tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89091705980318923122024-02-19T17:19:20.891-08:00My North Antrim Dog WalkThe wildlife I see on my daily Dog Walk.Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-63852887455766477782009-10-18T07:05:00.001-07:002010-11-09T09:38:05.076-08:00My Garden<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We live on the slopes of this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.northantrim.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">North Antrim</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hill </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/zKnocklayd.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Knocklayd</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1,695 feet).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmle2fucUMxaYTK5-Z8nW8iC8s6AQSHstvA6qA5PujJSGxg85CThvSkaNPtvKbLSZboi5TtRmhsE6leSN6Fe-614f5jRw215B00zRIOUPXhbEIWDMW6UBYJyRHmskbWTc9MpU0zVGRDU/s1600-h/knocklayde.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmle2fucUMxaYTK5-Z8nW8iC8s6AQSHstvA6qA5PujJSGxg85CThvSkaNPtvKbLSZboi5TtRmhsE6leSN6Fe-614f5jRw215B00zRIOUPXhbEIWDMW6UBYJyRHmskbWTc9MpU0zVGRDU/s320/knocklayde.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797974911963474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 142px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The hill is surrounded by standing-stones and other monuments, suggesting that it was a holy mountain."</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is a view of my Dog walking countryside, from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.forestserviceni.gov.uk/index/forests-in-northern-ireland/forests-in-the-north-district/breen-forest.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Breen Forest</span></a></span>, on the other side of the glen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQol6plal0qe77vwu91szTH5Nmt_CaMlkhj10z_3hINzeD02skKFMeFhJXev5tv92Tl7T1Z7sMeabmWsLx3Ljxfpo4zrRbSjaB0CRqTD1YDwpx2hBED2s6aY4E-LN8F6lSrl3i05mkCw/s1600/DSCF0013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQol6plal0qe77vwu91szTH5Nmt_CaMlkhj10z_3hINzeD02skKFMeFhJXev5tv92Tl7T1Z7sMeabmWsLx3Ljxfpo4zrRbSjaB0CRqTD1YDwpx2hBED2s6aY4E-LN8F6lSrl3i05mkCw/s320/DSCF0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410410128724551602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This Blog is a collection of photos I've taken. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They outline the route I take, on my daily walk </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with my dogs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bertha R.I.P.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBlIcrBd8BAJjkXI2-l8yHHHawB4Lt-QHVZZCfXjNPxA5dCvXwDqnubiPVZOT-iHy71-nJ65uWoT5o1_tsETI-hOrOofGrfgi7MHKAnQrfKPZDi6qm8GymjpOjMk9N_xcVTXeOHXfpG8/s1600-h/bertha.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBlIcrBd8BAJjkXI2-l8yHHHawB4Lt-QHVZZCfXjNPxA5dCvXwDqnubiPVZOT-iHy71-nJ65uWoT5o1_tsETI-hOrOofGrfgi7MHKAnQrfKPZDi6qm8GymjpOjMk9N_xcVTXeOHXfpG8/s320/bertha.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388900183608498594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rusty</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsqczCv-L0cNyW6j1rJi2YhemF6LrenKIaZXN8ogaHorjzTh7RLW6H2m8ztWY_kalCmKZoXhHjPw3XV1FeEoEzvctUpz51LH_Yowu5L8lwvMHDwqcKf9DJ6LfG0Ew63YkkpfwQfg7Q8o/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYsqczCv-L0cNyW6j1rJi2YhemF6LrenKIaZXN8ogaHorjzTh7RLW6H2m8ztWY_kalCmKZoXhHjPw3XV1FeEoEzvctUpz51LH_Yowu5L8lwvMHDwqcKf9DJ6LfG0Ew63YkkpfwQfg7Q8o/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388900177877370930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 268px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Hopefully it will demonstrate just how interesting & pleasurable this daily activity can be.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Most of the photos I have taken myself, but without any fancy camera gear, I am unable to take good photos of Birds, so those I have borrowed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">By the way, the place & road names in this album are just my own nicknames.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">N.B.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> You should be able to enlarge most of the photos, by clicking on them.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: italic; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Blue</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, our horse, leaning over the garden fence.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We usually give him an apple before we head off up the hill</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz9FgOnFUb0g5klMpKUnyDqCs9ZHr-tvDrJJZ-rw4OcyNXI26DdP7T2Y0jlhvLuGtXayqD7xEJmwWaJyMPrJ3XrN7wtKdTaBVTlz7rnW7sh1rkWRcvAAcrJP6mGkLTDsbzNLZD_90w9Q/s1600-h/DSCF0010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQz9FgOnFUb0g5klMpKUnyDqCs9ZHr-tvDrJJZ-rw4OcyNXI26DdP7T2Y0jlhvLuGtXayqD7xEJmwWaJyMPrJ3XrN7wtKdTaBVTlz7rnW7sh1rkWRcvAAcrJP6mGkLTDsbzNLZD_90w9Q/s320/DSCF0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797657880485554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the sheltered side garden, where I have my Bird Table & we always make sure there is food & water for the birds, before we set off</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7fXCcOVS3-wseSCEIWMvBD06VU8aWGCGgBNfOmFFyhNankAeAsRbufxeX039oOoF6jxTW5ODnL8xkcSZQ3SW2skY29gqDDp3FCsVYNsU-mGbJSnONKby8Pf8ARAZvPpCTTxsAKQlSX8/s1600-h/DSCF0001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7fXCcOVS3-wseSCEIWMvBD06VU8aWGCGgBNfOmFFyhNankAeAsRbufxeX039oOoF6jxTW5ODnL8xkcSZQ3SW2skY29gqDDp3FCsVYNsU-mGbJSnONKby8Pf8ARAZvPpCTTxsAKQlSX8/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389540947362542274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This snap of a Coal Tit on a Nut Feeder is, I'm afraid, the best I can do with my simple Camera. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3boqyzVVcFTXwOun3vQDLBQzGK08MUYdaVFLag5EF2pR05krYcd1EFIXx5vB3mIGgKSGGmuAEGSM8d8b7U4P4kxZQDnmGxwpCUmRsoI1hUXzDf7G8wH6mwAsesn3d6UUhe4tiKZrds3k/s1600-h/DSCF0041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3boqyzVVcFTXwOun3vQDLBQzGK08MUYdaVFLag5EF2pR05krYcd1EFIXx5vB3mIGgKSGGmuAEGSM8d8b7U4P4kxZQDnmGxwpCUmRsoI1hUXzDf7G8wH6mwAsesn3d6UUhe4tiKZrds3k/s320/DSCF0041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389540937908624066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 225px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the start of our daily walk, looking up </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alder Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with my garden on the right.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">... it looks rather inviting, don't you think?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoNk7bja77MfAVQXiW-xIzQIqGwwij1UbLKJ4efV-s5-l6Js2L9INn1Luju59ce0ncCqb85mJa7go30ADhJrV42NjMxr3uBLi3ARseJ28pU7YtAUfOVDrt2BwzqAk4pxxEyd_FU-oSwA/s1600-h/DSCF0015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoNk7bja77MfAVQXiW-xIzQIqGwwij1UbLKJ4efV-s5-l6Js2L9INn1Luju59ce0ncCqb85mJa7go30ADhJrV42NjMxr3uBLi3ARseJ28pU7YtAUfOVDrt2BwzqAk4pxxEyd_FU-oSwA/s320/DSCF0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797653230327874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">.... and then there were <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">THREE!</span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaBK0b2KqMhJL4tJ_KtIKpyPxp2AYCQy3DCwLiRMMqlY4ks0y1dGnR52DiX0fL0p4CeTDGExXLrAom7Zfb0BN_kbCbEOMcnZldJq2A0hcMhLL8h8bW-JhWab6q-qMCOldW7VX1P6pF8o/s320/SAM_0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537603375039596930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sadly, our old faithful dog Bertha passed over in Oct. 2010.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To keep Rusty company, we now have two Terriers pups.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Top Right is Wee Dot, a Jack Russell / Cairn cross.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The other little fellow is a Jack Russell / Scottie cross.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Birds seen in my garden, include these favourites:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/coaltit/index.asp" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">COAL TIT</span></span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuw_xXwphkXbs-vBOoi2Ha0qsahXvNFv1HXB60CuHlzlvNfZ32ARpn-c38upolNXTpXiqxSUoCibuT2tZfq1VcjG4zn659K4pknJCApNrDcTRFmqSNV6VJNHBu-QETFLB_8b00wiuhP4/s320/coal+tit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389546085507182978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greenfinch/index.asp" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GREENFINCH</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVC9cQn1q2fra9B40RcpB-2vhDGeBpZHgw7bsIGL9yvlASn2a-KS-P187CujoocU5w1qUc0BUzAdfW1365sNSnSpJEerz0v4y_CLI6LkXcgDwMoXMWtn8sFnxbESRdE51N71oxzOrE2k/s320/greenfinch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389546077387055378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/greattit/index.asp" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GREAT TIT</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5YKxmx9pa3a_7zRLms0p4pm1YQ-shM6iO6FaJRouLC0i-KL1lJaEMXvyRb46AyT3Ybvamj51nhtNV0KenhEMopY9g5cqzDUc5OhGmpcabIpyXt8u8bASC3KHW14uM17k4dRIQ3ac-CY/s320/great_tit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389546083839788370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/robin/index.asp" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ROBIN</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINu7H48Rn-oPmKoDcKBcgJYhpo28XT2Fhlii57YgMmd2Zs9cQ9sohwp8sdSN11GP_BA-78Q1hLRUA5KHppziyp0fTgXZ3oQQQzevYuVVlg2YyEuZJ9rLELIv24CWBeGbN2LneKeSdNUY/s320/robin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389546068047577986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></span>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-39476299043577535292009-10-16T09:54:00.003-07:002009-10-18T07:09:18.099-07:00Farm Lane<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">*****************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This is the start of our daily walk, looking up </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Alder Road</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> with my garden on the right.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">... it looks rather inviting, don't you think?</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoNk7bja77MfAVQXiW-xIzQIqGwwij1UbLKJ4efV-s5-l6Js2L9INn1Luju59ce0ncCqb85mJa7go30ADhJrV42NjMxr3uBLi3ARseJ28pU7YtAUfOVDrt2BwzqAk4pxxEyd_FU-oSwA/s1600-h/DSCF0015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoNk7bja77MfAVQXiW-xIzQIqGwwij1UbLKJ4efV-s5-l6Js2L9INn1Luju59ce0ncCqb85mJa7go30ADhJrV42NjMxr3uBLi3ARseJ28pU7YtAUfOVDrt2BwzqAk4pxxEyd_FU-oSwA/s320/DSCF0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797653230327874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Looking </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">back towards the start, with </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Farm Lane</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> going off to the left.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJilAl_Rb-CqUqs-uwT_IwHoR-dJgoyWNa2ISY_vXSXhQS6RHPK3t9YfaDPi-loDQ5UP0kuTrAlLJnbheH356kRYpn4orb1g5daD8wUePGC8EwMCK-C5__lYICItYlJKY3EMvbdxwP_iQ/s1600-h/DSCF0004_1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJilAl_Rb-CqUqs-uwT_IwHoR-dJgoyWNa2ISY_vXSXhQS6RHPK3t9YfaDPi-loDQ5UP0kuTrAlLJnbheH356kRYpn4orb1g5daD8wUePGC8EwMCK-C5__lYICItYlJKY3EMvbdxwP_iQ/s320/DSCF0004_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797647322507826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Just past the Bungalows, this is the start of Farm Lane.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">It gives me a short option for a dog walk, if I don't have much time.</span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJszMgG_PbW5hwx415seOxdqi4ClXfmrtS5tujsT5feP6_SrKXncqjbpSf6-5acWAcw0gmoMQ5JBz1_cUqNwhpl09nVoH1_iaB_XwzjmazPx45m43Ud5nxQvW_RlEia8qYJBKGaw8UwGM/s1600-h/farmlane.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJszMgG_PbW5hwx415seOxdqi4ClXfmrtS5tujsT5feP6_SrKXncqjbpSf6-5acWAcw0gmoMQ5JBz1_cUqNwhpl09nVoH1_iaB_XwzjmazPx45m43Ud5nxQvW_RlEia8qYJBKGaw8UwGM/s320/farmlane.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393243729400291042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Looking back the the Wee Farm.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZTJpAuiF0v93b5iJTwdjcW-39ZmXrXdfqWXXy_S-WMZFbySw7YzBIay6rAPJVzth6-cfz5K0WujsI38A_NU2cok_1DTPxnO4vbSdesBoXCabxUoVe7zhCc5jgMpZibD0ZjKvXiNaVNE/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393248236261152706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This mansion replaced a tiny wee one up, one down cottage.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">I guess that's what they call progress.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QwCkpJIUesif0QzRB_81q0R0IDBy_3QPkyeaB5zlARBd7sVk9n5zssRGue9nKkeyGjStyb7TFw9EcZItFkke_9kHZPR8frd-f0y8PWY7g1z4-O3H_6cuni6FLr0DgEjDBla9dz66g_E/s320/DSCF0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393247277516450354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This is the narrow lane after the Mansion.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwXjyeLsiP_U3xtbVx5yhL0TUvEiaSTs5pCyAkCxZolvlEipHS5ilw24hgSxLiwN49tYu5TjG7pyBnhjW8CAp9z9CZU0Uqi7DiLKyymbNP5YFkldPnMKYxALUz-XUlGKN0sj_xs8-6-4/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393248241110771490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px; " /></span></span></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This is further on down the lane, looking back at the Sheep Sheds.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci82BUcL6qN1BfhVFeUWFZMC_-FWj0wxN7T_oiJsE043fVOhkfJUWK3mH8Hvd5ZAeukQuQOLH0zAw6GLbS1gDHzE-yoejJ6j9soeoam4yh36j0z6F5E4IlFD9qs1WdaGcFyDCXjXm_84/s320/DSCF0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393247271674876274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This is rather a tranquil scene with Sheep & a Pony in the field behind.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRD4qKjTqtQ2hDwuwdZY_IRNxrpY6pBzRhpcNeYHIWBvPNdlNlwqBm2Qizsq6UGFuovRZCXEOxaXh_U-2Jr7KOBzeUw8Hyb-jbi1IFkAAOkVCyQiqKnmATR4Vcs-wAe0zAEJVMEe-Y-Y/s1600-h/DSCF0009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRD4qKjTqtQ2hDwuwdZY_IRNxrpY6pBzRhpcNeYHIWBvPNdlNlwqBm2Qizsq6UGFuovRZCXEOxaXh_U-2Jr7KOBzeUw8Hyb-jbi1IFkAAOkVCyQiqKnmATR4Vcs-wAe0zAEJVMEe-Y-Y/s320/DSCF0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393247252264693906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Looking back up from the end of the Lane.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTTqHO83mfqKgCOZxEKT0hMlHvJMqH1RCqGEN-NFwFOfG0LQoEERHItXnKRmiUFrhR4vvzhVzN-sodvnDJmNQeHtp3F9MPX2-rjOaCxAhLQcdAGdzUTRbxstmVP5J36_esbtKJR1sgUk/s1600-h/DSCF0006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTTqHO83mfqKgCOZxEKT0hMlHvJMqH1RCqGEN-NFwFOfG0LQoEERHItXnKRmiUFrhR4vvzhVzN-sodvnDJmNQeHtp3F9MPX2-rjOaCxAhLQcdAGdzUTRbxstmVP5J36_esbtKJR1sgUk/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393246157115456210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Great views of the quiet countryside from the end of the lane.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictgZBU_2yhXqsmsdkipIVHn5TTeG59mhTsrKWQNrJdGvGLs0cKvh-Fi496P1F3ECkcTWlZHncIW-so6RSSQhf0hnOGVz1ScRUAX3rOR-HXw8CIZsCx2SvnkBV9PprJ2J4lxTTLIn2vTE/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictgZBU_2yhXqsmsdkipIVHn5TTeG59mhTsrKWQNrJdGvGLs0cKvh-Fi496P1F3ECkcTWlZHncIW-so6RSSQhf0hnOGVz1ScRUAX3rOR-HXw8CIZsCx2SvnkBV9PprJ2J4lxTTLIn2vTE/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393248255924919122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">******************************</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-76071507041174789682009-10-04T10:16:00.001-07:002009-11-17T08:51:40.390-08:00Alder Road<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">*****************************</span></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">In this field, by the side of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Alder Road</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">, you can see this </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.shee-eire.com/Magic&Mythology/Fairylore/Fairy-Trees&Bushes/Page1.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Fairy Tree</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> by the ancient </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/seanchlocha7.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Souterrain</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ALASPq8zGJymDjVklKplFWbbEMSXj_LkFp99S8w2LPfD38RuqHKTVlYsyoTsWlFDqe5DhG5HwhDB_kRJusCCZwC8SaDdqNYvGmzHIVxTgI8ICcS1bWYwyiBvL-5utH_0Ki8yX8rB92M/s1600-h/DSCF0003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ALASPq8zGJymDjVklKplFWbbEMSXj_LkFp99S8w2LPfD38RuqHKTVlYsyoTsWlFDqe5DhG5HwhDB_kRJusCCZwC8SaDdqNYvGmzHIVxTgI8ICcS1bWYwyiBvL-5utH_0Ki8yX8rB92M/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388797634767408546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This Ram might make the perfect mascot for the Orangemen on the 12th.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOohyphenhyphenh8BDtHtY4rbNRG2WDHfezvhbHACbcBJiufXGesGTMXKJ97lOL-zk3803LBx2gqx-ofGPKL7taqBjsENw_n9ea4zI4im521K2qfFKwWNvJN8lFrPbRemWDR_OlhcWqaAGHCBfHFSs/s1600-h/DSCF0002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOohyphenhyphenh8BDtHtY4rbNRG2WDHfezvhbHACbcBJiufXGesGTMXKJ97lOL-zk3803LBx2gqx-ofGPKL7taqBjsENw_n9ea4zI4im521K2qfFKwWNvJN8lFrPbRemWDR_OlhcWqaAGHCBfHFSs/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395114621976192930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Isn't it surprising, just how charming something as simple as a field gate, can be. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Doesn't this one make you want to lean on it, to see what's going on in that field?</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAUtLsd-So90187Gdh6KNtEDa_qpqMUO-dYSE4Kw3eZiWvFmHtllQ9JxGz815kPCr3ISfUdMitGXcUGjpRzAPvynTDyNVzLoZkwjLmnkRZ8kv-U6O-Jm9O-z18oUCBwVSsde3cuCrpRg/s1600-h/DSCF0016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAUtLsd-So90187Gdh6KNtEDa_qpqMUO-dYSE4Kw3eZiWvFmHtllQ9JxGz815kPCr3ISfUdMitGXcUGjpRzAPvynTDyNVzLoZkwjLmnkRZ8kv-U6O-Jm9O-z18oUCBwVSsde3cuCrpRg/s320/DSCF0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388796432191430162" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">I call this old </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/ashes/nbnsys0000003949.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Ash Tree</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">'Lucky'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">It was the favourite nesting spot for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/starling/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Starlings</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> for many years and it also used to be the tallest tree at this end of the walk, until most of it was smashed over, during a huge storm about 4 years ago. Since then it has started to grow sideways, out to the right, and recently some farm machinery smashed a few more branches from it's side.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Behind the Ash is the </span></span><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/alder/nhmsys0000455771.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Alder Tree</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> Hedge.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmqXtnFsPHmNETtElSg444yPouHQr0-V9nmqp4PSWbertPcawK27Mw-npJWWNC-x9jG2RCpAn1fMQhdjnTSEZVZXnwc616TJuPzAneBM63MCrelbbZo1IPLe6WkzIQVU1VfN8saE9DAo/s1600-h/DSCF0006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmqXtnFsPHmNETtElSg444yPouHQr0-V9nmqp4PSWbertPcawK27Mw-npJWWNC-x9jG2RCpAn1fMQhdjnTSEZVZXnwc616TJuPzAneBM63MCrelbbZo1IPLe6WkzIQVU1VfN8saE9DAo/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388796423156935330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">An unusual white faced black sheep.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Notice the sheep to the right, behind it, which has ..... NO EARS!</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayOl2m0FYdbpdZzWkwY1yBxigwxD-FMUKNIpiFgn0Lwy-OBq5WXZCcFDyzu0Lbpl_1hfV55wUYi5T_VyHB4uP_vFvp_uVPXujWEzKH26quJeQEA0FEVPCvjhky9cr-IhF1M6M6t9wXXE/s320/DSCF0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405114572920435474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 263px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rusty</span> saying hello to our neighbours young Pony.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWUQSozwqlcts3fp3ZbzYVuauwMvwf8eRi2IIQmAnTBfcqKMt6jyKvN0HTKjPEVt_MNZU3GfArKgXVBkK-Emk2c0o-_UbfEwGKRrxZZFvmJsCz7zPZgHt_gi2hs0ZN1yIhzrdLja3WS8/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405114564704202946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Our neighbours young pony.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Her Mum is looking on, from the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Souterrain</span>.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-QafXlK9R-jCHqeerhRXCEnI38hvqgrMirvVzyMJ0yfqIEusJ03F3f0YH45fhFXvwXxr5B2MMrIFE49RMjoadaSScw3MikhD3RXK3OA-p1gjFZqLHPDEXbJO0IGbNyJu5R_L-tH3_no/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405114571296495250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">I call this tall </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/ashes/nbnsys0000003949.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Ash Tree</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">, just up the road, 'The Young Pretender'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">.</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaNtMDTnb5F5QyayzIPBuz8gUyXhIt4gM5K52NmlDhqJmymQk6O2srtWqgOGuph50D1DB-ndBuumjZH29Mo2kGxzGjX-UtMn3TKZo_jEvSwXnx3niLhQI3NLm4UhQWqh6a0vn5zbSpW8/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaNtMDTnb5F5QyayzIPBuz8gUyXhIt4gM5K52NmlDhqJmymQk6O2srtWqgOGuph50D1DB-ndBuumjZH29Mo2kGxzGjX-UtMn3TKZo_jEvSwXnx3niLhQI3NLm4UhQWqh6a0vn5zbSpW8/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388796417028352290" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">This is the bend at the top of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Alder Road</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">, and the track off to the left, which I call </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Hunter's Halt</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">, leads towards the mass of </span></span><a href="http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/gorse.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Gorse Bushes</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> you can see in the distance, which I call Fox Coverts.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNv-XfPJU_WKjUzMWKvwG1fGYWN9DvOM3KVc0AAV3ZIGOcFQeGPUEeKXPCCaG5Kgm48vSlApRsOjzwtMMLkwGpbZRHS6kSr9IvAuiYyxuNbIcxK_1WMaKMMHAVvQSu8AsVISfvKeh5Zg/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392059445468385202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is where the hunters park, when they go Fox shooting.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipodbyQ-G0WwuOfapoqbsiNwG2q9WkPJHaccZkQsMyLSxKbGtNJEAoAmL6fIc4SJx4iRdp_UyWtQ4Z9elZbIYTa4DsrukIJTcYrgHFF9OByCpnSPC3cctnt1m4j3qC3YJRLeMi15FGodE/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388796414127960498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 272px; " /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is what they leave behind them .. dumped in the ditch!</span></span><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8Kf8J1mBLVTYGTpvoz347v6b2JHmlmdzOfbXcQH9y82RMRCZo3O28dkBN8eGTJxsbgroZ_0sT553Q8m5tNM4DurBn0gVr742jldtk9MHD0wHs8Blr9Bnc5yxoh5B6gsMjFo7ULnxQHw/s1600-h/DSCF0004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8Kf8J1mBLVTYGTpvoz347v6b2JHmlmdzOfbXcQH9y82RMRCZo3O28dkBN8eGTJxsbgroZ_0sT553Q8m5tNM4DurBn0gVr742jldtk9MHD0wHs8Blr9Bnc5yxoh5B6gsMjFo7ULnxQHw/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388796404582052514" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Birds seen, while on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alder Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, include these favourites:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/siskin/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Siskin</span></span></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMe9ZmPFDbMaKb0y-JxqAJMY779Rr22Pd_ziyFaAEKtKLCREFuMvTyi_KF81yvJ0J5r_x6ik5CkgiANCjcciCYrSTGYEsFY5RTc49eqkGmj692TdqijYwXQUilr_cBFrV4MUxX3SErYAk/s1600-h/siskin.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMe9ZmPFDbMaKb0y-JxqAJMY779Rr22Pd_ziyFaAEKtKLCREFuMvTyi_KF81yvJ0J5r_x6ik5CkgiANCjcciCYrSTGYEsFY5RTc49eqkGmj692TdqijYwXQUilr_cBFrV4MUxX3SErYAk/s320/siskin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388814634587605762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">No 2 - The </span></span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldfinch/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Goldfinch</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsGFM2POfjRWkgHWrPwteCdDB5cLYYt8ZMHbA9OYsgJCxZchbbbN1BfPX2-1NFdsOg0k3n9bUOCLdP0FBH3A7xkzIiQsYgcWPpg3zbSYjgMqQpdPDDU1HAue5DLFE_InEvkc-1TsuknU/s1600-h/Goldfinch1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsGFM2POfjRWkgHWrPwteCdDB5cLYYt8ZMHbA9OYsgJCxZchbbbN1BfPX2-1NFdsOg0k3n9bUOCLdP0FBH3A7xkzIiQsYgcWPpg3zbSYjgMqQpdPDDU1HAue5DLFE_InEvkc-1TsuknU/s320/Goldfinch1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388814627349273090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 3 - The </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redwing/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Redwing</span></span></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj967y68ouI818TxCqeSlcfOnZ6cWQhA855Iz_NMoMYA54-HrjYQa39uOlavEwOMSjqG7ohWtDLwM7_O9pZnM8fwntwPtxXNmvadFUsENewC1Hed_b05o_bCzoNTMeE5Gq_65vkIGY9GgE/s1600-h/redwing_1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj967y68ouI818TxCqeSlcfOnZ6cWQhA855Iz_NMoMYA54-HrjYQa39uOlavEwOMSjqG7ohWtDLwM7_O9pZnM8fwntwPtxXNmvadFUsENewC1Hed_b05o_bCzoNTMeE5Gq_65vkIGY9GgE/s320/redwing_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388791150115515266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">*****************************</span></div></span></span></span></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-59452544710324101122009-10-04T07:19:00.000-07:002009-11-15T08:09:58.811-08:00Badger's Brae<div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is an interesting stretch of the road for seeing Birds and animals. Evidence of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Foxes</span></span></a></span>, a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.badger.org.uk/Content/Home.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Badger</span></a></span> once tried to set up home by the side of the road, but was unfortunately killed by a car. There are also a few <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Rabbits</span></span></span></a> about this area, which no doubt attract the Foxes here, in the first place.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rusty</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yGMKlbVH7ID0J-sR4itiyPx-VCqF4U75sX7bfFhyMXwfS-AIBwVxaVX-hvtexkNykIDI5EvYSCt4kvieiqtD78ASz_froJ1E4BRhl1u1G6WpC-0YUMRZNhpqZEi6DEbMS6tfpND9190/s320/therusty2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389153232923584338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 254px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What a Silly Billy! <br />This young <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/farm/goats/goat_about.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Goat</span></span></a></span>, which was bred on the farm this year, is constantly getting his head stuck in the fence.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk_ClLnoYYGew8zAS-y-OTkrJI0lToiDQHSDrh1jRYz_QPMIjKvNPzAXRkzumL2u3RQ6uViQvLHjFhO2bwbC4lMRSdDd3jxgFvkvKbGhomR6ExT0F3A80dmPjAcFkGdYpGgWnZ3ZGb-0/s1600-h/goat.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk_ClLnoYYGew8zAS-y-OTkrJI0lToiDQHSDrh1jRYz_QPMIjKvNPzAXRkzumL2u3RQ6uViQvLHjFhO2bwbC4lMRSdDd3jxgFvkvKbGhomR6ExT0F3A80dmPjAcFkGdYpGgWnZ3ZGb-0/s320/goat.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388754243489251746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Berry Ruin on Badger's Brae!</span></span><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06uswOxV-Qk6X2E5zMlfvj9BVRVtyOIxKiyi5W4R6fLS2RyB_jA47oqTXklOTnVsOGeZ_QDiXahobjVTqkXORi-uBVZWHE4UsCh-CL6U83VlMENoZu237zKz6uHMQbVMwOA7OV2wb2cI/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06uswOxV-Qk6X2E5zMlfvj9BVRVtyOIxKiyi5W4R6fLS2RyB_jA47oqTXklOTnVsOGeZ_QDiXahobjVTqkXORi-uBVZWHE4UsCh-CL6U83VlMENoZu237zKz6uHMQbVMwOA7OV2wb2cI/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388754223067492306" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just beyond the ruin, next to the burn is this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003861.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crack Willow</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">In the past the thin twigs of willow were used to weave baskets or 'cribs' for animal food.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69h-TUYADxEIFT5kmx032Ph-oDYz5DyOVXcwFwZZiwfGJiXwnE2XgNmN3JAHGr_aPSi2xIHa5izbRaVqmzaNs8jlGocc28fAUnwGj86Bqbuney7FjyIJQhI4EV-Zgv-4IofPrbG1RXHY/s320/DSCF0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389414900956749378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Interesting to see how the bridge tunnel doesn't actually run at right angles to the road, as you might imagine, but follows the natural line of the stream instead.<br /></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM-_hVW8_gxjSSkoqrBdL5-B-p2a45E11qEB08jo-1bC56V8wmy6o1-CACH1JojgpBb3Q1APjJ2Pk7oiTykCuMhUqL1PBVTj0vq74l61_4CmW_IenYv8_RzrwglF5602wpyFp9P2VLaA/s1600-h/DSCF0049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM-_hVW8_gxjSSkoqrBdL5-B-p2a45E11qEB08jo-1bC56V8wmy6o1-CACH1JojgpBb3Q1APjJ2Pk7oiTykCuMhUqL1PBVTj0vq74l61_4CmW_IenYv8_RzrwglF5602wpyFp9P2VLaA/s320/DSCF0049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388751651563399554" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This wee burn runs through the Fox Coverts, across the Rabbit Field & under Badger's Brae and on past the old Berry Ruin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfADFw9J750WPNZQRQcTUhiE-m3YbP6NxU985pDFydt8a0jGEDuM7EbHUnbISNRl0z28qvy4aBTm0d7Nk5MI-GDT3Dc3z6VLrl2bIcFGXQGsY5TvIEmKhjt5iFdO4wY-H55ckVBQMrAgI/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388751637933296786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badger's Bridge with the Berry Ruin in the background</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiaqsdSqe-_jRCfqA6N73E2PUNkZYTtgcOXFAifPH-DiKKEtARfLxokw_oPIAwejFVQNSBV-2A7Mo5aiS1nf_AZsbWQntPtuBiy-JMR4PcvXZnGNQkWfsopD-vp6BIifS811JtD8SE-s/s320/DSCF0048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388754229129413522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A small flock of sheep being driven up <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Badger's Brae</span> to the hill.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjahjtNHjtFIxt2SpvKNvj7hziR-Rvuy70lIskNnGGIn_cPHB8f5l3iZRgpo1sH8QAcXtCh8b9nsyzeosCcOCV_FWYcfv14roDuz3Tw3VFz4MKJgUM8RM5FD_pZrMdWFJtg8psURGExI/s320/sheepflock.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388754231820258162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This wild Privet hedge runs up the side of the Brae.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFYOI8ziM2NqQNwoBhaxfOv2RuHUN5Zg5VaNdRVJAElTS34i2fP5U9hxxMesvFcoMDtwcd3mLGk8NNNdyxXDYuyytrNxi6s1V4uAPMrzfK9NqLJxkQubyjnVuX9aFchsmn34JXHx-zsc/s1600-h/DSCF0017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFYOI8ziM2NqQNwoBhaxfOv2RuHUN5Zg5VaNdRVJAElTS34i2fP5U9hxxMesvFcoMDtwcd3mLGk8NNNdyxXDYuyytrNxi6s1V4uAPMrzfK9NqLJxkQubyjnVuX9aFchsmn34JXHx-zsc/s320/DSCF0017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388751641778312290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking back down </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badgers Brae</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badger's Bend</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hunter's Halt</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, with North Antrim stretched out beyond.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPWJXEc8fR9cVYD8uyOn5WJ_NOdIcQj1ZuVjzedfdq1mwyL8g0tUiJDkl_pEU4UF9e-Aq49gOeKca_IiPX30rVyw_QnOixFQ4q6_-Nw07VMqFIbV7lZZCab731a4XI39pBOlxsm-pEJw/s1600-h/DSCF0003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPWJXEc8fR9cVYD8uyOn5WJ_NOdIcQj1ZuVjzedfdq1mwyL8g0tUiJDkl_pEU4UF9e-Aq49gOeKca_IiPX30rVyw_QnOixFQ4q6_-Nw07VMqFIbV7lZZCab731a4XI39pBOlxsm-pEJw/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388751628499459538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badger's Bend</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> looking up past </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Buzzard's Belt</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Knocklayd</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8crW4KAVA0lpS4vIHHtJtOBD1wtxvtsx3RXDP3KvQVE7HOeuRB0ck6_PmfZC6nuveV7il6jmji02mFdaBInMogLTk7_Q-iQ5FKFJxfJvdCKTSnojPMb9tz0g21bZw5uP3B6MHD4Bl4iM/s1600-h/DSCF0012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8crW4KAVA0lpS4vIHHtJtOBD1wtxvtsx3RXDP3KvQVE7HOeuRB0ck6_PmfZC6nuveV7il6jmji02mFdaBInMogLTk7_Q-iQ5FKFJxfJvdCKTSnojPMb9tz0g21bZw5uP3B6MHD4Bl4iM/s320/DSCF0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388751626671645970" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The same view on a misty evening!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIvZZEx_xvklweVDnYVi9lUMHd1fUORI4rfxHAGmbPcRt6_KAwMHR8C0NE-ZUpHY-b56-G7vw16ZXMOkmYuIohapYnAU0A9E_nxHGMD_AunuIIU1gYNRQj_FMlNEYp-AKeqpmBGwzJPs/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404362549625180626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Birds seen, while on Badger's Brae, include these favourites:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 1 - The </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/fieldfare/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fieldfare</span></span></span></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYkWljhlSWKkRE_CN5AFzjs4aTA1E86S3A6Hub9Ph5spQ_Gu0nA5nOzNTLgI1OiSCulM5ThFbuN5nkYDVvLhgGUhJhIliBMT27n0RJQwhsOq2S5mySHypHQ5MjPr7Y0bR0T50AOrzPqE/s1600-h/fieldfare.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYkWljhlSWKkRE_CN5AFzjs4aTA1E86S3A6Hub9Ph5spQ_Gu0nA5nOzNTLgI1OiSCulM5ThFbuN5nkYDVvLhgGUhJhIliBMT27n0RJQwhsOq2S5mySHypHQ5MjPr7Y0bR0T50AOrzPqE/s320/fieldfare.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388791140329675138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is always a joy to see these delightful Thrushes coming back to the hill each Winter, all the way from Scandinavia.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 2 The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/cuckoo/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Cuckoo</span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGippa7aycwPcML9bVH6-4W02u5WZlv7duvPUH_H4J4B1Dai56jmEWWqp8Z-oDe47k6kMbxPO1aljOqYrJizP6rRSQ1I_-xdIOkegw-VO-IPAr4AGlHFqkVvKkqjwshlRZ5qiCX7-mV0/s320/cuckoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388829544815853378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No 3 The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/k/kestrel/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Kestrel</span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wFK7j4V-C_8_t7d-l1NUI4B-C1B6Eq83_eR2Q0fjfiJXww5_PDeXAY-BMdYM0mfd6ZFsW-I2IAJjj1VIFQGD6O43j-UhgJP5IEMHqWQJoqvYvFiPCklKKVmOpQH-6orHwyPOsxf-fgY/s320/Kestrel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388830654730164466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-10554006797262278502009-09-30T13:28:00.001-07:002009-11-15T08:34:18.382-08:00Willow Way<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Willow Way</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is one of the best stretches for seeing Birds on this walk. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bertha</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5Vw51FYpUTPaVa5pgUbQz6M62h3R2IduiXet5Eaa2lyLj8ENqWnSToX15heyJdm1S1q4oBqMOCRifMe3_bekZwrVG9AF2kwZvDgEFihGB_e_reO0IO5hdWONghmwJwsYc_QpAg_XHec/s320/bertha1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389153782914644722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 309px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When you reach </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badger's Bend</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, at the top of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Badger's Brae</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, you get this fine view over the top of the five bar gate into this field.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOE9KzH3AAZ3WKqmCi28Cb2lqGlYTY4xLpKoWLpPPmgkQGrt2dts6xKYZavxf05yOFkds4g3EmQj_-dqLFO8p0T7s9mUTRAxi32M7wWrHNdZMkKB_XT9g3hh5TelbkVCGpfR9nPO0tE/s1600-h/DSCF0012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOE9KzH3AAZ3WKqmCi28Cb2lqGlYTY4xLpKoWLpPPmgkQGrt2dts6xKYZavxf05yOFkds4g3EmQj_-dqLFO8p0T7s9mUTRAxi32M7wWrHNdZMkKB_XT9g3hh5TelbkVCGpfR9nPO0tE/s320/DSCF0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387362875430089410" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little further along, on the other side of the road, you can look back down the hill across </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Farefield</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, so called because this is a favourite haunt for passing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/fieldfare/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fieldfares</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redwing/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Redwings</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyom8WmWxp2T8yAp8YjFwIiq4ee93AI8y1oqJ33R-c6rgJzfu5kcRJCeQD9MWSeYjehyphenhyphen_t-F82KXjTKL6e4BqUlrhomEUI1r3i9dadk9iVVSSNrWerq87ZvvUu0uT0ZVerWkjmNPVjvfc/s320/8931_150604971227_739356227_3521169_1801864_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387362879124920130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The hedges are full of berries in Autumn, like these </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramble"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Brambles</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, which help to attract the Scandinavian Thrushes later on, in Winter.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZUlnAqVraMO8gBBbWFHBi7TXAGSCMi7YMUEFusczxCC0XkjdlUI4u99WjozE0FaBGKoC8gqxUWEwmN8EdrDeifj9vlMHcNR7Aq7KW4SRdxJJ-xTkIC1vYMKuuSSqbK7Oys0H_Kcdzt0/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387362888486335826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Despite the abundance of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/showimage.php?i=16413&c=17"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Haws</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, they are still much underused today for old recipes like </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/hawthorn-jelly-recipe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hawthorn Jelly</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://forum.downsizer.net/post-605835.html&highlight=&sid=f7ef7d2f4916eadfbe13631dec887c14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hawthorn Syrup</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdd9zDf9cGHR-Hfiazseu2rA0mo9f8s_N7tivNev1YDRxNwmdFy7ZKoPFg8OwvPwbvfDe1WotDz8zyiBYppxyDs-djfyjDW71AKUhAp-qafb5dcmWDTRDaSzXCh9GgQEX__XGgXrVIotY/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387362888857628770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As can be seen from these two photos the colour of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/showimage.php?i=16413&c=17"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Haws</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "> can vary quite a bit.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALyj8X7HU3_o5jDUUnyHtHcsgu5HOFHvn7x0zc46zt0699JxwNkpCpwS3L7fKCNMNVG2buCE3dE2GPB1t1KD5GEW-oXwbCFPvVwV0r_cGltEw40mYbva2ZyeY4ZucJQI7WHJDllpOP6A/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387362900549471122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This stone has been sitting here since 1954. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What were do doing back then? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just think too, of all the things you have during that time!</span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TR_uesKpOZoS2uTWKWl_9H0b223IZevyZJzLcWpk3r2XL8uVEGwlM1gxDPT4Z1J1x4Lp6gSsd3ECgj7h-XflElZrCQYUWA4EeAb-zgV2xdC4RfOaTA-gav3vnscLNPNY0RbIuuTIwtc/s320/mortality.stone.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404363943384256178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I can think of worse places for a stone to spend its life. </span><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIbLXmr_ELuP6OKoG9pSSa5tOY6Ai9IBm_drOE2-nqVbmEbp5RtkNcUOtcQF_M_liCP-EtF44H2kSM5VImUg1hVennDt_kg_gsBbxYWr5PQJrhflbauXnbNRexjAjBZvWHeF3Ot06fuI/s320/DSCF0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404363950035311186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is a lovely quiet little meadow popular with a variety of small Birds. <br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijf8AQVBHXeupJdAtHkI93C4KIaXLuzvDFoz5wpsdIEjWGEQ0s1jtpuJSYACqaJMQp8eybu4fX6IpZKddv_tRVL8rRoAf9QGSrMMkPH-8pszOb2prtU1PWMTpSOkNDFiBhFqsboE4Db-A/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387364223336900242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the other side of the road this happy couple survey the scene.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1ECioVJT7DVOdsESTkJgXL1FgyONI-PEJGF8dtIPay6HWVgW6RypFJBkj-bKjh1MSc77PxUiHbGjevdWsGAoJPdFxNzLrRCArPELktzrgssXWRIyAmGa1Yhq1Bc4EYN2BrdiSMZagWo/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387364226230459234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just past the meadow Rusty checks out the gnarled & mossy trunk of this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Goat</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Willow Tree</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; ">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZptFq_zY8wXoyUH5E4J5DR_MhE5EP537U-CnnFiTuQBe0caNeesJFRr3I_gljiSEZsFoLDdr8ooYpanPX_jGQeLRNhQGtgz1zS055Dw1BeJ7MPoes2GCOYPFdHj-Qj-53jM0cf6xQWeg/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387364233959930706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Goat</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Willow Tree</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "> & on this exposed section, we have sheltered beneath it's branches many times, against driving wind & rain & even snow.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35sJeB9e7gTg47L7nnFialsAOcRLoK73FpIujjOFYySjD-Ry6TA-G4EvymslRXWDRWitu8WqQVVTY8WvZbcH7MTbi68Dvud_DRivl-5zelj3iyBcPEWKSff2Wow5qG7Cqv-ol6qvgLvE/s320/DSCF0019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389195486226794162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the other side of the road you look up Knocklayd towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Knockans Croft</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, where folks haven't lived for about 100 years. It must have been a very lonely spot for them.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwS_YUy7wcmfyw_gukH6PSH5rb7lNody_v98kDTf2kD1PiFCNt5bcwNbQ0mtsglm8s9Wz-yZeCqsDdSPKnP5m-uPqRrCaX9RdZ8wm_nN2jtZykHfsrgLrpVT783RGgT9f3GuKKaH9aKs/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387364241031831730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking back along </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Willow Way </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">where the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Goat</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/willows/nbnsys0000003868.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Willow Tree</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">prominent feature, those small trees in the foreground are a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/hawthorns/nbnsys0000003430.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hawthorn</span></span>,</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "> & in front of that, the one & only <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/birches/nbnsys0000003827.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Birch Tree</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "> on the walk.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9I-8j15jbh297dIK-dnipofbbViGKFHrf2VIYmUo1JdVS474moThpIZ9eBJaPbyoL_ICBJTzaH72Z2-zd8xVqlCmTqHKWtEHj4uRoVpLpRKw8mlBMxHxeO4O2Zmk5ypfFQyFCQgPIpY/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387364793284833234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Times;"><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's a closer look at that little </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/birches/nbnsys0000003827.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Birch Tree</span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/hawthorns/nbnsys0000003430.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hawthorn</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> behind it.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv95xSr2441v_L7KvRnieyIO6l95YNZaP5jdfpqjyWRyOU-_PfYynhbdkPUcDOyHZdOoftWSM4khwpY704liVPN1D9fxo3LLZo5c-47L1BNUmlQYOd_4SdTWzpEiz8EsA9QihpTJRQWXI/s1600-h/DSCF0020.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv95xSr2441v_L7KvRnieyIO6l95YNZaP5jdfpqjyWRyOU-_PfYynhbdkPUcDOyHZdOoftWSM4khwpY704liVPN1D9fxo3LLZo5c-47L1BNUmlQYOd_4SdTWzpEiz8EsA9QihpTJRQWXI/s320/DSCF0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389196278516691874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 313px; " /></a></span><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Willow Way</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> my favourite birds are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 1 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/grasshopperwarbler/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Grasshopper Warbler</span></span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvC_5IKsMJIjoMZJsza0hd5mTtF0VB7x_b4t4DI03DOKsEVZyyKOorK3FAzCL74vGi5Cj5IYAHZDDhaKPu86wl2xsso42dZbXXmVsdXy7X9RKmRdajHJWuiFQtRyTirzyhc0XuH6v_vHM/s320/GrasshopperWarbler.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372904987505634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 2 The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/meadowpipit/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Meadow Pipit</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcXA_H8QFTZEFjZp3jJVjnBVeRvPJMGHW6RVaqPYrXwFQMUTmh59JYrgndEhOK2hc1gWKMD6GnyF5djXEQH1EMYe0aGSAU9j_bOvn8Ogg2QF1BhwFO4PpHEPYp6N1wFOal_H-jbxZJVs/s320/MeadowPipit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388846906276144994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 3 - The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/snipe/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Snipe</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CYz0nELNwV6ratNNXD0FAFlPq_5VjvmXmuQteH6KRxzjkyW6gP2qi3NXn0mgPUTynZtZuR018Zb-PV_3Lgsv8GgiJSzpFmI2yG-qAKgXTeJ0i25C-4_chN4fJmrOc1tAvKReewh0cdQ/s1600-h/snipe.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CYz0nELNwV6ratNNXD0FAFlPq_5VjvmXmuQteH6KRxzjkyW6gP2qi3NXn0mgPUTynZtZuR018Zb-PV_3Lgsv8GgiJSzpFmI2yG-qAKgXTeJ0i25C-4_chN4fJmrOc1tAvKReewh0cdQ/s320/snipe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389548715989571458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /></a><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">No. 4 - The</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "> </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.asp">Buzzard</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUuS7BzsV4lKZGyOuCVqkWEYfW8kXUNfr1VTpVTYWXscs7UyG4Wu_rCvQap6lnglO67LifaRACDXkmDODwta1_ats2_Sz_stWQ0byot-KGVJ_WLvDw9eXghPvYWaTtLfaj4bYO3vm0Zc/s320/CommonBuzzard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372915094091202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*****************************</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-22938438289387113742009-09-30T09:01:00.000-07:002009-10-18T06:07:36.743-07:00Sheep Walk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;">*************************************<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sheep Walk</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is the most exposed section and has fields of Sheep on both sides, with Sheep Pens at the start.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_sheep"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sheep</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "> have just been to the Barber!</span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdD0u21BqItEr5R8u-BmBNZAABivxb5LkDaP50M04-d9dRqNhLq9_jT5AuK79ab7jbIuu3mRpZ-_qZqzQu1NGr5ChnsVkeXjDPZfWhqv5FATFiI1tgF0qVz0N21zDxd_lQelwM1zPtx_8/s320/sheep.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393925452798685986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">I call this spot New York, because I sit on that large stone each day and share an Apple with the Dogs, so it became known as the Big Apple Stone.<br /></div></span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXLWC8HRGkdqxcdR1NLnTmnC2sGnsVXnUdIdX4pn620odvDkyfSyRZUDXkQD0Njj4jcoEDA2POlcsmmbY5UNR7Ntq3EckxIPZaT_oMRjDJAQ02dgxffo6AjRbE4gG2IH0hF8qR04Tm1o/s1600-h/DSCF0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXLWC8HRGkdqxcdR1NLnTmnC2sGnsVXnUdIdX4pn620odvDkyfSyRZUDXkQD0Njj4jcoEDA2POlcsmmbY5UNR7Ntq3EckxIPZaT_oMRjDJAQ02dgxffo6AjRbE4gG2IH0hF8qR04Tm1o/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387293303795258834" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Big Apple</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtVQ4sVD2OEpsH2SEFiCAbgjeuYb1nz8iV-sMw5gJT-XflIqWKTY4YMI5dxdsR8VTZMCvmuXty0gqpmQhryGMMUZv-AQCd-BuMb3Afi1nUIz5IPf_3siFvxRyYofuJBDRnjxjK3SRvl0/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387294313638331170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The view looking S.W. from the Big Apple.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJj5gaBIJY1HnPQDfE6l5-rCt8MPi3LiD05QK2ouE38H95xmo8LAmTU8RRcaG5PRL5j12JVo1QiQZi30D5tM7nvm6m7IAe_3tNA7TqI50b2w3WxscYQnRvyJdbpGtxDqZpvy9IIlQDscI/s320/DSCF0008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387294330900459970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 193px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The view looking North towards Knocklayd, from the Big Apple.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lxjRvoGa5_QzsaxQ7i98_-7Q6LNCZcZEMpPmVDRC-dw5x2tMEvGPdSE8hywFq3G2RJ2TYuNTtU6Ko20WWuunrtBdcsrccU0FJFZG0vwjWTxBZV6gh0CMCkPVlE_QGU9it1boCdx-RxY/s320/DSCF0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387295296702869618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little further along, this is the track the Shepherd, his Quad and his two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Collie"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Border Collie Dogs</span></span></span></a> take, to the top of the hill, to check on his Hill Sheep. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8nUVJAX8L5VG9d6VqnicwbkLyDXLSeizUy8IsA3GlyZsq0chRDKymXcH1iNvPAYBwxT4gfuvHTYux8taiQ3NQAYz6KuOWo5kMWoROpSF9m39p2K9OfPeXYZ420KlfnQNQJ9cdTM5Drk/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387293315142059378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A small herd of small Ponies.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTKDa-muBEhs8I5RN7B5p3Z_TNji0R7-XnO3WBFbDewlpeDuZ6j2qQGyxfH6g0dkf1dBqBUW4lueM6V44WzQC6Av3T3XRzmbLYrYJhZ_QOaHLyKnHw9cWkNFqr_KYUwgXApto3mFGiW8/s320/ponies.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387293324253828898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Half way, looking back towards the Pony Field.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMjCdrQY8XFxcDs_2nlCJQYImFayRkHHnYsoL5Hj1FCrHxVjY9uLBbOaBxKK9Fb9-4N8urKpNas2GwHoJvwN3e_LKLstWr2BAUmXooD5_Ax2c0RvDWhDLoxBvs4uDogPPNvR7P3tV4VU/s320/DSCF0008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387295284662484274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the far end of Sheep Walk, looking back past the Sheep Pens on the right.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIeqYpMyoBAAvtETTLZg0A8GYgYcNgJlrTLn6zZbSqWAXtsADeOTJ3sONh7DW6XOdVrQVnQeZTtQmscrGHqYnvM7JpUGrjiGRkWmlDtca4Wl7xQg1-IA0pgU6qeVZRpJ5U0tRtWc_24A/s320/DSCF0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387295286691897170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px; " /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Rusty</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7vPI-hKXbMJIxezCzxFeEib566YUc-yisXKGV-CI94WETF1g67bDl4nhnw4iI88lEAB5c7bzgn4iyJRwlrQ31zdGkhFnRAzk9XFys1WXcvOdaM93e0SitGt2X0FIy3vLCjrq2GyH43g/s320/rusty.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389154298866567490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sheep Walk</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> my favourite birds are:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*************************************<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 1 The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/skylark/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Skylark</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTFFpQgon2GtXCBaSQOHDicN41p8iy1pUd_9GUBSri5vQr88djJ1eISTOvhz9b9VrF5CYEhP4Ij55ViEsBfB1qjj9JvrDa5O8w-fJPzRJW9smVRKVVV_K8BCg5avkfml4gG3_Uh-HmYk/s320/skylark.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388835912607459154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 85px; " /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*************************************</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 2 The</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/stonechat/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Stonechat</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RUWLyFq48uLPaiQXxJxyt0v-1ePUydTjWbOORMc3kH4l1nCUYGhrhpK0XKBSabhYhLPtJHUjU9Ij4poJHEnHAM5Zz-Wr0jfjeWI_PIn-NY09M8B4cWXQeTk5hgBaL8W-jOAv_zgKU00/s1600-h/stonechat.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RUWLyFq48uLPaiQXxJxyt0v-1ePUydTjWbOORMc3kH4l1nCUYGhrhpK0XKBSabhYhLPtJHUjU9Ij4poJHEnHAM5Zz-Wr0jfjeWI_PIn-NY09M8B4cWXQeTk5hgBaL8W-jOAv_zgKU00/s320/stonechat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387303138115630914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*************************************</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Times;"><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Plus an occasional sighting of a </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/henharrier/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Hen Harrier</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNpCF1o52Sedu0O66wk7u0_WvJFXYQ8EttZdP41musR8iiOHuzkeurJAyeo8x2xsaicTKEKjRr_svKguwqKXAWkbM8yyk_w5eTCgdmes8eIaOFmoJpnhih9UdnjD4ZOfZTV70-WZ4444/s320/hen-harrier.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388838226145562626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*************************************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and a very rare sighting of a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/merlin/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Merlin</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3Csx8uNNjB3ZpCmkQr9yAl9AcJBK8PJs7HuRtJZ2w3f1nFfo-jFjD6Nmgj0XtGU_pYJwFS0TRBwB92lzce5x9EcnR7JWrq8pTDeujC_j94wmGH93ZiKuXB8nFkRydUhYPgYfaRuBdYw/s320/Merlin-0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389155527838522082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*************************************</span></span><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-76222473461720787412009-09-30T03:15:00.000-07:002009-10-06T02:16:18.392-07:00Cottage Crescent<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">When Rusty was a Pup.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfnHG63-u28wRPBMXUdz4fdapUDh-8zhRWlZHZmtdy4gm1L6cGtTWy1I43P6s1KFCgq8_bLo0Xqr61Hg7l6R3tYyxIEAZFxgJSoiG-4IfY1pobrhgggCp3-YU4zF-d4UwIr58xxtxT28/s320/bertha2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389156460095208802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This gate, on a bend in the road and guarded by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/hawthorns/nbnsys0000003430.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hawthorn</span></a></span></span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/alder/nhmsys0000455771.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alder</span></a></span></span>, marks the start of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Cottage Crescent</span>.</span></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkNDopATILPwuKWlcmSWjz2Vq0M_6sxUWJxUpK2ZyLmJ_5P_S8wQBH6kiYzDHx_Qspn-9yDuK_uv88mCy-sXU4SJN80sje0XaoVJoffhuuYaYsrC-TJPxhVJPAjsMPaqAa6wN6jYSBRk/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387203595381276546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little further along, on the other side of the Crescent is a rather exposed </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lover's Lane</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is the turning point if we only wish to walk three miles that day.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTh9JmObkuoiM6yz1bWCgYQYWbyaAaCJXSzxvDxqbW5DQYTNaru0pB-FVP8-7vR6OPctM6xGONeDMZDbYBJQxs2PMBkwZyts3Hw6vsW4lEWPpDaRhMwZKpfjxBoXrycI1BrPziArvOLU/s1600-h/DSCF0006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTh9JmObkuoiM6yz1bWCgYQYWbyaAaCJXSzxvDxqbW5DQYTNaru0pB-FVP8-7vR6OPctM6xGONeDMZDbYBJQxs2PMBkwZyts3Hw6vsW4lEWPpDaRhMwZKpfjxBoXrycI1BrPziArvOLU/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387204920409044914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking up towards </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.corrymeela.org/sitepage/knocklayd.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Corrymeela Retreat Centre</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> from the Crescent.<br /></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRhamLaogdU_wYmJbxlQOizyLEQ6-OFmlpUwHm9rbrCEphiJPYNH7gAguHeRH_K9O_o6ZdgRSTiM66es_CvsZqeaU5QqGgMIaK6Cdp6ie77WOt1ufPE1OiDWtGO7bAZAioUqkb3wzAW4/s320/DSCF0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387206362933336466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">charming section, with the picturesque holiday cottage, is very popular with the dogs, as there are always </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Rabbit</span></span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">smells to be found</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">around the cottage.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQMQJ-x3QqDGVkNhbSvB1uvOz2eoqerXH2KZKlZSJ2wp2oTOVXbu-joNl0lkK-MPfI0BhPmhyphenhyphenrir__sn01qX9A7yLzIqt49D71ILwrV9SkKAJ4pmOWN2g0enjwInuGwoCxTyrb_mmiI0/s1600-h/cottage.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQMQJ-x3QqDGVkNhbSvB1uvOz2eoqerXH2KZKlZSJ2wp2oTOVXbu-joNl0lkK-MPfI0BhPmhyphenhyphenrir__sn01qX9A7yLzIqt49D71ILwrV9SkKAJ4pmOWN2g0enjwInuGwoCxTyrb_mmiI0/s320/cottage.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387205932264166674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 136px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Looking back along the Crescent.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The day I took this photo, there were about 100 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/housemartin/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">House Martins</span></span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">gathered on those Power lines, getting themselves gathered up for the impending long trip to Africa.<br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6l9YD77BpCCX-zqaaUfwe_kfKVbAYYd7v1QPiqyBphoMqEWCRfTbIU0-v1MZL4xDB8R00wmr5YqRlpthSbUBRGK_dUknYPpA4hi_TQHwuoof0NA5rX5-IQWDfJnTXIVoT6W9AWeuBgY/s320/DSCF0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387207283326895298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My favourite Birds on the Crescent are:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No. 1 The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/reedbunting/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Reed Bunting</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L35KLON9cjN-62iqwl4rINvCeUwmIRAAzLduEIVF_Fhu0ylc2nE1WMWPIAnpiuFrDT7dbiS5VUUd_KuzExp_xF3EvWxOGjnYOsJh7-94Oa-qTRlDfZ3V0fyTGWA8CLnCBHz4eFS51Uk/s1600-h/reedbunting.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L35KLON9cjN-62iqwl4rINvCeUwmIRAAzLduEIVF_Fhu0ylc2nE1WMWPIAnpiuFrDT7dbiS5VUUd_KuzExp_xF3EvWxOGjnYOsJh7-94Oa-qTRlDfZ3V0fyTGWA8CLnCBHz4eFS51Uk/s320/reedbunting.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388841014398683826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 86px; " /></a></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">*****************************<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 2 The </span></span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sedgewarbler/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sedge Warbler</span></span></span></a></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLcj8bw6OBdlgJC67ZDpzKypi48-N1Pfxw8hOhUAoFauaXiT6WiqPOUkhVznsGLEINNuFu1ezWQRJx30YY1h_w3NN8esiiGbrvw2RIjXzLrcWAcOiQFb8v-8Joe8WVbgsvVrWQvL24W4/s320/Sedge+Warbler.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387209101251160178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">No. 3 The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/wren/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Wren</span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Jk-DSj_NnLDEwCQhX1FCHZY7sPJBg0LQUD2OSJ9phgG7Ebyiv1VQKOMTUdOnuJFWNjFkh3hTk4CKOe5co-GrDLkOvT4TCqKER5zkhd1BhcDPlcNNJn8i_m56LBOMvXUB-amP81MDwYU/s320/wren.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388842306247982434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 129px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*****************************</span><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-21754818227401848442009-09-30T02:03:00.000-07:002009-11-15T08:25:47.888-08:00Corrymeela Lane<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">**************************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the end of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cottage Crescent </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">we turn northwards up </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Corrymeela Lane</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, heading for the hill of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Knocklayd</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> itself.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4RAIkGml6DfFz7yPo23xQaL-bqP-miulF34DpKQVNksbVM2-iQEUZT1EiE-rOCmAx7l03wTHJdebC6_9qfJCPQQaw26HCMIyjucu9qzxJr7gSmyXeW6cVJ_5WQIjuYZldGWMPS0EV1g/s320/DSCF0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387184506576304338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Half way up </span>Corrymeela Lane <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">you come to a T junction and </span>Cleggan Lane.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-l5Ylp3IF9MKK4EdIZSLLg33kURlCFGJFtp2gQwLzzUqSIDVGzlNldnsD2Z7g8w2YgXsbetHzRpNZcL4JT-0vuXoUQqX5j80tTGLbufOADgZAJTIM7_5T86x0P-nwwwqIfNyw6IEuEo/s320/DSCF0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387185613254728290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At </span>Cleggan Junction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, looking on up </span>Corrymeela Lane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6h9vIYUs1am1xlMprl-OYsQAdWy3GEtkp8z1Om40VF-egrS9QFsl56X7N4TA6-OmlHaeoTnYtEvRAnc1ke1bvlWeumwAHRHKRN7gHyOX4O0dtAPt1kfq7FMMXDfbl08mobJAkUCrP4xI/s320/DSCF0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387185181974498866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The </span>Terrible Two!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPafUIYU9G_gr0jjrd2qU3HAcOppKbEazz9D3Y-KMhnyfgs6JegmH8MvDUlKv31qv-SqnHNMou19GLgrXEjzIlLQjYM8FsWnUc-RZpO6S5Idb8IsA7lCLFTYh2weLDb8zaCPob33IEuI/s320/dogs.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387191103354107010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The ruined Croft at </span>Cleggan Junction<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2i4-G9qhEtqMAjd2TPl1OIqDoHOYeR1kbodYHypkX0luNjy7UmMfJZ5GHem9kle1BvJ36bq7F9Wx1gP3woSVm5LQW9DqT-Z6tDNEQtDJc4Vkx4TwffGt7hV4BiuLfKjduJ2baUlMB5CU/s1600-h/DSCF0015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2i4-G9qhEtqMAjd2TPl1OIqDoHOYeR1kbodYHypkX0luNjy7UmMfJZ5GHem9kle1BvJ36bq7F9Wx1gP3woSVm5LQW9DqT-Z6tDNEQtDJc4Vkx4TwffGt7hV4BiuLfKjduJ2baUlMB5CU/s320/DSCF0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387186086445876226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Another view of </span>Cleggan Croft<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqml4fCWSfdSshnJkzBt20X67O8RVwv2spk_SeM3l1ygGCOH14hyphenhyphenAQT7NJP8oCvlj6rG_fu79-6d_-m1BkLlofcKfUzblrqdRHoD4_ArVWyuk2y9eh9Q5kt7b8k2fzMvn6UW1zpO8DaM/s320/DSCF0018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387186741227749746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Looking on up </span>Corrymeela Lane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jbN0d0xfXg06ho0nyCiFYay-0ZCKXGyz9M1lB0lIM3b0U-2Z4FJO-Oi6P_DQq7lpmdfryAznxHlMgBvgOhfmUzeAFHRqyvXR6BripGz2PgNXFGtsq72t-P2arBOY_BoZRrMe43LXhYM/s1600-h/DSCF0017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jbN0d0xfXg06ho0nyCiFYay-0ZCKXGyz9M1lB0lIM3b0U-2Z4FJO-Oi6P_DQq7lpmdfryAznxHlMgBvgOhfmUzeAFHRqyvXR6BripGz2PgNXFGtsq72t-P2arBOY_BoZRrMe43LXhYM/s320/DSCF0017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387187143427860226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The top stretch of </span>Corrymeela Lane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGPP3Vs97aciqPzVDswCEXXKfDcn6Wdt-fLB3W2CEp-JUoFP7dncuoDPCUtWXURPL-qNRJS1CwKgcw9GK5HpoviO3TQnZpS0AGd_xBrurBFQPKRU4CXRzBSvI1r-eq91KdNB1CgwRk6M/s1600-h/DSCF0014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGPP3Vs97aciqPzVDswCEXXKfDcn6Wdt-fLB3W2CEp-JUoFP7dncuoDPCUtWXURPL-qNRJS1CwKgcw9GK5HpoviO3TQnZpS0AGd_xBrurBFQPKRU4CXRzBSvI1r-eq91KdNB1CgwRk6M/s320/DSCF0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387187740411748626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At the top is </span>Wheatear Bend <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">from where we can look back down at </span><a href="http://www.corrymeela.org/sitepage/knocklayd.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Corrymeela Retreat Centre</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> and</span> North Antrim <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">beyond.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeo1zIsjyUbUc8MLwK-3bcTENvV7tSgXsQW6j3XPTaKrZwvT5t8UpjKk0B51RypurBErCAR5fxRiTAcP8iKy828WbzixKaWdRZtRUKg-uFzcJhHgXHM3w44tQfVEMp8bzZLr0Qj7buZI/s1600-h/DSCF0015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeo1zIsjyUbUc8MLwK-3bcTENvV7tSgXsQW6j3XPTaKrZwvT5t8UpjKk0B51RypurBErCAR5fxRiTAcP8iKy828WbzixKaWdRZtRUKg-uFzcJhHgXHM3w44tQfVEMp8bzZLr0Qj7buZI/s320/DSCF0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387188360799247794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Looking the other way, at Wheatear Bend, you see </span>Cleggen Farm<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuzHO5Jsmdmrgna3GtKpWrU9zRLovwJ0xIO0rcDGHbrM3hdBaEYEOuZUOdfhQRWd_bH266iqMs7lem-3VZGWxP56r0mVkOl_zVxwtGax-ogN5YzgIkZcnfzIOwqVIvzjP6LDiWKiB6Lw/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404366421891309586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 103px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">**************************************<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My favourite Birds on </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Corrymeela Lane</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> are:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Occasional sightings of No. 1</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/longtailedtit/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Long Tailed Tits</span></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIAnvFpZi8SKp8VG-f87a-NpaHRBu0EOTEsqLAZu5_g1BDNR5wWGOA47vmjZljHwNqrf90c2MTye_s0-vEmSaSYEygKKwQgP6-xDRuTz9YwY4hl-DMcT26GK7xd8MhnXCNVsiYPKeP2I/s320/longtailedtits.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388849369189961458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************************<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 2 The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sparrowhawk</span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEvDnxLTFmk4hVFuCVj5bUxZ1jZA0eNn05otqooOUNh3Dj3pqByuZJP_y0wVylgC2Xo1FbblIOaM6EJcev5_157OwjXTc59hyr9ElMnJ8lZsS8KNCN3Z3eUibKqzeiwOKn7WqPQNX9yU/s320/sparrowhawk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387201628094513938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************************</span></span><br /></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-60590595688315594422009-09-30T01:19:00.000-07:002009-11-15T08:44:03.297-08:00The High Road<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">********************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Starting at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wheatear Bend</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, this last section of the walk runs back along the hillside due West, at around </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">240 metres</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, with hillside on the right, fields on the left and wonderful views out across </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">North Antrim</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The High Road.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD68urTic7GmYuAV_p6Xka8VpkTCwN3ZRLnDgNhJZfWBkpbkR6nEqNokYfiST4srpF833nxKFt5qkimL9aFZBR2q-oNrXXpnLaxHiDsy3IAil-qq82Ey4xT3u_QKf2vEwx2FIb6_7GdgA/s1600-h/DSCF0020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD68urTic7GmYuAV_p6Xka8VpkTCwN3ZRLnDgNhJZfWBkpbkR6nEqNokYfiST4srpF833nxKFt5qkimL9aFZBR2q-oNrXXpnLaxHiDsy3IAil-qq82Ey4xT3u_QKf2vEwx2FIb6_7GdgA/s320/DSCF0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387173763843193986" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Vanishing Stream</span>! Now you see it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxUbK6cZ2I98zqUsId6YLO-rfVvtoD4Qd1HAQ50ZlZpF64Y68_JMfysOgUqIxwYbPukOt5iupXv4L27Wlwp5oHDNdpct8856pQtQzGMSO3BtQrn7cXC2ZzU910F-r_igmzyQVCW2NkfuM/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404371286779003874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now you don't! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's like a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ghost</span></span> ..... you can still hear it!</span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9n03DOPkPPGxdviwZCsUQMctG2OB2BoR6jCwDT6a6RAOpc7wNm4wl6EEn-lo77M-c4NjdY6XvdksnGMzUCupeMLmeksqj4N1UmCjWapAPVIjETgW-iqwxleD4ovt6ECH3Cls3GTmA6I/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404370508848861778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The ruin of </span>Tullaghore Croft<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC53uEEHxtgrcQG5hEo93Kq2pBpw5_HTQLXuWE3By0F2IigNCuqXEJYMvuxgEk1uO8fpMeDA-qFdmX39RFOgr7_dcLNV3mK29bz63U0yUmFV1t4ZK0ysd_p1hXvlu6y1jH-CIuwZMH5Io/s320/DSCF0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387174404781381570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 172px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Close up of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tullaghore Croft.</span></span><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX77ogq6UULPw6uOMKpVCcC4mjb9VcipUX3Dz8b7-jt4bXAQSf6I_Y0CZx2jDf9sXmxr_NO3d8GpQxHs_CZ1cB1Pg7cxgOvidkrcD9zphDkFIfzK6XbimxxVyILoomTVQGFkK8jrGzdD8/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404370513389965682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Looking back, from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">Tullaghore Lane</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyijaGN6Vtk8ImQFcdXv1vhICuCF9br3_b05TK2u4X2gdEuQEyVS3Qx-r1n0mA8JHvwRwg7se0HKpt-JX9_6MGl0YwyqhxBKEgCtmRCVGJkAz_ji1GxEPS9GFHUtCTphZB6wnlqhHbyQ/s320/DSCF0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393923191495058546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The ruin of </span>Gortmillish Croft<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3dmJ-Rq54lhxaGb6z3wtAm_FiAzhrRC6iJoEhRJMN5d9_wdT9GCurnfRF70JFx-s24n2Bh_vYZ90T_eYrBVwPTy4M0-yw5nCl_6D5pojnnC7QP31SrBmSxPJi-xRqRb5JjRC0N2VoGM/s320/DSCF0024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387174785653393298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The end of the Road.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeqcdFW7aBI9H5YBMuRaXe2cjYdnozEKu04ald4kpNtvBhbEepIo-20MCOZFR0YX6jGbmLarRufSYCIVaix79GhHy14pfORGh5Xis2kTcbb68BKojebxsq1TqANm-4YXGcSlseZS6_vY/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393923188233978002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The ruin of </span>Knockan's Croft<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVWaD_St13h09F-HGetHG-pB_I9ANZw6s9BG2Os7EahCMc7jpzGFw9XSReRN4u6i7L27_cimnjWy1J42jjXW1l2KoNzZ9VaYPklCIiNSGcGLqCWw8bAHJyNWbI5Wa6XkUH7Ioah_Uqyg/s320/DSCF0025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387175145561186658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 203px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">1</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxLb_XXW9rCPHEqxWpVqD3FFrzWDeXclk5SPKVsVZiH2qcjJuLcBjka9sJaFVOug8Q7H_APWPUnb1Z8DgtXsW2LkCap0aqxpRaWGjhK7RRUqKTIXRfsk4pS9XuSiRxCu0L0CmCrZjzjU/s1600-h/orange.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxLb_XXW9rCPHEqxWpVqD3FFrzWDeXclk5SPKVsVZiH2qcjJuLcBjka9sJaFVOug8Q7H_APWPUnb1Z8DgtXsW2LkCap0aqxpRaWGjhK7RRUqKTIXRfsk4pS9XuSiRxCu0L0CmCrZjzjU/s320/orange.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387175445653168002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">2</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplhu6suX5q0385w6CsExwvYinWYq8Zgpj4HDNKkX-w90g6FQ5OVu-0cOsXtsbtRpbOqCJZTg026k13sbvTMensO4GO9Jhdjac1oKoGrGboEOBpdRGNjl3c2Rd3oQLVSuEXzjJgo6Ao04/s320/DSCF0030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387175716874627570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">3</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitNYqvoqW__MSAMm-zz-cjUb5P-MVuRalE-1HliltDq8TTo55pVOiBUTp58LuS0LtrTBOk0pCWdvElbqVqg41l5Y6qFWAGyvUQtBx5AiWM9HFiADuKG6ZGQGmtJ4F1JHF_lo1IhVnCBY/s320/DSCF0034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387176130009554450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MkhxSfMct863D0HG22AVB73cfBMJW9N2FVT0EqLa5EAjx_h9t24H3VIsoRRxafwaolxM8KaggBVMD-OVdkxd7ORl3hP9hyphenhyphendwqtRrDuh-akblsM3kfJhTCf3lPq9IvYzimgbUjafhX4k/s1600-h/DSCF0038.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MkhxSfMct863D0HG22AVB73cfBMJW9N2FVT0EqLa5EAjx_h9t24H3VIsoRRxafwaolxM8KaggBVMD-OVdkxd7ORl3hP9hyphenhyphendwqtRrDuh-akblsM3kfJhTCf3lPq9IvYzimgbUjafhX4k/s320/DSCF0038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387176644276596610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">5</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbBys0Ry6QDnjONH3wfnGOqC4QzA1IrTARRuHS9KmDJZl7l_0bEUB9Yp6iijloUXFzQWCvE3JJpThyphenhyphen8dhG-dcUILnWfg5Nm864jF36EBg9Th4L7i21jMBPRaV_25mALSBAK08g0QRRMY/s1600-h/DSCF0035.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbBys0Ry6QDnjONH3wfnGOqC4QzA1IrTARRuHS9KmDJZl7l_0bEUB9Yp6iijloUXFzQWCvE3JJpThyphenhyphen8dhG-dcUILnWfg5Nm864jF36EBg9Th4L7i21jMBPRaV_25mALSBAK08g0QRRMY/s320/DSCF0035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387176879719843026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">6</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKQAnuWFwnJlAzFfF6BH_erRZ_-NP1ACs7Vmk-lnCSNdlh3kIudr46Sz7f-ApwrEc0XFIJRvSmKVkCXIBn-XIWHJCed_-3X6CiB-q3vVAeNR3qx_w95KVQNO5r5R4z3SavJfjlV1D6mk/s1600-h/DSCF0039.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKQAnuWFwnJlAzFfF6BH_erRZ_-NP1ACs7Vmk-lnCSNdlh3kIudr46Sz7f-ApwrEc0XFIJRvSmKVkCXIBn-XIWHJCed_-3X6CiB-q3vVAeNR3qx_w95KVQNO5r5R4z3SavJfjlV1D6mk/s320/DSCF0039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387177153732422978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">7</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLvxparTJCy82qEndRB_Zd07NxeMc_Ma5JiIGgXrJQz-JKPAROMasiSc5aUw37ATPPbJNXl_NT4KVYrttVzHxrmQXT96K7S5SEC32NtUI2wtrrPoyRwZxc1_xB8n218dtiQTmT1DfVzo/s320/DSCF0033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387177402832457826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mountain Fungi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">8</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjYCWkHqmHJRQg49pPHmJiEydeI8P8KK8Mzqo6HjPjC4q_UdBPjuOF98pcRq74MWCGpPejPB0WCkH6TFenv-F1YsNnzEylRfKwkySF1bMrblq0tL4zjPwXtRLxmLBFFyYZlHqFjl2j2A/s1600-h/DSCF0041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjYCWkHqmHJRQg49pPHmJiEydeI8P8KK8Mzqo6HjPjC4q_UdBPjuOF98pcRq74MWCGpPejPB0WCkH6TFenv-F1YsNnzEylRfKwkySF1bMrblq0tL4zjPwXtRLxmLBFFyYZlHqFjl2j2A/s320/DSCF0041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387177646329549714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every Dog has his Day, but this one looks like it's past its sell by date!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6q3andwf0VxJJVc3SLBAQfYb9QNx3cadjrDuhBMea7NS2Eoo1FF495uXUKO8tLollyyCNeG97oF7d7yhg_aSxyxD_YS4KcIXes80mJL8ayf0UuAuEbW4R-DRX18Ocrh4c5tw9vIkeo0/s1600-h/DSCF0045.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6q3andwf0VxJJVc3SLBAQfYb9QNx3cadjrDuhBMea7NS2Eoo1FF495uXUKO8tLollyyCNeG97oF7d7yhg_aSxyxD_YS4KcIXes80mJL8ayf0UuAuEbW4R-DRX18Ocrh4c5tw9vIkeo0/s320/DSCF0045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387177911132145618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Big Fat Juicy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=5710"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Fox Moth</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=5710"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Caterpillar</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> 1</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPdhdhilKKg4BhLTHXRUYPGXHTbXffpxTtFc2t7FYFUlp93yxBHBMhfWBVHXsMcuzCugXOkPG0O2Wi-ew6nQj2zMXDF4NeJmPTZ2hBzPmSA3Spf1bCPGQSsuPhvNxpUwlAVhqtu4qiEA/s1600-h/DSCF0031.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPdhdhilKKg4BhLTHXRUYPGXHTbXffpxTtFc2t7FYFUlp93yxBHBMhfWBVHXsMcuzCugXOkPG0O2Wi-ew6nQj2zMXDF4NeJmPTZ2hBzPmSA3Spf1bCPGQSsuPhvNxpUwlAVhqtu4qiEA/s320/DSCF0031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387178208265748242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Big Fat Juicy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=5710"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Fox Moth</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><a href="http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=5710"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Caterpillar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">2</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pRWcx-iLfMVx-VjKIyjuRtR1XVnPCukKiC_IoiqXtYffQZDUb8HXQUW9CsI5mZYZOFawHWNvXO9WIlDk1vfEzbIEolM4KOooiKzki4P5r7bYOMfUkJQD8yTBMDNKx43YAjmgF_JpK4I/s1600-h/DSCF0032.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pRWcx-iLfMVx-VjKIyjuRtR1XVnPCukKiC_IoiqXtYffQZDUb8HXQUW9CsI5mZYZOFawHWNvXO9WIlDk1vfEzbIEolM4KOooiKzki4P5r7bYOMfUkJQD8yTBMDNKx43YAjmgF_JpK4I/s320/DSCF0032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387178531303234370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A fine view out over </span>North Antrim<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> at the end of the road. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei35Yo1VRYvHT2E0E-9Y0dXzVaKAHVgEv08W2nfeh9h8n5cGWAfBwbYd3Aex41n6dH7kdquWaqs-UojV5EHu0-72eexPynOv2emZ9OP0o0fQQbnVpq3QxPJyFpuKxpdR-d08_1XV1zcQ/s1600-h/DSCF0028.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei35Yo1VRYvHT2E0E-9Y0dXzVaKAHVgEv08W2nfeh9h8n5cGWAfBwbYd3Aex41n6dH7kdquWaqs-UojV5EHu0-72eexPynOv2emZ9OP0o0fQQbnVpq3QxPJyFpuKxpdR-d08_1XV1zcQ/s320/DSCF0028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387179401547783522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rusty.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeeJm7KAUwyYGwX45sNYnn_sLj1RkaPBW8BCaK_ElbTMRZZCfFssIpf6OuQBdH2ic52M_1IrMvaf1K91uszOL3PI1J3-wzmcXv3ZVHuWx-BefAUg1HyWQmdBY5le8yvmOfDU53iwJjRI/s320/rustysept09.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387192068048745698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 276px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My favourite Birds on the High Road are:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">********************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 1 The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/wheatear/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Wheatear</span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5YVBrqBwTzIasHWFiY0EigPXxQH3coC9L4btr3Pfv9Lmfs3k1M-xQrdY3ly4hMhDy1Yoc8clXytnO31qjp1dOqd6VFQSj4ZB3TGJqi3Ni4Houg3uBZxsnPz44BDFrrpG2xTUKDWfENk/s320/wheatear_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387199076799389986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">********************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 2 The </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/raven/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Raven</span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIFK5wAxzAaXy_ewbmiJscyAbgpShu8tzBAXQqTU32UsbUMGlhZrizKi1WtVDGGi8HPEUETXsgJXQv3ddefbyTHwsfsBF6j_SIijanmCzpdAopmGiXzuzljmUrOce48oHTAlF3idmEy0/s1600-h/raven.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIFK5wAxzAaXy_ewbmiJscyAbgpShu8tzBAXQqTU32UsbUMGlhZrizKi1WtVDGGi8HPEUETXsgJXQv3ddefbyTHwsfsBF6j_SIijanmCzpdAopmGiXzuzljmUrOce48oHTAlF3idmEy0/s320/raven.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388844560484041602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 280px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">********************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Times;"><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No. 3 - The occasional sighting of a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/peregrine/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Peregrine Falcon</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv9N_hDraKFF_elWf6UT1BCQlXJcwnNdCiSIIBH1vNGj1PL8AFeELCdqDMrcaZz03JTM7G5rq_I6vqxKQOszop-_6kWlVcbhPUV2msy9PNISjZ4gD5Fh13MWBL0eS0SiHA1NUmEhj-Ik/s320/PeregrineFalcon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388832410227562210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 251px; " /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">********************</span><br /></span></div></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-16958390233393141122009-06-30T13:06:00.000-07:002010-11-09T09:52:09.861-08:00My Bird List<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">************************</span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm lucky enough to be able to walk out of my gate & up a lovely quiet country lane to walk my dogs, walks which usually last about 90 mins, each day. That's a total of about 4 miles, which is a slow 2 miles per hour, but then of course the dogs must sniff every 2nd blade of grass, on the way round, which is fine as that gives me plenty of time to keep my eyes open for Birds. So here is the list of Birds I have seen, so far, on my daily dog walk. </span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have posted links to those, not already linked to, earlier in this Blog.</span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span><div><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;text-decoration: underline; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/blackbird/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BLACKBIRD</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; text-decoration: underline; font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/blackheadedgull/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BLACK HEADED GULL</span></span></a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/bluetit/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BLUE TIT</span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/bullfinch/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BULLFINCH</span></span></span></a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BUZZARD</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/chaffinch/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CHAFFINCH</span></span></span></a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">COAL TIT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/cuckoo/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CUCKOO</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/d/dunnock/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">DUNNOCK</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/fieldfare/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FIELDFARE</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldfinch/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GOLDFINCH</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/grasshopperwarbler/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GRASSHOPPER </span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/grasshopperwarbler/index.asp" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WARBLER</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GREAT TIT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GREENFINCH</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/henharrier/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HEN HARRIER</span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/herringgull/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HERRING GULL</span></span></span></a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/hoodedcrow/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HOODED CROW</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/housemartin/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HOUSE MARTIN</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/housesparrow/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HOUSE SPARROW</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/j/jackdaw/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">JACKDAW</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/k/kestrel/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">KESTREL</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/longtailedtit/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LONG TAILED TIT</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/magpie/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MAGPIE</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/meadowpipit/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MEADOW PIPIT</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/merlin/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MERLIN</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/mistlethrush/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MISTLE THRUSH</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/peregrine/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PEREGRINE FALCON</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/p/piedwagtail/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PIED WAGTAIL</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/raven/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">RAVEN</span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redgrouse/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">RED GROUSE</span></span></span></a></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redwing/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">REDWING</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/reedbunting/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">REED BUNTING</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/robin/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ROBIN</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/rook/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ROOK</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sedgewarbler/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SEDGE WARBLER</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/siskin/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SISKIN</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/skylark/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SKYLARK</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SNIPE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/songthrush/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SONG THRUSH</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SPARROWHAWK</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/starling/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STARLING</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/stonechat/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">STONECHAT</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/swallow/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SWALLOW</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/swift/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SWIFT</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/muteswan/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">SWAN</span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/wheatear/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WHEATEAR</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/willowwarbler/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WILLOW WARBLER</span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/woodcock/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WOODCOCK</span></span></span></a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/woodpigeon/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WOOD PIGEON</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/wren/index.asp" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">WREN</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></li></ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So 50 different species so far, on one two mile stretch of hillside!</span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span><br /></div></div></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909170598031892312.post-56894680636427437242009-06-30T07:04:00.000-07:002009-06-30T13:10:33.071-07:00Dialect Names for Local Birds<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Below is a list of local dialect names from the "Concise Ulster Dictionary" (Macafee, 1996). <br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Many are of Ulster Scots or Irish/Scottish Gaelic origin.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">There are many more, but I've just picked out the ones which I see on my daily dog walk, here in the North Antrim countryside.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Blue Tit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Billy Blue-Bonnet, Tittymouse, Tam Titty Mouse</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Carrion Crow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Black-Neb</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Chaffinch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Apple-picker </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Cuckoo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Gowk</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Dunnock</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Blue Wran, Futtock, Grey Robin, Hedgeling, Shuffle Wing, Whin Sparrow</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Fieldfare</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Frost Bird</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Goldfinch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Corney of the Cap</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Great Tit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Black skull</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Greenfinch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Green Linnet</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Hen Harrier</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Gled</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Hooded Crow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Hoodie</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">House Sparrow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Spug</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Jackdaw</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Greyhead, Daw</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Linnet</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Lintie</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Meadow Pipit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Cuckoo’s Maid, Mosscheeper, Tattle, Titling</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Mistle Thrush</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Butcher Bird, Cornageerie</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Peregrine</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Game Hawk, Goosehawk</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Pied Wagtail</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Willie wagtail, Devilin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Reed Bunting</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Black Bonnet, Rush Sparrow<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Robin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ God's Bird</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Rook</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Croupy, Craa</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Sedge Warbler</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Wee Nightingale</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Skylark</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Laverock</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Snipe</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Blooterwheep, God’s Goat, Guttersnipe, Heather-bleat</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Song Thrush</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Mavis, Throstle</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Sparrow Hawk</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Blue hawk</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Starling</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Stucky</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Stonechat </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">~ Corney of the Cravat</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Swift </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">~ Black Martin<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Wheatear</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Stone twister</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Willow Warbler</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Sally Picker, Sally Wren</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Woodpigeon</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Croodlin doo</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Wren</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"> ~ Chitty Wren, God’s Hen, Jinny wran</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">If you know of any others, please let me know.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0