photographs: people, places & things
Black headed gull – it’s not a seagull Probably the easiest way to identify the difference between a gull and a seagull is simply to look at its size. Seagulls are normally much bigger than gulls and the beak of a seagull is a little curved.The gulls beak is actually more pointed than that of […]
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Lots of activity in the garden It’s that time of the year when there is lots of activity in the garden from the new baby birds, and it’s that time of year for them to leave their nests and start to make their own way in the world. In the last few weeks our garden […]
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Jay – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]
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Woodpecker – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]
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Red squirrels picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland and some time spent in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute. We stayed in a pretty isolated cottage nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. We had stayed there back in September […]
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Visit Scotland – Argyll and Bute This blog post follows a visit to Scotland and the Cowal peninsular in Argyll and Bute. It wasn’t so long ago that I posted here after a stay in Scotland last year in Argyll and Bute (see this link for September post) We enjoyed ourselves so much and found […]
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Reddish Vale Country Park – January We took another very decent walk earlier in the week down to one of local haunts – Reddish Vale Country Park. All in all we walked about six miles or so on what was a pretty typical January day – so pretty cold but lovely and bright. The park […]
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Reddish Vale – a December walk Reddish Vale Country Park – a December walk. There’s never a bad time of year to have a wander around Reddish Vale county park and a crisp December morning was no exception. I was there for around 9:30am or so and was a little surprised at how quiet it […]
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Fresh and crisp winter walking in the Tame Valley It’s never too cold really to get out for a walk, and theres a lot to be said for getting out when the air is cold and crisp. Fortunately there have been a few mornings in the last week that were ideal for a morning walk. […]
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