This is why I get so PI$$ED off… a little while ago The Sleaford navigation Trust (I assume) asked the ‘people responsible’ for creating a dam on the Slea to stop, this was done it said because the people involved were worried about the wildlife not having enough water. This is obviously a little...
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Unusual sighting on the Slea… … no not really, I have just been away photographing Whales and Dolphins (along with a Leatherback Turtle and Cory´s Shearwaters etc) in the Azores. I will post a whale shot soon also Photographing Whales from a moving boat is hard, photographing Shearwaters is also hard BUT photographing wild...
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It was Kingfisher Heaven on the Slea today… first we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw a Kingfisher, then we saw TWO Kingfishers and then we saw a Kingfisher AGAIN I was also told (but have no proof) that Baby Kingfishers have been seen recently on the Slea, the...
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I have not seen the Coot for a while, perhaps (s)he has flown ? Some of the Ducklings are getting quite big now, also some that are just a day or so old are on the river. Most of the baby Moorhens seem to be doing well but nothing much else happening at the...
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I saw the ‘first’ second brood of Moorhens on the Slea today near the Mill, it looks like only one of the first brood survived. A Duck was minding its own business with 8-10 ducklings who were only a couple of days old, when 4-5-6 males set apon her, if they kill her, which...
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The Coot is still around there are some ducklings that are getting quite big now, but we do not seem to have had as many Ducklings as previous years. Also still quite a few baby Moorhens up and down the river and at least 1 on the pond. One from the archives…
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