We have just returned home from a week’s holiday in the Forest of Dean. We were staying in a fantastic cottage called Apple Tree Barn just outside Blakeney near to all the hotspots for Wild Boar which is one of the reasons we went there. Unfortunately, we did not see any despite very early mornings and late evenings looking for them in various places. However, in the coming Blogs you will see what we did see. It was late afternoon when we arrived at the cottage and after unpacking the first thing I did was to have a walk along the lane that ran along the back of the cottage to see what was about. After that I sat on the patio with a glass of wine and tried to get some shots of the swallows that were hawking the fields.
One of the only things I spotted along the lane was
this Flower Crab Spider.
There were dozens of Marmalade Hoverflies.
Swallows from the patio.
Nice one Ron, we didn't get to see any Wild Boar when we were there either, despite them raiding our cottage garden some nights (everything churned up next day) but another great area, look forward to seeing what you did see.
ReplyDeleteCheers Alan. The nearest I got was the night before we came away, the lady who owns the cottage saw a female with humbugs on her way back home. She got some footage on her phone and she came to tell me roughly were they were. We had a table booked for a meal that night not far from where she had seen them but despite driving around the area, we still failed to see them.
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