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14th October 2017

14/10/2017

 
Not much appears to have happened this week. Cemex may have chosen to work on another part of the site.  They do tend to flit from place to place.

One notable feature is how low water levels have become in Cormorant lake. An old shoreline has appeared around the pump station - complete with grass - and Cormorant island is now a spit of land connected to the south shore.  This demonstrates the water level needed whilst Cemex were still extracting from this area.

Four Egyptian Geese (one male and three females) were evident on the south shoreline of Finch pond. The male skulked around trying not to be photographed.

Although I harp on about the limitations of my bridge camera, I do have admit its range of 20-1200mm does allow me to zoom into objects a long way off and allow me to photograph subjects I would normally be able to do. I sometimes use it as a telescope.  Not bad for a complete package costing a lot less than just the body of a DSLR. I just have to put up with soft detail - not a problem - as an artist I can compensate and paint in the detail.

In many ways I was quite happy not much happened. I spent 2 1/2 hours yesterday shifting roughly 2 cubic metres of wood chip (my neighbour had some tree work, and I got the chippings) and spread it over my flower beds.  I was shattered. Which is very odd and doesn't make sense. I spent over three hours hacking scrub from around Grove hide of Moor Green lake on the previous Sunday and although tired was quite fine.  Where as today, I struggled to totter around the reserve, and it would have been a hard, painful slog to complete a long blog entry. I think my flu shot kicked in and I reacted by developing a slight cold.

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    A polite notice first: All photographs on this blog are owned by me and subject to copyright.

    Also, note that I have special permission to be on the Eversley quarry site of Fleet Hill farm, Manor farm and the Hampshire part, Chandlers farm. They are not open areas for general access.  Please keep to the public rights of way.

    I was quite fascinated to see how Cemex would restore their gravel extractions workings to become a nature reserve, and so started this blog.  There is an ulterior motive. It does mean that my partner and I get some well needed exercise as we stomp around the reserve every week.  Following the progress of the restorations does mean the walk is not as tedious as it might otherwise become.

    Don't worry about one of the archives being November 2025. You haven't entered a time warp! It's just that I've discovered a way to pin a post to the top of a blogger in Weebly; not straight forward apparently.  I have to set the date far far into the future.

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