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Post by rowanberry on Jun 23, 2018 20:46:30 GMT
Beautiful beach in that first photo, Dave... especially with the water being so blue.
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Post by Tringa on Jun 24, 2018 7:43:22 GMT
It is a great beach and the sea looked almost tropical. It got a bit busy later, at one time I counted 6 people and two dogs!
Dave
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Post by ianr on Jun 25, 2018 12:42:44 GMT
They grow a lot of turf out here I guess it needs watering and may account for the large number of rabbits plenty of young ones today I'm sure the colonel missing a trick there looking back there was a lovely rainbow in the spray but it wouldn't show well in the photos the black splodges in the back pic 1 were almost all black backed gulls and my first tree frog out here geocaching me thinks ian by ian robinson, on Flickr by ian robinson, on Flickr tree frog by ian robinson, on Flickr
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 26, 2018 20:43:59 GMT
A very rare Scarlet Keyfob Frog.
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Post by Tringa on Jun 27, 2018 21:12:34 GMT
That is a great frog, Ian
Went for a walk this afternoon. As it was baking hot and with a breeze I though I would not need any insect repellent to keep the midges away.
I was correct; midges really do not like strong sunshine and breeze.
However, clegs laugh in face of a breeze and pour scorn on strong sunlight. My didn't the have fun with my legs.
Fortunately their bites do not cause any nasty reaction in me and although the initial contact hurts, that is all there is.
Perhaps I will learn.
Dave
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Post by ianr on Jul 30, 2018 11:12:40 GMT
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Post by duncan74 on Aug 15, 2018 15:46:55 GMT
Hi Ian, Great photos Ian, love the veiws Duncan
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 15, 2018 20:18:47 GMT
Beautiful photos as always, Ian. Very atmospheric- especially the ones of the trawler looking like driftwood.
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Post by Tringa on Aug 17, 2018 7:16:35 GMT
Some excellent shots Ian. One from the early walk this morning. Looks like it is going to be a good day with a gentle breeze and top temperature of about 22C - perfect. Dave
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Post by NellyDee on Aug 17, 2018 10:33:14 GMT
Beautiful photos as always, Ian. Very atmospheric- especially the ones of the trawler looking like driftwood. I Agree and Photo 5 puts me in mind of Pictish standing stones
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Post by ianr on Sept 7, 2018 9:38:45 GMT
Yesterday started off quite uneventful a quite walk around the local country park and adjacent nature reserve, right out of the car and nuthatch could be heard up above used to be a rarity here but often seen and heard now. A few swallows over the park lake but not much else, further down the path towards the reserve hardly any mushrooms although it will come into it's own later on. A muntjac crossed in front of me just a quick glimpse. The lakes in the reserve were quite. On the way back I stopped to take a couple of photos of some spiky sweet chestnuts, I swear it took only 3 to 5 minutes I looked around and the dog was gone the area behind me was short grass and she's nowhere to be seen she's only got short legs I don't how she got out of sight so quick. Normally she'd sit behind and wait patiently. After calling and whistling her I thought, wonder if she's heading back towards the car 20 minutes + away I headed off asking folk as I went. No one had seen her. Cut a long story short after a couple of sightings and an extra fast lap of the reserve 'I'm creamed crackered now' I meet some gent who asked 'you lost your dog mate' yep! I said oh good we've got her corralled in a back garden. Apparently she went back up into the reserve hung a left out of it, we never go that way? and up through the estate onto and down the middle of the main road holding up the traffic as she went the guy said I tried to put a lead on her but she wouldn't have any of it and nearly had me a couple of times. He was six and half foot + she's 14'' Any way they got her off the road and into the garden safely and then he walked back to the park to find me, what a wonderful bloke Back at the garden there she was looking worried and sorry but no worse for the adventure as for me today my little leg are killing me All this took about 2 hours. She's 13 in a month or so and going slightly daft and I guess she lost sight of me and panicked I was only 15' away but all's well that ends well ian
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Post by ianr on Sept 8, 2018 9:06:22 GMT
This walk was a couple of weeks back now up in the peak district Millstone edge to be right. Day was more overcast than I would have liked for better landscapes but that means cooler and made the walking less sweaty I was surprised at the lack of wild life a couple of pipits and pigeons one pheasant and a common lizard. Still the walk was good and some interesting looking rocks, especially the frog and tortoise ian by ian robinson, on Flickr by ian robinson, on Flickr by ian robinson, on Flickr
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Post by Tringa on Sept 8, 2018 9:25:19 GMT
Bet you were panicking about your dog, Ian. Glad the result was good.
Like the photos of the edge, especially the tortoise.
Dave
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Post by NellyDee on Sept 11, 2018 9:42:14 GMT
ACE! I do love rocks with character
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Post by ianr on Sept 15, 2018 10:57:19 GMT
These were grazing the reserve at Spalford didn't see any cattle but told they were the big reds again so kept clear The picture down the path is Swanholme reserve in Lincoln I've been walking along these paths since it was a working gravel in the 60s. looked a little different back then ian by ian robinson, on Flickr by ian robinson, on Flickr Swanholme by ian robinson, on Flickr
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