Category Archives: wildlife

Fallen Trees

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I saw a few broken branches underneath a horse chestnut tree and wondered whether somebody had been trying to bring down conkers much too early.

Then I saw more broken branches. It looked like vandalism …
Fallen Trees
Then I saw whole tree trunks… this fallen tree trunk was the other side of the River Thames.
Fallen Trees
This split willow was the other side of the River Ock.
Fallen Trees
The willow has already been cleared from the Ock Valley Walk.

But even though some of the evidence has been removed, there can only be one real suspect …

The wind.

Mother Goose and the Duckling

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Geese
A little duckling is making cheep cheep noises because he cannot find his mum and desperately starts following a group of geese.
Geese
Mother Goose turned and soon let the ducking know that it had made a mistake and got it to go away. It carried on going cheep cheep as it carried on looking. Mum was not to be seen.

Sanctuary for Wildlife

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View across Thrupp Lake
Notices from Northmoor Trust / nPower say
‘Welcome to Thrupp Lake
This area is a sanctuary for wildlife.
Please respect this site and other’s enjoyment of it.
Warning: the water in this lake is deep and dangerous.
Members of the public are prohibited from using the lake for
fishing swimming or other activities‘
View across Radley Lake
It was a lovely sunny day as we walked round by Radley Lakes…
Two Ducks
None of the wildlife we saw was that unusual.
One Ducks
But there is still some beauty in common things.

On the Northmoor Trust website there is a

Family and Community Day at Thrupp Lake, Radley
Thursday June 3, 2010
10am – 3pm drop in any time
Sandles building, Thrupp Lane, OX14 3NG

Spend a day exploring Thrupp Lake with the Northmoor Trust!
* supervised pond dipping * wildlife trails * games and art * vital conservation tasks – we provide the equipment.