It feels very strange in our house at the moment as DH and DD are both away. Yesterday DS and I decided to check out Warnham nature reserve, which is on the outskirts of a nearby town. DS is currently loving wildlife photography and I need very little excuse to abandon my housework and disappear into the countryside for a while!
Warnham is run by the local council, and only charges a nominal entrance fee. We loved it. We sat in the meadow and watched the insects.
We were dazzled by the light on the water of a millpond.
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| DS took this one! |
We wandered through the woods and marvelled at the butterflies.
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| A comma butterfly |
We were very glad we didn't meet any stag beetles!
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| A stag beetle hotel! |
We lingered in the hide watching birds on the feeders. We loved the antics of the chaffinches.
The squirrels amused us with their acrobatics.
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| DS took this one too! |
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| And this one! |
Thank you for sharing such a lovely place with us, Lesley! I am not great at species identification, but it is exciting to me to spot interesting and beautiful creatures, although I am not keen on snakes, beetles, slugs, and mosquitos.....
ReplyDeleteGracie :)
This is what life is really about Lesley, thank you for sharing it with us. I am so glad that you had such a good time.
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Dorothy
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Thank you ladies! Gracie, I am totally with you when it comes to creepy crawlies. Fortunately we only get one species of poisonous snake in the UK, and it is a very shy, retiring creature. DS was on the hunt for it yesterday though! Lesley x
ReplyDeleteHave you been doing the BUtterfly count? it goes on until the end of August. There is even a free App for it
ReplyDeleteJust love a wild meadow
Gill
Hi Gill! Yes, DS and I did a count yesterday. I'm hoping to blog about it tomorrow! Lesley x
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