Pond life continued

The saga continues, and yey a dragonfly appeared hovered over the pond having a good look, liked what it saw and proceeded to lay eggs, but not in the water it poked about in all the old logs surrounding the pond,so hopefully in a year or however long it takes I should have dragonfly nymphs it was a Southern Hawker very lovely and quite large.The other day after a particularly heavy rainstorm the sun came out and there were dragonflys everywhere 10 20 30 loads ,they loved the warm sun ,so I decided to lift the canopy of cover in my garden and cut a few tree branches down, give a bit more light to the garden and maybe ill get some more in my garden.

The Pond Saga continues

The remaking of a wildlife pond,my poor old pond gave up the fight a few years ago now, so i had to re line it re stock it with plants and let nature do the rest.Bit disappointing at first , just a midge infested pool, but slowly and surely things started to happen , some newts took up residence and started to lay eggs, and i now have baby newtlets, then a damselfly appeared and started laying eggs, a big old diving beetle also took up residence, hope it doesnt eat baby newts though.So slowly but surely nature has come and inhabited my pond, all i need now is a dragonfly and i shall be happy.

Frogs have also been coming and going ,hopefully the midge larvae will be eaten by something.

More little friends

I am really happy, was sitting out in garden looking  out over my little wild area near the Dyke, heard a gentle plop noise, and what should i see swimming over the ditch , a lovely little watervole, thank goodness they are still

about, was so sad after the trauma of finding two dead baby water voles in the garden last year.

Waydukistan

Yes it is a weird title but it is OUR place way out on the North Norfolk Coast, a very beautiful place where we sit and watch and relax , Oyster catchers call and swoop , the wind gently wafts over us and we breathe a sigh ,no need to speak . Our adventure starts on a muddy path carefully navigating rickety wooden bridges, realising we had forgotten our crab lines, but never mind we will remember next time, we pick our way over the slippery mud, grasping on to reach other (obviously we have checked the tide times and we are safe)at last we reach a lovely expanse of swaying sea pinks and grasses and sea campion we find a big old piece of driftwood and settle down to watch and wait, a group of three lugworm diggers amble past us with their buckets and make their way out onto the mud," afternoon lovely day" we greet each other, the knowledge passed between us that we are so very lucky to live here!and yes we wait and watch, and there are Waders and Ducks and loveliness, hence Waydukistan!!! But our adventure is not over, we walk on maybe we should go back the other way, no we ll carry on the big inlet awaits us, we havent been here since the floods so we dont know how the ground has changed, and there it is a deep inlet of mud and luckily it hasnt changed to much, the bottom is firm and the water not too deep, we pick our way to the bottom and scramble up the other side, a little slippery but ok, then up and over the tiny rivulets hopping and jumping and following our little path,so pretty, its good to be back at Waydukistan our place !!!

Clouds

Apart from being fascinated with trees I am also fascinated by clouds.

Pesticide course

What have I let myself in for, been volunteered to go on a pesticide course next Monday, getting bit worried, hope I can do it, application of pesticides by hand held equipment!Monday is theory and later that day an assessment, then on Thursday actual spraying on a Nature Reserve, I wouldnt trust me!!! if any body can put my mind at rest and have done this course , please message me!!

To the Bat Cave!!!

Did a very batty task last Monday with the Trinnies volunteers, clearing brambles away from Ormesby Water Works Bat House, it was very overgrown and apparently Bats dont like brambles very scratchy near their sensitive wings if they are in the way of their flight path, got loads done, but still picking out thorns from various places!!!

Walsingham Snowdrops

Went to Walsingham the other week, carpets of white like snow, it was very lovely!

Is Spring here yet?

Well, can we breathe a sigh of relief yet, is Spring here yet, or are we being lulled into a false sense or security, March is supposed to be "in like a Lion and out like a Lamb"
Pictures were taken on a walk into Yarmouth along Caister beach early morning, and the clouds were taken Scratby Cliffs last week.If you look carefully you can see a tiny rainbow beneath the clouds!