset Levels a few weeks ago. No wonderful shots particularly, but it was a lovely blue sky day which is what I've been missing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Catcott Lows is a Somerset Wildlife Trust Reserve (I think) which boasts a reasonable hide overlooking wet meadowland. This dries out in the summer but is at its best right now. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The ducks weren't playing ball on that day, they stayed pretty distant. Ok for using a scope, but not for my camera! There were Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler and the odd Pintail.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> There's a nice view over to Glastonbury Tor from the hide.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Enough of distant Ducks. Onward to Tealham an Tadham moors. This is another area of wet meadowland which hosts a few breeding Lapwing and Redshank, though they're both decreasing fast! In the distance are the start of the Mendip Hills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I did come across some Lapwings that weren't 1/2 a mile away, though they </span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #38761d;">always</span> seemed to be slightly behind a tuft of grass! (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">It was lovely to stand and watch them do their crazy dancing flights with their wonderful pew-it calls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">After leaving the moors, I went on to Ham Wall RSPB reserve. Here I twitched the Pied-billed Grebe that had been reported there a few days previously. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">While there I managed a dodgy shot of a lovely
male Marsh Harrier hunting over the reeds. (the Grebe was way too distant
to try for a shot of that).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> My final stop of the day was at Westhay National Nature Reserve where the reserve is gradually being enlarged from old peat diggings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I'll finish this post with two dodgy photos I'm afraid. One of a female Kestrel searching for food from a handy phone wire and a Redwing flitting along the hedgerow in front my of my car.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"> I'll be off to Cornwall at the weekend for a few days birdingwith friends, so hopefully I'll be able to post about that when I get back later next week.</span></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-49174328612336784872013-02-24T20:29:00.000+00:002013-02-24T20:40:26.891+00:00Ramblings at Rodden Reserve<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here are some photos I took over a couple of days down at my local reserve which I help manage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It was that time of year to check over and clean out the next boxes in time for spring. Here's our chairman Mick cleaning out a open type box suitable for Robins or Flycatchers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Some of the bird boxes are up higher and so I went up the ladder to check out the next one. This with a hole at the front suitable for various members of the Tit family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> A frosty path leading to the end of the Reserve. Beyond is pastureland for cows.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I was chuffed to find a group of Lesser Redpolls feeding on one of their favourite foods, the seeds of the Alder tree. The only trouble was that the tree was across the River Frome, so these shots were taken from a distance and are heavily cropped. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There are signs that spring is on the way. The Pussy Willow (Salix cuprea) is just starting to show.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The Hazel catkins have been out a while but are still giving a good display. I love the sunlight showing through them here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Winter is still very much with us though and the skeletal Teasel plants are obvious at this time of year. In the early morning mist.......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I can almost never pass Bullrushes without taking a photo. (-:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I'll end with a couple of general shots from around the Reserve. The one below is a smaller lake area closer to the supermarket. I don't often walk around this part. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The main lake looking towards my favourite part of the Reserve. </span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-19835221530930869772013-02-21T20:31:00.003+00:002013-02-21T20:31:46.427+00:00Edford Woods <span style="color: #b45f06;">Edford Wood is a private wood that is managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. Each year, part of it is opened up to the public from February to May so that people can enjoy the spectacle of the wild daffodils and bluebells here. I thought I'd visit a bit earlier this year to see whether the wild daffodils are up yet. Here's what I saw as I ambled around the loop walk. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This wood is situated in a valley and always seems like quite a damp wood to me. There are lots of moss covered trees and stumps and logs throughout the whole wood. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Apart from wanting to see if the daffodils were up yet, I was also on the lookout for Dipper while walking along the Mells stream that runs through the wood. Unfortunately it was running quite high and muddy so I wasn't in luck on this occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There was evidence that the daffs were on their way, but really only just emerging. Another few weeks and I'll come back for the full spectacle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There were some flowers out. The ever dependable Snowdrops, showing the first signs of spring.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I noticed a couple of fungi as I walked around. These Elf Caps were hard to miss with their brilliant red cups surrounded by the lush moss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Elf Caps grow on decaying branches and logs on damp woodland floors. The fruit is usually produced during the winter and early spring.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">The next fungi was something I'd never come across before. It was attached to a fallen Birch tree. So, when I got home, I put up a couple of photos of it on Somerset Wildlife Trust's facebook page to see if anyone could help with the ID. They soon came back with an answer. It a Birch Bracket (Piptoporus betulinus). Betula is the Latin name for Birch. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">This fungi was approximately 9 to 10 inches across and around 1.5 inches thick.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">According to one of the people who ID'd the fungi, one of the uses in the past was as a blade stropper. I need to get myself a decent fungi book!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I wasn't doing very well with birds as I walked around, but towards the end of my walk, an obliging Treecreeper performed for me while searching out food on a mossy tree trunk. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">On the way back to the entrance of the reserve, I pass a stagnant pond. I liked the reflection on the still water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">I'll look forward to coming back to this peaceful wood in a few weeks time to see the daffodils and anything else that has popped up in the meantime! </span></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01633626482754161886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086807027793960790.post-10938725696495962182013-02-19T19:04:00.001+00:002013-02-19T19:07:03.313+00:00Morocco - Part Six of Six<span style="color: #b45f06;">All good things have to come to an end and so with this wonderful trip. Here are the last couple of days in Morocco. Again, we went south of Agadir to the Souss Massa River. It was a very hot day on that gravel path which went on for miles it seemed. There were some good birds to be seen though. I lost a screw out of my glasses on that path and a very kindly Moroccan stopped to help me find it and then, with dexterous hands, he put the screw back in for me! I'd have been in real trouble birding without my glasses! What a lovely man that was!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">A Cattle Egret right at the start of the walk where the vegetation was more lush.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">There was a wonderfully fragrant flowering shrub every now and then along this path with a gorgeous scent. I wish I knew what it was! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">And here is one of the great birds we found along there. A stunning male Moussier's Redstart! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">We were very relieved to get to our lunch stop which had some much needed shade. Lunch as usual was a mixture of fish, tomatoes, red onion, cucumber and olives. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">One of the birds we found while lunching was the African Magpie, a sub-species of our Magpie at home. The major difference being the blue patch at the back of the eye. You can just about see it in this photo.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">You can see it better in this photo.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Another bird we found here was Serin with its lovely high pitched jingling song.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here's a photo of the sub-species of the Southern Grey Shrike called algenensis which is only found on the coast here. It's darker than the more usual one. Apologies for the poor quality of photo, this was taken through my telescope with my point and shoot camera.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Another scorpion, this one much bigger than the one we discovered having lunch with us up in the Atlas mountains!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Another photo of the Greater Flamingo this time without the lovely evening light, but I liked the shapes they were making together!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here are my fellow birders doing our nightly log. This was the last evening of the trip and what a great trip it was. </span><br />
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