Not available Sunday 21st January

Thursday 21st December

Quiet. Couple of mums with kids, one jogger. A few plastic bottles. No sign of the deer. Pair of jays on the west side.

Maintenance: nothing new - the path at the north end by the main river has a strong flow over it and more of the black base layer is exposed cf. 2 weeks ago.

Wednesday 20th December

 Very quiet this morning chatted to a couple of walkers wearing wellies who were pleased to be able to walk all the way round. Another couple were forced to turn back and asked the usual question - is it always so wet.  Saw quite a few grey squirrels but could have been the same one stalking us! Met a monthly litter picker and contributed a couple of pieces of litter we had found. As last week there was an unpleasant odour along the path to the pond, however the pond itself looked good in a rare moment of sunshine.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Anne and Tim

Monday 18th December

Covering for Paul this morning. Only saw one other person. Boardwalks all good & clear of leaves. Spring-like warm with plenty of bird activity. Red kite overhead, numerous goldfinches, long tailed tits and a small flock of siskins amongst others. I’ll raise you a robin Lynn!

Happy Christmas to all our bloggers 

Sunday 17th December

 Still wet.  A few people about, some with the wrong shoes.  Two speedy runners. Not smelly.

Bumped into Miranda, one of our regular photographers, who was on the look out for kingfishers but had to settle for a Christmassy robin.  She had seen lots of firecrests and goldcrests during the week.

Another photographer wasn't having much luck either so I directed him to where he could snap the deer family snuggled down in the mid section. 

An injured wood pigeon on the path.  I moved it to the verge.  It will make a nice lunch for something.

Friday 15th December

 Up before the sunrise but the clouds soon put paid to a brief flash of gold. Five swimmers in the usual place, although it turned out that they were more ‘treading water and chatting’. The roe deer family were ambling around the pond as two Songthrushes battled it out with ever more complicated triplets. Seems the wrong time for staking out territory but I know that they can be quite possessive of a berry tree at this time of year. Walking past our wooden otter I was finally able to share the dubious pleasure of the ‘sewage’ smell. It just seemed to be in the area between the footbridge and the otter. Maybe a sort of marsh gas ???

missing birth certificate

Hi all,

Had a call in that someone has lost their birth certificate at the moors so please keep an eye out and let me know if you find it.

Thanks for your time,

Sam