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Nature photo challenge #4: Ducks

I’m a bit late with this but with all the ducks we had on the marina and those we have here in our local park, how could I not contribute my photos? If you want to join in, click here … Continue reading

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Ducks: a reblog

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The other day, I said I didn’t know very much about ducks so I did a little bit of reading up on them courtesy of the RSPB website. There is a saying ‘knowing the ins and…

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The ducks are back!

Some time ago, we purchased a large 25kg sack of bird seed, and the wild birds here don’t like it. The pigeons do, and as such, Portly and Breast are strutting their stuff on our bird table, one hitting the … Continue reading

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Another brood

Walking through the park last night, we noticed another brood of ducklings. These were different to the rest we’ve seen, most of which have sadly disappeared again, and it wasn’t clear exactly what they were. We have mallards, tufted ducks … Continue reading

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Gone home

It’s nearly 8pm and we have had another enjoyable walk round the park this evening. It is so restful when the visitors have gone home and we can amble without having to get out of people’s way. Talking to a … Continue reading

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This is Geraldine

I have called her that because I have only ever known one Geraldine in my life, and this little beauty is a one off. If anyone knows what she is, I’d be grateful for your input. Hubby thinks she is … Continue reading

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Things that Quack: a reblog

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Hubby and I walked the dog round the park this afternoon, taking the last two slices of an old loaf for the ducks. We were extremely popular as the water has frozen over again, and Hubby…

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Visitors

As we can’t get to the park to see the ducks, the ducks came to see us. We had three on our lawn this afternoon, all looking expectantly up at the kitchen window. We had such visitors the first year … Continue reading

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Spring’s in the air.

You might remember these fuzzy pictures I took a week or so ago when walking Maggie Well, although we don’t have this many in the park just now,  we do have about a dozen and this morning I noticed they … Continue reading

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Ducks and Ducklings

We walked Maggie in the park this afternoon taking along a large bag of seed confident that the geese had flown off for the day and we could have some peace and quiet feeding the ducks. WRONG. Although we had … Continue reading

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