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| Centre of poppy or seed pod |
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Took the Westies for their walk this morning and had a look in at the flash, good to see the 4 young coots are still doing OK. and also the young Mallards. there was a Heron on the other morning and I thought it may have had a go at the chicks but not so. There are always lots of Swallows about especially on the new reserve and also good numbers of House Martins. Also last weekend John reported a Knot, this is a first for the flash.
Back home I sorted my gear out then set off for the West, first stop Soddy Gap where there was quite a few juvenile Mallard Swans with young and also a tufted duck with young.
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| Tufted with 2 of its 5 young |
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Next I made my way over to Maryport and Siddick ponds, More swans here also a few Redshank, these were on the first pond near the car park. Then on the rest of the area there was 3 Black-tailed Godwit Heron more Swans and Mallard and tufted. Also found this Mole unfortunately dead.
Just after lunch I set off back home calling at Bassenthwaite lake to have a look at the Ospreys, pics below.
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| Female Osprey , Bassenthwaite |
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| Always facing the wrong way |
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| Juvenile Common Sandpiper, Derwentwater. |
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| And lastly another colourful poppy. |
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A big thank you to everyone for looking in and leaving their comments, much appreciated, Gordon.