to see the heronry

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Today Alex and I took Dad out to Ellesmere to see the heronry. There are about 12 nests on the island in the lake, 4 of them have eggs already, and the girls are sitting. We know as there are cameras trained on the nests, relaying pictures into the Wildlife Trust shop. Its interesting to see them, but maybe we need another trip once the chicks have hatched. After a nice cup of coffee, we fed the geese then wandered round the lake, before having a huge lunch in the pub nearby. We quickly had a look at the disused railway station(cache spot) and the canal wharf, before driving home in the afternoon sunshine. A grand day out - with no Wensleydale!

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Photos

tame geese
no blood drawn, but Dad hoped he could deal at bridge ok tonight!

cache number one
on the stump

snowdrops, daffodils and celandines
all out together here.

railway cache
hidden inside an engine!