Nest building wren and a dipper

Dipper, Cinclus cinclus

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This is the last blog covering our Sheffield trip in April when I enjoyed daily walks along The Porter Brook where I watched a wren nest building, saw a pair of mating toads and 
found a dipper hunting. I also enjoyed a metal detecting rally in Derbyshire. I visited my brother Keith in York who was recovering well from a double bypass. We had a lovely lunch in a restaurant and enjoyed the ceramics exhibition in the York Art Gallery.

Common Toads mating, Bufo bufo

Wren nest building, Troglodytes troglodytes

Butterbur, Petasites hybridus

Coot on nest, Felica cornata

Dipper, Cinclus cinclus

Dipper hunting

Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense

Mandarin Duck male, Aix galericulata

Mandarin Duck female

Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris

Wren nest building

Derbyshire