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well heres mine from today ... :p:p:p its great being a supervisor .. and having a nephew on uni break ... :p he finished at 9.15pm tonight .. and coming back tomorrow as well ...:p

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Like the last pic of him -good job, well done!:D

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Di your pics of the farm buildings were fantastic, the buildings are beautiful such care taken over what at the end of the day is a building for keeping animals and animal feed in, brilliant. The arches in the "barn" would not be out of place in a cathedral, the milking parlor reminded me of catacombs:alright::alright::alright::hothothot

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Thanks Dave -have been playing about with a seppia effect on some of the pics of the "old" farm. A few attached plus some taken at the Ulster folk museum a few years ago -lovely place to visit if you ever go to Belfast. The photo of the sweet shop I have put in colour too -a real Aladin's cave -bought loads of old-fashioned sweets!

Final pic of Castelverde church seen from the new barn.:hothothot

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I was wondering whether he was meant to paint the fence or himself!

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best was .. he went home like that .. washed his hands .. and said i'll have a shower when i get home ... :p god knows what the bus driver thought he'd been doing ... lol

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Diane - how do you post pics, so they come up as thumbnails and not a bold link? Cheers ;)

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See post 1673 on this thread...

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Where is the link? ;)

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I mean this thread that we are on, see page 112...

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I'm not an expert but I have learned to re-size my photos down in Microsoft Office first and then just go through the manage attachments screen which pops up when you click on the paper-clip! If there is no paper-clip click the go advanced option first and it should appear.:)

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Just uploading this one as a test? :rolleyes: Cheers it worked using that method!

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I gave pictorial instructions in the Woodnook in Pictures thread.......makes it easy for those who don't know how to upload...or what they should be looking for.......anyway I see that you have managed it now...well done.

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Today in Pictures. Coppice re-visited, it's been over a month since my last Coppice caper, so it was time to see how the season had moved on.

1. Up the long slope to the left of the Coppice.
2. Thought where does that path go, almost vertical up to the top, nearly put my lamps out.
3. It was a bit busy today, just shows what a bit of sun does.
4. A younger section of plantings, quite dense and difficult to walk through.
5. Looking down at an older section of planted Larch.
6. Looking across the top of the planted area.
7. Middle Lodge in the background.
8. Middle Lodge from the "top end"
9. Looking across to Hameldon Hill.
10. Close up of a Larch branch.

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So that is what it is like up the top of the hill.
Keep posting your walks, I am finding out more about Accrington and district every time you do so.

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A jaunt out to Holland again today, but a little further afield to Delfzijl & through Bellingwolde, proper touristy so it is. :)

Anyways, a mixed bag of images, should be something to appeal to most folk,

(1) Floral hedgerows (2) A view of Delfzijl (3) Curious Donkeys at Bellingwolde (4) Sheep shearing on the Dyke with the Ems & Emden in the back ground (5) Museum/Exhibition working Mill at Delfzijl (6) Do I really need to say anything ? (7) Bee in the hedgerow flowers. :)

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Well I was pasting in the link to the photo and posting that - but I wanted to get the thumbnail in - and now I know how - cheers! :)

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Glad the walks are of interest, I think I find something new myself, just by saying where does that go, and then finding out.

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looks a nice and clean place, why no chip wrappers and coke cans, I know the answer really

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Excellent photos of the Coppice and area.;)

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I have been away for the week....I haven't any pics for today, but I hope to be allowed some licence to post some pictures from my jaunt away with Ma.......after all we did go to exotic climes.......it begins with 'L'...no it wasn't Las Vegas...it was Lytham St Anne's.
Here are my offerings.
1) a band of golden sunset, under the pier.
2) Evening skies.
3) These three donkeys were making a bid for freedom - they were brought back by the 'guards'.
4) The beach at Lytham St Annes.....families enjoying the sunshine.
5) The floral windmill at Lytham.
6) I couldn't resist this bike.
7) A collard dove on the chimney pot above our room.
8) Marshmallow pink hydrangea....just looking at it makes me think of marshmallows....I can almost taste them.
9) The Windmill. Taken from below.
None of these shots are colour enhanced...just resized to make them fit accyweb.

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Have just been looking at your Flickr pics - wondered where you had been all week! How did you manage to get a pass to go away with Ma when there are little ones to be looked after? At least it got you away from the Olympics!

I like the pier - and Rambo on Flickr - and more bikes!

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My daughter and son-in law were away in the Isle of man...it was her stepsons wedding...so it gave me a good opportunity to grab some time away with Ma....I was going to say 'me' time, but it was 'we' time.
Glad yu like mu pics on flickr Sue...there are more to come.....when I have sorted the wheat from the chaff.

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Are you sure that's a collared dove? Looks more like a scabby old pigeon to me - collared doves are much paler... and prettier

Eurasian Collared Dove - BirdForum Opus

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Right - thought they were only going for the w/e to IOM... and shouldn't that be "Ma" time??

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They went Thursday to Tuesday, but were off work for two weeks.
Return to work day is tomorrow.
The bird on the chimney looked bigger than the usual pigeon...and it was brighter I think because of the golden glow from the sunset...but I am not an expert on birds...but that is what I was told by the chap in the next room to us........we shared a patio.

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I have been looking again at the bird....it could be a pigeon with delusions of grandeur. You know how snooty they can be in Lytham St Annes...they think they are royalty....just because t hey live there.:D
Anyway here is another pic. I'll let you decide what it is.

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Oh yes they're definitely one up in Lytham - was going to say surprised they let you in but didn't want you to take it the wrong way...:rolleyes:

Anyway - I reckon it's a woodpigeon - collared doves don't have the grey head and also you can see the white ring at the back of the neck in the second pic... and the beak is yellow but black in the dove. Dove is smaller too.

We have lots of both of them round here in the cemetery behind the house - they fight the seagulls for the bread we put out!

Fraser Simpson's Birding Website

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yes, it was definitely the right size for a wood pigeon.....and I wouldn't have taken offence at the comment Sue......I'm much too 'down to earth' for that....anyway I was going as a lady's companion.
They let Ma in because she has the B.E.M.
And we are going again in just less than a month.
Staying at the Clifton Park Hotel. This visit was our first there and Ma loved it....so much so that when we arrived back home Friday afternoon, she was on the phone right away to see when we could go again.
It is going to be wonderful, because Greg is taking us and bringing us home.......so the trip there will take about an hour......same with the trip back. This heaven for Ma.

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Lucky you... except I'm really not keen on that part of the world - but very convenient for you and Ma. I guess this time you went by coach - or am I reading too much into the Southport pics on Flickr??

Lady's companion - very Room with a View...;)

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Attachment 23777 Attachment 23778 Attachment 23779 Attachment 23780 Attachment 23781 Attachment 23782 Just a few pics taken at random in my yard.

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Yes we travelled with Alfa......set off from Bank Street at 07.50 and didn't get to St Annes until almost 2pm. Had a very unsatisfactory stop off (supposedly for lunch) at Botany Bay. I queued 25 minutes for a coffee and a hot chocolate....to say the service was bad would be an understatement...the coffee was dire too.
Greg brought us home Friday lunch time and it was bliss to have a speedy ride home.
I had the washing done and pegged out by the time our travelling companions had got to Burtonwood.

I'm not keen on Blackpool - I did go, to see if the money being spent has made any difference...it hasn't, I still don't like it.
Lytham and St Annes are alright...not exciting, but alright.......and I did get ma out of the room....to Southport and for a blow along the pier.
So that was good. She enjoyed being pampered. She had different people to chat to and she sat out on our patio in the fresh air....all good.

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Frank pic 5, looks like the "Yeah, whatever" look to me. :) Know it well from our Hounds. And Ma your pic 3 , the gang doing one can't say I blame them, having snotty nosed, ice cream sticky kidlets rubbing their grubby paws into their fur, and it's definitely a "Woody" on the Chimney.

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I can see a theme developing here... DiG, Dianne and Margaret...

Sadly we don't have donkeys on the beach in Morecambe:(

Glad my birding knowledge was corroborated by such an eminent authority... how many of those have you shot in your time Dave?

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He was for a change completely cream crackered after a long walk ( which he ran twice the distance) around entwistle and wahoy reservoirs. I didn't take any of my cameras as It was threatening rain.

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I tried to photo one of those long legged spiders, I couldn't get enough into focus to make sense, good for you.

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From your photos I was thinking Lytham wasn't too bad a place after all, having said that I've never been, passed through, but never stopped.

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Well Frank's has only got six legs left, perhaps that made a difference...:rolleyes:

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Today in Pictures, Oak Hill and Haworth Park after the improvements.

1. Oak Hill Main gate, very floral.
2. Up past the Rockery.
3. This fungi was the size of a dustbin lid.
4. From the front of Haworth Art Gallery looking over to the Coppice and Hameldon.
5. The newly opened Rose Garden.
6. A view of the gallery from the rose garden.
7. Looking toward the rose garden from the side of the gallery.
8. I used to work here, a bit neglected now, it used to house the horses and carriages for the "big house"
9. Back down through Oak Hill.
10. On the way down the hill, a view over the bandstand across to the Coppice, you can just see the monument on the top, its the bit with no trees on, right on the top.

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I suppose if it tried to run off, it would go around in circles.

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The rose garden is pretty - are they hoping to grow climbers up those arches? At Cranborne House in Wiltshire where they sell a lot of old roses, they had a bed with ropes slung between pillars about 10ft high, with roses trained along them. It was lovely and something I always wanted to emulate but never had the space.

Must be sad for you seeing your old workplace neglected - I wonder if you ever worked in Milnshaw Park, that is very depressing these days.

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Well, I suppose it depends on what you want.......excitement is not on my agenda...it tends to be the wrong sort of excitement when I get it anyway...if you see what I mean.
Lytham and Lytham St Annes are both pretty places...very clean and very well kept........and walking along the promenade after our evening meal I felt very safe.
The hotel was lovely too......a swimming pool, jacuzzi and a gym...lovely gardens and very comfortable lounges. It is a fine place to kick back and relax ( even pushing Ma in the wheelchair didn't seem much of a chore - it is flat).
I'm looking forward to going again.

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Part of my apprenticeship was served at Milnshaw Park, in the days when all the grass was cut every week the paths were swept every Friday. There was also a long Dahlia bed that took a lot of time staking and tying the plants in. Three greenhouses full of plants, cold frames, and a smelly coke boiler that had to be "stoked" and the clinker raked out. That was the job of the apprentice. All gone now.

The rose garden is still in its early stages, it depends on the maintenance as to whether it thrives or gets overgrown, as the site is now unmanned, I'm not sure who will do it ?

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What a shame to spend all that money and then have no one to look after it.

I remember the greenhouses at Milnshaw, used to go the park a lot when I was a tot 60 years ago, lived very close.

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Did you work for Accrington Corporation or Hyndburn. I had a tool box stolen from Milnshaw Park Greenhouses when I worked for Accy Corporation

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That's a woodpigeon Susie...

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so the general consensus is that it is a woodpigeon....I'm glad we got that one sorted out :D

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Did you miss my post 1728 Kes? Glad we're both singing from the same hymn sheet...

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Sure is this is a photo I took of one at nest with a chick. :)

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Nice one you don't seem to see young pidgeons

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Cheers, I was lucky that nest was in the right place, usually they are in thicker bushes that would be too dark to get a good shot. Woodpigeon can be aggressive - I've put my hand in and the adult uses it's wings to hit the hand while making a sort of growling noise - very tough birds when they want.

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Note: I didn't put my hand in the nest I took photo of - there is one in the garden where I live and it wouldn't budge off the nest and was hitting my hand with it's wings and pressing down on the nest etc...it raised a couple back in 2007 but tried again in years after that and every time something went wrong - including a cat getting one of the pair and killing it! So if you got a cat be aware they are killing birds that work hard to make a nest and lay eggs.

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I worked for accy, can you describe the toolbox, and what year was it?

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There's been a few, but only enough as we needed for the pot & a couple for the farmer whose land it was. Nowadays it's with cameras the shooting is done. :)

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For some reason I thought you were away in Wales! Lytham Saint Anne's was an annual treat when we were kids -mum used to take us to Lowther Gardens for a picnic and to Fairhaven lake. She liked the shops there herself!
Nice pics -you can't beat a typical day out at the seaside in England on a sunny day!:hothothot

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I went back to Blackpool in April to find the guest houses my Gt-Grandmother used to run. They have spent a lot on the front and it looks very new and clean but sterile and has too much concrete for me. I am a bit of a romantic and like to remember Blackpool in its heydays - it's a bit down-market and too tacky in parts but does have some lovely areas -North pier is still very Victorian -perhaps they should play more on the towns past...
Cleveleys seafront is much the same -a massive effort to clean it up but swathes of concrete although they have put in some nice wind break shelters with coloured lighting which are pretty in the evening.

Southport was another of our regular day-trips as kids - much nicer feel to it and some lovely shops.

Fleetwood is also very nice and the seafront has some interesting features and retains a more old-fashioned feel -they also have fabulous fish and chips at The North Euston Hotel right on the front -it's fun to go on the trams too though they rattle you about a bit!:)

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A few photos from yesterday. A lovely yellow hibiscus flower at a friend's house. In the evening we went to a place called Isola Serafina where there's a massive Hydro-electric power station across the River Po. Several shots of this, a beach in a crazy place just below it -and there were people on it! You can see where they dredge sand out of the river beyond the dam and also how it is much smaller after the dam and the typical flat countryside with managed Poplar woodlands.

We went through some lovely villages with castles etc -but my companions would not collaborate and let me stop to take pics:(

Had a meal out in Trattoria and finally went to see our friends son who was night-time fishing on the Po just outside Cremona.

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My wife has stayed at the North Euston a few times before she got too ill. I always managed to book her a nice sea view room.

The Ferry terminal has gone now so no more ships to watch, just the odd fishing boat.

By the way, why do people get karma and how do they give it, I only just found some on my page and wondered about it.

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I didn't know the ferries no longer sailed from Fleetwood, its that long since I visited.

the karma is given if you think a poster has done something that you think warrants it or they give it you for the same reason.

to give karma, look on the post that you think should have some, start with the box with the name in it and go to the bottom of that box, there are three icons, one tells you that they are online (it goes green if they are) the middle one has to be clicked to award karma, and the last icon its to report a post.

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You get Karma if another Accyweb member sends you some as a sign of appreciation for something youve posted -could be a photo or something funny you've said or just for making a good point -in that case it will be green. If someone sends you red karma it's the opposite.

Two pics attached -N.Euston Hotel Fleetwood and their excellent fish and chips. Best i've ever had...

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Firstly night time fishing usually means 1 of 2 things (a) Your doing it on the fly ;) :D or (b) You're out to get rascally drunk with your mates. :D Actually it can be a combo of both. :)

Not many chips there Mo, I'd of asked 'em for a few more me. :)

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Some more pics from our little break......concentrating on the Hotel.
1) our room.
2) a place to catch the sun - the patio.
3) Come on you ornithologists -enlighten me......I haven't the foggiest idea what this bird is.
4) the Sunny quiet room - cards, books and jigsaws were available to while away the time.
5) The staircase.
6) One of the lounges.
7) a pair of wood pigeons - billing and cooing.

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What were the pidgeons talking about?

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They were telling each other where the best place was to get bread...with butter on....and where to get crispy chips(seafarers restaurant - from the punters who sit outside and eat al fresco).

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No 3... goldfinch

British Garden Birds

probably the most common bird in my garden but not managed to snap one yet!

No 6 gosh I think the soft furnishings in that room would give me a headache - but I do like your little patio!

No 7 Those two pigeons really do look as though they were conversing!

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That lounge was always full....I only managed to snap it empty, once the coach had left and most of the other guests were out - we were waiting to be picked up.

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The goldfinch (thanks Sue) was a very good warbler...you could hear it long before you could see it...in fact there were a pair of them...singing duets.

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Ah... so the chair covers were normally hidden by people... thank goodness for that!

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Here is some coppice pics from a couple of days ago or so.

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It wasn't a pattern that I would choose, but they were mostly covered by bottoms.

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Great pics Rob.

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A Teeshirt that Entwisi would be proud of

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You'll have to try harder Sue and one day you will capture a goldfinch.

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I am trying to upload some pic's, never had any trouble in the past but it keeps saying that it has failed this time.

My files are j.peg ones and they are well within the correct size?

Anyone else having problems?

I have a new baby budgie and wanted to share him with you!

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They might be too large. Over 500KB perhaps??

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In fact there were 2 lads fishing and 4 others who had set up a camp-fire and were up to no good;):D They weren't expecting us oldies...

Had probably scoffed most of them DiG! The fish you get there is really fresh and is huge -I didn't finish it all...and I can put quite a bit away!:o:D

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6.44 MB is that too large?

How do I resize them?

Sorry I know people have already asked before!

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its ok I have got it thanks!!

just being thick i think!!

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Just posted my blog with all the photo's, didnt want to put them on here aswell or Mick will shout at me and never buy me a pint again!! ;)

Please see,

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/b...-my-paddy.html

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Yeah 6MB Is too big. 1000KB = 1MB around 500KB is the filesize limit :)

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Thanks Restless, I think I have done them ok now.

I am sure Mick will tell me otherwise if I havent!

:D

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Today in Pictures, "where does that go" had me looking down at Whalley, and I was parked up on Blackburn Old Road Gt Harwood.

1. Wood Sorrel in the pine woods.
2. Heading down to the reservoirs.
3. After wandering, it brought me to this little hamlet.
4. After legging it down a long and winding road, I was looking down at Whalley, I thought its time for a right turn.
5. Straight into this pine forest.
6. Out the other side, and looking across to Hameldon.
7. After a muddy left turn, we were in sight of the starting point.
8. Cant pass a fungi without dropping on my belly, I must stop doing it in Asda.
9. Looking a bit bedraggled a Small Copper Butterfly.
10. Just as we got to the car, it looked a bit "iffy", it started to rain a bit as we got out of the car at home.

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How in the world did u manage to capture that second to last one?

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stealth, on tip toes, I managed about 6 photos before it flew away, I then focused on a green veined one, if I was being watched from a distance it would look like I was practising for a part as panto baddy.

It was macro as well so I was up close.

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I was trying myself but the buggers never seem to stop flying. :D

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Have that same probem with birds Rob, see post 1765!

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Its not easy, but you will find they are not as fluttery if they are stuffed with nectar, so go for the plants that they go for, thistles,or any compound flower that consists of a lot of small flowers within the main flower. This way they have a lot to eat in a small area.

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The problem with the goldfinches in my garden Max - they're easy to spot in the trees from the upstairs windows but they all disappear when I'm at ground level!

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Wow that sky in pic 10 is something else. Love the wood sorrel too...

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Do you not have feeders out for them?

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Its one of those "time to go home" skies, and we did.

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No, we have enough seed heads on the plants in the garden and the cemetery behind to keep them happy and I prefer to see them on the plants. We do have seeders but don't think I've ever seen a goldfinch on one.

Sorry should have said Frank not Max in #1788.

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I was going to say Goldfinch as soon as I saw it but you beat me to it ;) they are quite common were I am in centre of city - sometimes sing in the gardens round here.

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Another trip to Lancaster today so lots of pics to post...

By the canal first

1 Base of horse chestnut trunk
2 Trunk close up
3 Lichen on towpath wall
4 Buddleia by canal
5 Don't know what this boat was dischargng but it made some pretty patterns in the water
6 You have to be - to buy a canal boat
7 Nice name - make haste slowly
8 I like this bridge - reminds me of the Grand Canal in Venice
9 Cobbles and a place to sit and relax - if you don't mind other people's rubbish
10 Valerian growing on the A6 bridge

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I'ts the red face wot gives it away Kestrel! :o

BTW that was a stunning pic of the pigeon on nest the other day.

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Thats a nice stretch of canal, and very busy, barge wise.

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It's more of a basin, and there are two very nice pubs...

It was busier today than my last pics two weeks ago, must be more people on holidays. You tend to get mainly private boats on this canal as it doesn't really go anywhere except Preston unless you want to cross the Ribble. Also it has no locks. When we lived in the midlands there were loads of hire company boats. We once won a long weekend trip and managed to hit a bridge and another boat during that time. The company who had donated the holiday were not best pleased...

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Glad you like the pigeon on nest shot. I can identify most British birds but couldn't describe some of them as I just know what they look like, without being able to describe all the details!

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Yes I do know what you mean... but I'm afraid most birdsong defeats me...

Goldfnches are just about the most colourful of birds... hard to miss and very pretty - as is their song - I do know that one!

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For example I can visually tell the difference between a Wheatear and a Whinchat - but if you asked me to explain i'd have to look in the book. But one thing always tells you it's a wheatear is it has distinct white area on the rump that stands out when it flys.

Yes I know what you mean about birdsong - but I'm getting better at it.;)