So I should really be doing some studying but it's been far too long since I wrote my blog! So here's a little catch up on the past couple of weeks. We had a trip to the Kent Wildlife Trust nature reserve at Sevenoaks on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It is a fantastic reserve full of lakes, reedbeds and woodland. It's great for birds and has some well placed hides. We sat in Willow Hide for a while hoping to catch a glimpse of a kingfisher but unfortunately the closest we came was a possible fly-by which we were fairly sure was one. Our chances might have been greater if the hide hadn't been so busy and the elderly couple, who following wishing us good luck on spotting, hadnt slammed the hide door on the way out...twice. Honestly, an airplane crashing into the pond would have caused less disturbance. However, we were fortunate to watch a Grey Heron hanging out and catching fish:
There seems to be a little brown jobby flying across the first picture, not sure what that was. It is amazing how still the heron stands whilst watching for prey and for ages. If anyone saw the crazy bobbing Jack Snipe on Autunmwatch, quite the opposite!
I also got quite a nice picture of some Devil's-bit Scabious whilst wandering around:
There are plenty of willowherb species around the reserve and though no longer in flower I got these pictures at an earlier visit to the site. This is Large-flowered Evening-primrose:
I have also been spending a fair amount of time in woodlands lately. A new flora discovery for me was this:
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| Lesser Periwinkle |
It doesnt look like much now but when in flower it has beautiful blue-violet 5-petalled flowers (google it). Despite its ornate appearance it is apparently native in the south. Great name too.
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