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| The reed bed nearest the road, taken from the Hide. |
What a difference a week can make! I visited the Reserve
on Wednesday and it was quite a contrast with my walk there on 20th October ( see previous post) .
Instead of being awash with birds it was very, very quiet!
Birds:
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Hide: Moorhen; Wren; Kestrel
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the willows: Great Tit; Chaffinch; Blue Tit; Robin heard but not seen
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boundary: female Blackbird; Robin heard but not seen.
Usual corvids and
gulls overhead.
Other:
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ladybird on the grass path
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appearing round the willow in the cut grass.
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the handrail
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Forget-me-Nots still a bright splash in the stream
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rosehips - next meal for the birds now the Rowan and Hawthorn have mostly gone.
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| Our juvenile Moorhen is looking more and more like an adult |
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| 7-spot Ladybird |
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| Unidentified fungus |
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| Gills of these same fungi |
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| These may be something different or just older specimens |
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| Noon Flies |
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| Water Forget-me-Nots |
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| Luscious Rosehips |
I also sowed a few wild flower seeds in the area strimmed during the Work Party. These included Yellow Rattle, which is parasitic on grass, so will hopefully reduce its vigour and eventually allow the more delicate wild flowers a chance to establish.
