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Wasn't sure where best this belonged but it's nice to hear
https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/community/community-south-africa-trip-a-huge-success/
https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/community/community-south-africa-trip-a-huge-success/
Up above ‘Eddie Howe’ country in the beautiful area of Northumberland, visited Kielder Forest today, Kielder Water is the largest man-made lake in northern Europe and is capable of holding 200 billion litres of water. It has a shoreline of 27 miles and is 170 feet at its deepest point (taller than Nelson’s Column). Following many years of planning it was built at a cost of £167million and was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1982.
They had an Osprey Watch there and live webcam on big screens, mother had two chicks we saw. The nest is the size of a double bed on a platform.
There was a map showing the flight of an Osprey coming back to the UK. The bird had flown from below Mauritania and Mali to avoid the sands storms over the Sahara Desert, it had flown two days without food until it reached Benidorm.
If you ever get a chance it is a really nice area to visit with rolling hills and switchback roads, sheep everywhere but in fields. We had rain showers on and off. No crowds and it was a weekend.
Off to Holy Island tomorrow and Lindisfarne.
In a few days will be moving down to a place called Barnard’s Castle for an eye test.
https://www.visitkielder.com/about-us/how-it-all-works
http://www.visitkielder.com/play/discover/kielder-ospreys
https://images.visitkielder.com/downloads/kielder-osprey-facts.pdf
They had an Osprey Watch there and live webcam on big screens, mother had two chicks we saw. The nest is the size of a double bed on a platform.
There was a map showing the flight of an Osprey coming back to the UK. The bird had flown from below Mauritania and Mali to avoid the sands storms over the Sahara Desert, it had flown two days without food until it reached Benidorm.
If you ever get a chance it is a really nice area to visit with rolling hills and switchback roads, sheep everywhere but in fields. We had rain showers on and off. No crowds and it was a weekend.
Off to Holy Island tomorrow and Lindisfarne.
In a few days will be moving down to a place called Barnard’s Castle for an eye test.
https://www.visitkielder.com/about-us/how-it-all-works
http://www.visitkielder.com/play/discover/kielder-ospreys
https://images.visitkielder.com/downloads/kielder-osprey-facts.pdf
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went down to the sang adjacent to the training ground site last night - never seen so many kingfishers - the place was awash with them! the spot to go is just when you enter the sang, down the slope, then turn right just after the footbridge - there is a nice bench on the corner of the river - great spot for birdies
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In the garden yesterday the first tiny frogs have morphed from tadpoles and are now in the tough world above water, the newts in the pond are in full swing with some very large pregnant females, and there were a couple of slow worms near the compost heap entwined together doing their nuptials. Always something to see.
Ive been swimming regularly at Fishermans Walk for 10 years, never seen a dolphin from the shore let alone when in the water. Today, was lucky enough to be in whilst a pod went by the other way, clearly visible as they were just outside the yellow 6knot marker buoys (photo courtesy of a random beach walker) . Thankfully a friend on the shore was screaming at me to stop swimming and look outwards, otherwise I would have missed them
