Thursday, February 07, 2013

RSPB Barclye – 15th December 2012

Cold and wet but with a bit of sunshine we headed for the RSPB’s reserve at Barclye.
1-Barclye-trails
Trail signs in the carpark
2-Barclye-notice-board
Notice board
3-sunrays
Winter sunshine through the trees
4-treecreeper
Treecreeper
5-nibbling-sign
“Stop the nibbling!”
6-view
Viewpoint down the Cree Valley, click photo to see larger
7-viewpoint
Lovely seat, but a bit cold today!
8-deer-sign
Fallow Deer information board
9-winter-thrushes
A noisy flock of Fieldfares and Redwings settled in a tree
10-owl-box
Owl box on old oak tree
11-starling-sign
Starling information board
12-cuckoo-flower-sign
Cuckoo Flower information board
13-ice
Very icy in places
14-cairn
On top of the cairn
15-skull
He didn’t make it down!
16-Cree-view
View south down the Cree
17-view-north
View north and looking stormy!
18-woods-and-wall
Lovely old woodland..
19-old-wall
…and walls
20-heron
Heron
21-woodpecker-sign
Great Spotted Woodpecker info board
22-flooded-path
Path a bit flooded in places!
23-heron
Heron in dead tree
24-debris
Back to the carpark and noticed the recent flooding must have been quite bad here as a lot of debris in the trees

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