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Tag Archives: wildlife
New and Improved Bench
If I have to lug another 20kg bag of post-fix down the path, I will not be responsible for my actions… lol But we got there, and the new and improved benches have longer legs so are a little bit … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, autism, Autism Spectrum, benches, butterflies, wildflowers, wildlife
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More Benches
What a day!! Humping 20kg bags of postfix down a slippy and muddy path is no fun… But Marcus, Reece and myself persevered to make a new bench area around a small pond. We are putting them in too deep, … Continue reading
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Tagged benches, birds, coffee, community, cycling, Enjoy the birdsong, friendship, fun, hobbies, mental health, mince pies, Mountain-biking, nature, outdoors, photography, pond, rambling, running, trail, volunteering, wildlife
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New Month – New Mission
Aaron, Marcus, Reece, Dave and myself got back to basics this week at the bird-feeder clearing. We cleared out all the encroaching scrub and plants that had gone over from the summer. We’re a bit late in the year to … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, community, conservation, cookies, cycling, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, outdoors, photography, rambling, Rugby, running, squirrels, summer, trail, volunteering, walking, wildlife
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The New Steps Had To Go…
I made an error when putting the new steps in, and for reasons way too complicated to go into here, they had to come out. Thanks to Aaron, Marcus and Reece for helping to dismantle them, and a massive sorry … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, Birdwatching, coffee, coffee and cookies, community, conservation, cookies, cycling, friendship, hobbies, jogging, loneliness, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, nectar, outdoors, photography, Picnic, railway, rambling, Rugby, running, trail, view, volunteering, wildlife, working together
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And finally…
….it’s starting to come good. We have reds, blues, pinks, yellows, whites, and purples in our mini-meadow, and a fantastic backdrop in the distance. All this colour will be the annuals in the seed-mix with the perennials taking over in … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, community, corn chamomile, cornflower, creating a wildflower meadow, cycling, field poppy, hedge woundwort, nature, nipplewort, oxeye daisy, photography, Railway path, rambling, rosebay willowherb, running, self-heal, tufted vetch, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife
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Base Camp Is Operational
Our base camp opened for the first time today, and was much needed as the rain thrashed down, yet again!! It provided welcome shelter for Marcus, Phil, Aaron, Sharon and myself, plus all of our kit. A Blue Tit was … Continue reading
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Tagged base camp, coffee and biscuits, conservation, green space, hedge woundwort, white clover, wildflowers, wildlife
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Litter-pick and Wildflowers
We did a good old litter-pick today on the Berrybanks to Potsford’s Dam section. Victoria, Tom, Mick, Reece and Paul made it to the bird-feeder clearing and we fanned-out from here, after a coffee and catch-up. We have loads of … Continue reading
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Tagged black medic, common vetch, conservation, cow parsley, garlic mustard, hogweed, lady's smock, old railway lines, wilderness, wildflowers, wildlife
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Weekender
Great turn-out for our weekend workday. Tom, Victoria, Tim, Marcus, Aaron and Paul made it to the steps down to the reservoir and we cracked on with replacing the steps that had come loose – which was most of them, … Continue reading
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Tagged bats, birds, biscuits, bug-life, butterflies, coffee, community, countryside, cycling, excercise, outdoor life, photography, Picnic, running, walking, wildflower meadow, wildlife, working together
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It was worth waiting for…
What was worth waiting for? The banana loaf cake that Marcus had promised last week, but we got rained off, so Reece, Marcus, Aaron and myself had to wait until this week. It was delicious, it was so yummy I … Continue reading
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Tagged banana loaf cake, community, conservation, cycling, dove's-foot cranesbill, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, photography, rambling, red campion, running, wildlife
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Tingling Fingers
Tingling Fingers – sounds like a real ale brewed at a Warwickshire micro-brewery. Sadly, the nearest any of us lot got to alcohol was the anti-bac hand-wash in the first-aid kit. The coffee came a close second-place though, for Marcus, … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuits, coffee, nature, nettles, orange-tip butterfly, photography, white deadnettle, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife
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