Went to the monthly open morning of the Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society today. The Centre for Local History is based in the Carnarvon Room, on Chestnut Grove in the centre of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, UK. The Society has a monthly meeting with a speaker, on the second Tuesday evening of the month, […]
Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society
April 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Goosanders on the River Wharfe
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments
A very enjoyable couple of days spent in Wharfedale included a very pleasant walk along the River Wharfe upstream of Grassington. A pair of goosanders was quite unconcerned that we were close by, and we were able to watch them for about twenty minutes. Some of the resulting photographs are posted on goosanders page.
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Water vole, grebe and lesser celendines
March 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on Water vole, grebe and lesser celendines
Managed two walks last weekend: one from Hoveringham to Gunthorpe; the other the spring walk organised by Bulcote Social. Among the photographs I took were some of a water vole feeding, a great-crested grebe which stayed nearer to the riverbank we were walking along than they usually do, and patches of bright yellow lesser celendines. These […]
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Snowdrops in Bulcote Churchyard
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Walked to Bulcote Church yesterday and photographed the display of snowdrops in the churchyard.
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Mute and Black Swans
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
After a very pleasant lunch at the Bromley Arms at Fiskerton on Saturday, we walked along the Trent to Hazleford Ferry. On the way there and back I photographed a group of mute swans and a single black swan.
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