Its a bit of a monstrosity… …but on a positive note it will make it easier to cross the river, on a negative note it blocks the view (worse from the opposite view of the river to this picture) and makes you feel more closed in. Now we just need someone with a welding...
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At last its arrived, the New ‘New Street’ Bridge that is… … we waited for quite a while to see it being put in place but they must have been assembling it or something as not much seemed to be happening, so we went on our way. I saw ‘Stiff Legs’ and ‘Tube Duck’...
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All quiet on the Slea front… even the New Street Bridge is QUIET because they still have not got the new one in place, I think the organisation of this has been a disaster from the start. I had another good view of the Kingfisher and also saw the Dabchick, Stiff Legs and Tube...
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Another nice view of the Kingfisher Also saw the Dabchick, Stiff Legs and Tube Duck Sadly as I was leaving Allan pointed out a dead Moorhen floating by, it looked as though it had only just died and caused probably by a fight over territory with another Moorhen Strangely some people think wildlife on...
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The Dabchick is still around but no sign lately of the Swan or Coot. I did also see ‘Stiff Legs’ and ‘Tube Duck’ today and both are fine. I was past the Mill this morning when the Kingfisher saw me almost opposite and it flew only a few yards downstream and perched on a...
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Nothing much happening on the Slea at the moment. THe Dabchick is back in the reeds but the Swan and Coot have not been seen for a few days. Tube Duck is still doing very well and seems to have a mate in tow This is not ‘our’ Slea Heron but they all look...
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Its a week since the tube came off ‘tube ducks’ beak, so I kept a close look out for her and found her near the Hub, she looked perfectly ok and had some bread that someone offered her so I think this story has a happy ending A ‘new’ woman seems to have started...
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The plastic tube was still on the Ducks beak so I did what I always try and do and that is to break some bread into about 15 very small pieces and throw them in to the ‘tube duck’, she normally gets a small piece of bread if she is lucky but of course...
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The Duck with the tube over its beak has still not been caught, she must be getting very hungry by now. Mel and I tried to catch her again this morning but without any luck, just to be certain the RSPCA have not forgot about her I reported the problem to them again. I...
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Sadly the Duck with the plastic tube on its botton beak still has not managed to get it off, she must be very hungry by now. We saw a RSPCA lady who had come to try and catch her but had failed, so we also helped her but we still could not catch the...
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