Thursday 6 August 2015

Covenham Reservoir - Part 3 - Last Look Round

One annoying scene -
a pile of mattresses which some IQ zero had decided to dump near the bottom stile.

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More pleasant was being able to look across the nearby fields and see harvest time had started.

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I seemed to spend quite some time dodging the various insects which wanted to use me and the cameras as landing platforms. I still have an itchy lump on the back of my neck where one decided to see what I tasted like.
Unidentified weevil:

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Most of the visible structure being concrete there is plenty of lichen to break up the monotonous grey.
Caloplaca aurantia?:

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There were lots of brown butterflies, some skippers I think, but not one would rest in a place where it was possible to get a photo. The only other colour spotted - a pretty flower.
Birds-foot-trefoil?:

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At the right time of year there should be some orchids to see but nothing was showing on Sunday:

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Disappointingly the bird life was virtually nil. There are usually some gulls and ducks swimming about but not this time. A few gulls flying high up but the highlight for me was a Yellow Wagtail hunting for food just above the lapping water:

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On the whole an enjoyable visit. It was nice to get a change of scenery.


8 comments:

  1. This has more going on than I imagined.
    The weevil looks from it's mottled appearance like a Clay-coloured Weevil, Otiorhyncus singularis. It's difficult to tell at this size.

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    1. Adrian: Get the right time of year and there can be plenty to see. It has even attracted the twitchers when something rare turns up for a few days.

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  2. sweet scenes, even with the stupid trash dump (we get a lot of that here, too.)

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    1. TWG: Unfortunately there is a lot of illegal dumping spoiling the countryside and costing local tax payers and land owners to get it cleaned up.

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  3. I love that bird (yellow wagtail??) and love the scenes apart from the mattresses - why are people so crass?

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    1. Weaver: I think that is the only place I have seen Yellow Wagtails.

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  4. Apart from the bedding, it looks like a nice place to visit John. Lovely shots of the Yellow Wag.

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    1. Roy: It's OK in fairish weather. With the footpath being well above land level the wind can really whistle across and being not too far from the North Sea it can be more than a bit chilly on windy days.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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