Walk in the snow

2 weekends ago, the snow "paralysed" the East Midlands. I went for an early walk to the nature reserve, with the camera.

This little chappy wasn't too scared

I made it to a high birds' hide. The visibility wasn't great, can you guess the power station from the fog?

And a view of Attenborough village:

The nature reserve centre, with my nordic walking poles - this was a great workout

The ducks were walking on the ice. This little one went first

He was soon followed by his friends

On my way back, the path became strangely wild

This happy snowman was guarding the golf course. Not a soul, all snowed up, quite eerie really!

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A walk around the nature reserve

We took our mums for a walk around the nature reserve when my mum visited us in October. Nice weather and lots of birds. Click here to see the full set on flickr.

Louise and Margaret:




and Maman:




Here is a view from one of the hides around the nature reserve:




As we walked on the canal path, we came across a very young and friendly dog and its family:




We then got onto a path close to where birds wait for walkers to feed them. We first came across ducks:




And then some geese:




And finally swans:




Maman has a conversation with one of them:




I tried to take pictures of birds in flight. Here's one of my best:




We had a great time an enjoyed tea and cake at the visitor centre.