Spotting the Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Spotting the Spotted Woodpecker There are three species of woodpecker that breed in the UK: the green woodpecker; the lesser spotted woodpecker and the great spotted woodpecker. The Lesser Spotted is a declining species of woodpecker whilst the great spotted and the green are pretty common and can be found across the UK, although I […]

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Peak Forest Canal walking

Catching up. I’m just catching up with some blog posts that I had intended to post in the last week or two. Being busy with one or two other things has meant that it’s only now Im getting round to it. Seasonal changes. One of the benefits of taking a regular walk along familiar routes […]

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sunrise …

What’s not to like about seeing the morning sun as the earth’s motion allows the sun to appear and herald that short twilight dawn period. The pictures in the gallery below are a few of the sunrise over the River Tame and at a location that is typically close to the start of my walking […]

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sometimes it’s all about the squirrel

Squirrels aren’t always everybody’s cup of tea, it’s a rodent that has the capacity to annoy gardeners as they can damage plants, fruits and vegetables – although to be fair they don’t always damage too much and in our case the squirrels that come into our garden tend to be reasonably well behaved – although […]

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