Birds – A collection of pictures

Birds – a collection of pictures I’ve written before about the birds we see on our walks, click here to look at that earlier post.  Here is another collection of the birds we’ve seen over the last few months. Picture gallery Clicking on any of the images below will open a picture gallery that you […]

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Haughton Dale Nature Reserve

Where to find Haughton Dale Nature Reserve Haughton Vale is a nature reserve near Haughton Green, Denton in Tameside.  It runs along the river Tame and covers almost 23 acres.  You can read more about it here.  It’s a regular walk for myself and my husband and we walk anything from five to seven miles […]

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Reddish Vale – Another Visit

I’ve posted previously about my visits to Reddish Vale Country Park, you can see my blogs by clicking here.  You can also see my husband’s posts on Reddish Vale here. We visited again this week and the pictures below are from this visit.  We saw robins, great tits, a coal tit, ducks, swans, a jay, […]

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Fishy business

Doing what herons do I posted here about the herons that I often see on my walks along the Peak Forest canal.  There are two or three regulars and they can be seen flying along the canal, standing observing, or, as you can see in the pics below, fishing. A busy few weeks Although I […]

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A walk around Etherow Country Park

Where is Etherow Country Park? Etherow Country Park is located in the village of Compstall.  Compstall itself is between Marple and Romiley in Stockport, Greater Manchester.  It was establised in the 1820’s as part of the Andrews estate and incorporated a mine, a cotton mill and lake. The Park covers 200 acres and lies at […]

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Flying herons – photographed on the Peak Forest canal

Peak Forest canal walk Another day and another walk along the Peak Forest canal.  The canal is 14.8 miles long and runs from Portland Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne to Bugsworth Basin in  Buxworth, Whaley Bridge in the High Peak. Flying Herons on the Peak Forest canal A constant visitor to the canal is the grey heron.   […]

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