photography, walking, traveling … and a bit of baking
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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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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I posted here about visits to Reddish Vale Country Park. We’ve made a couple more visits since my last post and the following pics are from those visits. Where is it? It’s in the Tame Valley, close to Reddish in Greater Manchester, and is managed by Stockport Council. Read more here. What is […]
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Snowy Days When I got my camera in May 2020 I couldn’t wait for the snow so I could take pictures of robins with their beautiful red breast against the white of the snow. The snow arrived in December so I wrapped up warm and set out with my camera to see what I could […]
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Doing what robins do There are lots of beautiful things to see in nature and the sight and sounds of the robin are up there with the best. On a recent walk along the local stretch of the River Tame I heard, then spotted, a robin singing in a tree. I watched him as he […]
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I’ve always been a keen walker and when we went into lockdown in March last year it was more important than ever to get out in the fresh air for some exercise. My husband has been walking along the local stretch of the River Tame and Peak Forest canal regularly and was taking some fabulous […]
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Nature at it’s best I wrote here recently about the birds that I see on my walks along the River Tame and the Peak Forest Canal. As the seasons have changed and the leaves on the trees have fallen, the birds have become easier to spot and the robins, in particular, are happy to pose […]
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Who doesn’t love the robin? On December 15th 1960 after a 200,000 strong ballot the robin was crowned Britain’s National Bird. It’s not hard to see why. With his bright red breast and beautiful song he’s everyone’s favourite. A regular feature on the Christmas card Although the robin can often be seen on our Christmas […]
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