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My little helper, eating things in the green bin, and keeping a careful watch. #myGarden The phone is at maximum zoom, because it wasn't happy being approached or watched.

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It's never good to see rubbish dumped in #MillMeadows. An old mower is a bit much though. #TodaysWalk

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It's been a while since I was last able to get down this hill. So the dead hedge was new to me. The path it blocks goes to a large oak tree them fizzles out. I have no idea why it needs protecting. #TodaysWalk #MillMeadows

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On a cold, still, quiet and frosty afternoon, I went looking for the new steps in #MillMeadows. I found the moon above the trees first, and then later the new steps. They are great, as there is an overgrown diversion for those who can't walk up, or down easily. #TodaysWalk

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The Silver Birch keeps growing if there is sufficient light - regardless of the season. The new LED street lights are affecting nature in ways we didn't predict #TodaysWalk

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Hanningfield Reservoir looking very low, so we still haven't caught up after the dry summer. #TodaysWalk #Hanningfield_Reservoir

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A Canada Goose enjoying a chunk of white bread. Someone had given them a loaf, which they had tor up fighting over it. Below: bushes displaying bright autum colours. #LakeMeadows #TodaysWalk

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A type of woodland agaric growing all alone in the bed of a previously dry stream. I did not look underneath to ser exactly what it was for fear of disturbing it. #TodaysWalk #MillMeadows

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Just a few patches of frost remain after the coldest night of the year so far. It's a bright sunny morning for #TodaysWalk around #LaindonCommon. Many places in the UK have snow, but there is none here.

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For #TodaysWalk we visited RSPB Rye Meads. If you would like to read more, I blogged about it here: https://3cephas.blogspot.com/2024/09/rspb-rye-meads-rye-house.html

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It's conker season on #TodaysWalk. In years gone by, I would have collected these, taken them home, dried them slowly, drilled a small hole with a hand drill and pushed a string through. My hope would be that they survived play time the next day.

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It's #bluebell time in #NorseyWood. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday in our wonderful local wood.

https://3cephas-notes.blogspot.com/2024/04/field-of-blue-2024.html

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These delicate looking blackthorn blooms don't look like they could survive a frost. Not that there is one forecast, but there is a lot of winter still to go. #NorseyWood #TodaysWalk

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Almost as soon as we got into #CastleHedingham we came across the thatchers at work. Fascinating to see the sheafs of corn being put on the roof, and incredible to think that just corn stems can keep a house dry for 40 years.