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| pond by the A57 to Glossop |
On Saturday we ventured over the Snake Pass to visit Aunt
Bea. Plenty of mist on the way over, but beautiful vistas of well managed heather
moorland from a vantage point near the Pennine Way. I heard a grouse calling
which convinces me to make this a target species on my next trip. I don’t think
I have seen grouse since I had a working holiday as a student on a shooting estate
near Tomintoul in the late 60s.
We left Sheffield at 9am Sunday and visited Alex and Nadine and young Eleanor and Martha in Derby on the way home. The fields were covered in frost. The
temperature dropped to -2C several times on the journey and we hit foggy
areas further south, arriving home at 3:30pm.
Today I spotted Russ’ report that the Bittern has returned
to Arundel WWT so I paid a visit this afternoon. I spent some time at the
woodland feeders with Chaffinches and a Nuthatch. I watched the Starlings form
into a huge murmuration then suddenly swoop around performing spectacular aerobatics.
Groups then peeled off and dived into the reeds to roost.
final garden shots
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| Dunnock, Prunella modularis |
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| Great Tit, Parus major |
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| Scooter |
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| drinking from one of Ken's pots |
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| view from A57 to Glossop |
Arundel WWT:
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| Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus |
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| Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |
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a pair of mallards had 13 ducklings.
Don't they know what time of year it is? |
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| Great Tit, Parus major |
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| Mute Swan, Cygnus olor |
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| Nuthatch, Sitta europaea |
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| Starling murmuration, Sturnus vulgaris |
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