My Walk this Week 212 – Back Through the Park Again

Posted on 19/06/202018/06/2020 by Alastair

My walk this week revisits a walk taken in our local park in June two years ago. There have been some changes to the park in that time, but I was focusing on the natural growth then, just as I do now.

The last two photos in the sequence below were in fact taken in April and then June this year and show the stump of a tree in the middle of the footpath through the woods. The stump of the cut tree clearly refused to die and the photo from June demonstrates its determination to live and thrive again.

The recording I made two years ago, of a song thrush in the woods has not lost any of its beauty for me, so although I do not have a soundscape from June this year, I have enjoyed listening to this again and I hope you will too.

Song Thrush in the Woods

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footpath

park exit

Lavender

wildflowers against the sun

open park

oak wood

clover

grass seed

empty pond

Song thrush

bracken undergrowth

where the bluebells used to be

squirrel on oak tree

spot the squirrel

yellow flag

Wildflowers in the park

wildflower remnant

Swings together

playground through the trees

new growth, April 2020

new growth, June 2020

My Walk this Week 195 – Station Stroll

Posted on 22/02/202021/02/2020 by Alastair

My walk this week is more of a stroll along my local railway station and is another short walk fitted in between other things going on in my day.

Having to wait for something or other, I took a wander down there knowing that, as stations go, it is quite an attractive one. The thick carpet of moss on the unused section of the bending platform was luxurious to say the least – it felt wonderful to walk on! When I turned round to face the sunshine, I could see the light, not at the end of the tunnel but at its far side. Powerful and bright in the distance, it was a classic effect of the conditions.

One of the other noticeable things about the station was the number of bright-sounding birds – I wasn’t the only one enjoying a brief respite from the wind and rain of one storm following directly on from another. And if you listen, you will here amongst them one of our local song thrushes 🙂Continue reading→

My Walk this Week 191 – Frost and a Songthrush

Posted on 24/01/202003/02/2020 by Alastair

My walk this week features frost and a song thrush who seemed oblivious to the cold and sang in the sunshine as though it were already Spring.

It isn’t Spring yet by any means, but there are signs that it will follow on eventually and it is so good to hear the birds singing on a bright day.Continue reading→

Fauna Findings 3 in Scotland – Feeding Frenzy

Posted on 24/08/201818/08/2018 by Alastair

A feeding frenzy of young swallows was one of the most impressive dramas of our stay on the South West coast of Scotland last month. The young birds were fledging and the aerobatics the parents performed to catch insects in flight for their offspring was utterly amazing. Time and time again they would wheel and dive and change direction so abruptly you would think they would leave their brains behind, let alone their stomachs.

These aerobatics went on for a day or two and then the young ones took to the sky and there was even more drama as their parents fed them on the wing andContinue reading→

Fauna Findings 2 in Scotland – Wildlife

Posted on 22/08/201818/08/2018 by Alastair

We spotted a wide range of wildlife during the hot weather in Scotland last month with multiple spotting of deer in the fields and on the beach, a pair of pheasants calling to each other regularly, an adder crossing a hot footpath, many different birds (even more than usual), and a couple of field mice under the hedge came out each evening to share the food put out for the birds.

As well as the images I have selected below, we also witnessed dramatic but unsuccessful chases by weasels of small rabbits – one of them ended right at my feet! On hearingContinue reading→

Dry Weather – Overgrowth and Undergrowth

Posted on 27/06/201815/06/2018 by Alastair

In the park woodland the undergrowth is seeing an overgrowth and we have had so much unusually good weather lately that the water level in the park pond has dropped dramatically – the bullrushes are going well but the mud is being exposed.

Where once there were bluebells, now there is a rapidly thickening jungle of bracken. Above, in the oak trees a son thrush sings and it’s little one (?) down on the ground looks slightly bewilderedContinue reading→

The Moon and A Mirror

Posted on 04/05/201801/05/2018 by Alastair

I think the shot below is probably my favourite from my walk this week down on our local marshes during the sunset and moon rise. The flat water of the high tide filling the river and reflecting the fading light and lunar crescent like a mirror was so peaceful and calming.

The soundscape for the walk also reflected the evening peace, even with the backdrop of motorway traffic. The birds sang and along with the bubbling of a small stream flowing into the river, they allowed me to ignore the trundle of tyres on tarmac. The soundscape is in three sections – Continue reading→

Singing in the Rain

Posted on 15/02/201315/02/2013 by Alastair

The sound of a Song Thrush singing in the rain in Lliw Valley – what more can I say!

Song Thrush

Lliw Valley in the Rain

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