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Grove ferry and wildwood

Monday, 17. November 2008, 19:22:05

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Here what I got up to Saturday before last. The weather was awful: cloudy and drizzly, so after lunch in Grove Ferry, the short walk involved a lot of sitting in the hide. We were rewarded with some pretty close views of a little egret hunting

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raphaels and bedfords park

Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 22:56:44

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Last Wednesday I was free and the weather was good, a rare combination, so I headed out to try photograph some more squirrel close ups. But being half term the park was packed and the squirrels unusually scare. I did get a surprise at the lake: the water level has been lowered about 1-2m so repair work can be carried out on the bank and this has created some shallow areas, shallow enough for a heron to hunt. This is the closest I've got to a heron in Essex

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Overdue Bedfords Post

Monday, 3. November 2008, 11:16:43

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Here are the photos from nearly a month ago (10/10), a couple of days after I took this photo. Some of the deer were being particularly friendly

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Richmond park

Monday, 20. October 2008, 20:41:17

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Sorry for the lack of posting, but I haven't had much to post about really and I havent written much in the way of articles with the amount of volunteering I'm doing at the moment. But on Saturday the weather just about) held enought for me and Sue to got to Richmond Park to seee the deer rut. I expected it to be busy, and well, it was

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More bedfords park deer and swans

Monday, 13. October 2008, 17:45:25

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Here are the rest of the photos from the day I took the swan photo of the previous post. First the red deer

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A couple of red eyed damselflies from august and a request for help

Tuesday, 7. October 2008, 20:16:43

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First up are a couple of red eyed damselfly photos I took back in August, on one of those rarer than bitterns* warm sunny days

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red deer stag in full swing!

Sunday, 5. October 2008, 08:36:35

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Here are a couple of videos from Bed fords Park on Friday. The big stag has already staked his claim over the females and was even chasing them away from the fence whwn the schoool trip was trying to feed them! Here he his calling out to the males in the next field:


And here he is patrolling him females, with his head held high, letting the other males know who is in charge

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Kent wildlife

Tuesday, 30. September 2008, 20:38:55

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Another catch up post. Heres my photos from the weekend before last in Kent. Saturday we ended up at Wildwood, which was full of noisy children, but still turned out to be a good day. The cranes were out as usual

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Last week - a catch up

Thursday, 25. September 2008, 00:58:00

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I thought I'd post a catch up post of what I saw last week. I'll start with Tuesday when I saw a plant for the first time growing wild, not just as a christmas decoration - mistletoeHere it is a parasite on an apple tree (if you didn't guess from the apples! :D).

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red deer video

Sunday, 21. September 2008, 09:14:21

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On Wednesday I popped up to Bedfords Park. I have photos to show later, but hear are a couple of videos first.

First up is a nice reminder of spring, and a reminder this years calves still have some growing to do


And also an couple of indications the males are getting in the mood!

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