Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Trip Down South - Sept 2014

We don’t get away very often, but it was about time we had a trip down south to see some of the family.
We stayed at my sisters in Wiltshire and visited RSPB Leighton Moss on the way home.
Here are a few shots of some of the places we visited on our whistle stop tour.

First, a few creatures found in my sisters garden:
Woundwort-shieldbug
Woundwort Shieldbug-a first for me!
Hummingbird-hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
spider
Garden-cross Spider
Landlove-mag
While I was there I was thumbing through a copy of Landlove Magazine and saw this familiar photo, taken in my garden by son Mike!
Next a visit to Crofton Pumping Station, by the Kennet and Avon Canal:
2-Crofton-Pumping-Station

1-Crofton-Pumping-Station

3-boiler

4-Crofton-Pumping-Station

5-Kennet-and-Avon-Canal

7-Kennet-and-Avon-Canal

8-Kennet-and-Avon-Canal

10-Kennet-and-Avon-Canal

11-Crofton-Pumping-Station

12-Crofton-Pumping-Station

14-Canal-Boats-Crofton

15-Canal-Boat-Crofton

16-Crofton-Pumping-Station

17-Small-Tortoiseshell
Small Tortoiseshell
18-danger

19-village-pond
Wilton
20 Marbled-Orb-Weaver
Marbled Orb-weaver
22-red-kite
Red Kite
25-Crofton
Next stop Wilton Windmill
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29-Wilton-Windmill

30-Wilton-Windmill

31-Wilton-Windmill

32-Wilton-Windmill

33-Wilton-Windmill
Then on to Oare Arboretum
34-vapourer-moth-caterpillar
Vapourer moth caterpillar
35-vapourer-moth-caterpillar

36-toadstools

37-fungi

38-Oare-House
Oare House
39-Oare

40-leaves

41-Speckled-Wood
Speckled Wood
43-Oare

44-Speckled-Wood

45-tree

46-dangly-tree
After a couple of days in Wiltshire and a visit to Southampton we travelld back. An overnight stay in Knutsford broke our journey and a visit to RSPB Leighton Moss on the way back.
RSPB Leighton Moss
47-rat
Brown Rat
49-speckled-wood
Speckled Wood
50-hawker
Hawker
51-leightob-moss

52-pheasant
Pheasant
53-pheasant

54-leighton-moss

55-great-white-egret
Great-white Egret
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57-lunch
Lunch!
58-buff-tail
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
59-leighton-moss-garden
The gardens have been newly done and look lovely!
60-know-your-bumblebees

61-bee-buffet

62-Leighton-Moss

63-tiles

64-tiles

65-Leighton-Moss

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67-Leighton-Moss

68-tiles

69-tiles

70-tiles

71-hide
Nice new hides too!
72-Marsh-tit
Marsh Tit
73-stag-sculpture
Stag Sculpture
A very tiring but enjoyable trip!

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