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Post by ianr on Nov 20, 2017 10:10:40 GMT
An early start got there just as the sun was rising. H P is a country park in Lincoln just a couple or so miles away from the city centre and the lakes are adjacent to the park an old gravel workings and now a nature reserve. I remember the gravel pits from a very young age '6ish' still a working pit then, we used to swim in the lakes and catch snakes and lizards in the mini sand dunes and so many other things, life was simple then  Oh back on track. as the sun came up it was truly golden with a sharp frost and little wind. So here's a few photos from that morning. starting at the lakes and walking back to the park ian  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr  by IAN ROBINSON, on Flickr |
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Post by rowanberry on Nov 20, 2017 20:04:53 GMT
Nice to see such lovely yellow autumn leaves... and that's quite a heavy frost, too! We've not had one like that down here yet.
I really like your photo of the trees with the sunlight coming through.
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Post by NellyDee on Nov 22, 2017 16:47:07 GMT
Lovely photos must have been an amazing walk with all the lovely autumn colours and the morning light - lucky you:)
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Post by accipiter on Nov 22, 2017 18:57:47 GMT
Hartsholme Park is where I took the fly agaric photos I posted, we never saw any bird life though but then again it would have been mid-morning in September / October and some years ago now. But somehow it did not seem to matter that much since the park has almost a unique charm as one can see from Ian’s excellent photos.
Alan
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Post by ianr on Nov 23, 2017 9:13:44 GMT
The fall in bird numbers over the years is truly depressing. When I think of what I don't see or see many of these days  the list is long and I'm sure the same applies for all here. On the bright side though there are some new arrivals here, Little egret, lesser spotted woodpecker are turning up again and nutchatch can be seen in the park. As the weather turns the alders will fill with redpole and siskin with the odd brambling maybe. I've even seen an otter in the swanholme lakes so I guess it's keep your eyes open and your fingers crossed ian Alan may I ask are you local to this neck of the woods or just visiting? |
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Post by accipiter on Nov 23, 2017 20:04:20 GMT
The fall in bird numbers over the years is truly depressing. When I think of what I don't see or see many of these days the list is long and I'm sure the same applies for all here. On the bright side though there are some new arrivals here, Little egret, lesser spotted woodpecker are turning up again and nutchatch can be seen in the park. As the weather turns the alders will fill with redpole and siskin with the odd brambling maybe. I've even seen an otter in the swanholme lakes so I guess it's keep your eyes open and your fingers crossed ian Alan may I ask are you local to this neck of the woods or just visiting? Just visiting Ian or should I say just one of our romantic hide a ways, it is also one of the places we go to study Sparrowhawks and has been for some time now. Fortunately the friends we stay with have Sparrowhawks breeding on their land so it all works out quite well really, of course it is not too far from Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest either. Funnily enough though I was only looking through some of our old black and white photos the other day of holidays in that part of the world, I had to laugh at one in particular taken at Skegness when I was about five sitting on a toy motor bike dressed in a long coat bucket and spade in hand with a policeman helmet perched on my head.  Alan |
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Post by ianr on Nov 24, 2017 11:06:41 GMT
Old photos and tunes from my youth I sometimes don't know whether to laugh or cry, think I'm turning into a right soppy old sod  |
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Post by accipiter on Nov 24, 2017 20:24:26 GMT
Old photos and tunes from my youth I sometimes don't know whether to laugh or cry, think I'm turning into a right soppy old sod I think it must be an age thing Ian, the older one becomes the more nostalgic one becomes which is normal, at least I hope it is. Alan |
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the list is long and I'm sure the same applies for all here.
