During our journey south on Friday, we were fortunate to spot an Osprey flying over Dyrham Park, a National Trust property near Bath. The return trip was even more eventful with a visit to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Slimbridge. I've undoubtedly whinged before about this being nothing short of a duck zoo, but it came up trumps on Sunday, with some proper wildlife in the form of a Spoonbill, a Peregrine Falcon and flocks of Black-tailed Godwits and Barnacle Geese. Shame I didn't have Very Wrong Len with me, really. Oh, and three Migrant Hawkers, for good measure.
The staff are also creating an imaginative wildlife garden, of which I was able to capture a few images, before I was enthralled by the siren song of the tea shop.
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I applaud the re-use of the shipping container- excellent. Like the bug houses, too. They look like an architect's model for a sustainable housing scheme.
It wasn't until this morning, when I picked up the latest WWT magazine, that I realised it was a reconstruction of an award-winning rain garden from Chelsea Flower Show. I don't suppose you have much trouble with drought in your neck of the woods :o)
So, does the osprey sighting meet your 1 a year quota? I'm digging the use of the shipping container.
It's my second of 2011! We had a sighting back in May over in Norfolk. Whoop, I'm up on the deal :o)
Yeah, I'm really wishing we had room for one of those containers :o(
Those "bug houses" are incredible! Inspiring, to say the least. I'm so glad I found your blog! :D
Hi, Joe, and thank you for your kind words. Yep, those bug houses are both great for insects and aesthetically pleasing for us humans. I'd been searching for something a little bit different along those lines, as the usual wildlife stack is housed in a pile of wooden freight pallets. Not quite as nice to look at.
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