We have had some wet and windy weather over the last few weeks so we have not been out much. Today though, the sun was shining brightly so we took a trip out to Northwood Hill. We took our boots as there were lots of puddles to play in!.
Most of the bushes and small trees have now lost their leaves leaving Northwood looking quite bare. There did not seem to be many birds about today either so we decided to take the small lens tand see what we could find.
It may have seemed bare at first glance but a closer look to the ground revealed lots of wild flowers waving their petals at us to try and get our attention. So we crouched down to admire their pretty colours and marvelled at the soft downy hairs that help keep them warm. Now that they had our attention, the flowers stopped their waving and kept themselves nice and still so that we could take a picture to show you, if you click on the picture, you will get a better view of what we saw.
And it was not only the petals that wanted to show off. Some of the autumn leaves had turned that gorgeous toasty gold colour and were just begging to be photographed. We had to oblige.
Sheltering from the wind we found a little ladybird. She had positioned herself deep in the protective arms of a plant in just the right place to be warmed by the sun. Getting herself into a comfortable position, she waited for us to take her picture then settled down for a quite snooze. With quick thanks, we moved the arms of the plant back to protect her, and tipped toed quietly past.
We continued on our walk. Mike wanted to see if he could spot any birds on the feeders so we made our way over to the hide to have a look.
And we found some Blue Tits enjoying some peanuts. The other feeders were not occupied so we guess that the birds were finding some juicy worms in the soft earth that the rains had provided.
We reached a gate at the outskirts of the reserve and stopped there for a rest. As we were leaning against the gate we noticed a little aphid out enjoying a walk as well. She came over to us to say hello.
Coming the other way was a teeny weeny spider carrying her shopping back home. She also came over to greet us and the pair of them were soon getting along like old friends. Unfortunatly it was time for us to go so we left the pair of them chatting and started to make our way back to the car.
But just before we left, I noticed some nice berries shining in the sunshine. I just had to stop and take a picture of them to show you
And what a pretty picture they made.
We hope that you enjoyed our trip out. More pictures can be found in our galleries at www.voinapics.co.uk
Steve & Mick
2 comments:
Brilliant pictures, especially if you click to see the close-up version. The one of the Ulex (eurapeus???)I like most, a very attractive shrub, but I am afaid nothing for this part of Europe.
how did you know the spider had been shopping, could you see the Tesco bags?
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