Taking advantage of a cubs drop off at Hichingbrooke, Rebecca and I went on a little ramble. We saw lots of rabbits on our travels. Also we spotted lots if Ox Eye Daisies and lots of these moths which we think are Six Spot Burnets . We even spotted a few in crysalis form on some grass blades.
On a lovely sunny day in the Easter holidays, we visited Lyme Park, a National Trust property near Stockport.
We first went to the gardens where we wandered around the lake, climbed a tree, enjoyed the delicious scented flowers of the orangery, and developed our map reading skills.
After exploring the gardens, we headed to the children's play area. This is a really great area for the children to explore with slides, adventurous climbing frames, rocks, and sand pits.
Mum headed off into the woods to look for birds. There were plenty of very noisy great tits and robins.
We did some challenges as wooper swans on a bridge then we were into a hide we saw some Coots, moorhens and wigeons then we went to the caffe I had a cookie and some hot chocolate then we went to a nother hide. Then we watched the swans and ducks get fed. 1or 2 swans have to stay because they are injured.
On Saturday 1st June we visited the Rspb at Ouse Fen. Created from disused quarry pits there are several lakes and waymarked paths.
We spotted lots of rabbits including babies. There were lots of butterflies - we followed an Orange Tip for a little while. We spotted lots of birds, including a Lapwing, a new one on our list. (Matthew)
It was awesome there. We had a great time. We saw a group of ducks flying. (Rebecca)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/o/ousefen/index.aspx
