{"id":1175,"date":"2013-11-11T01:45:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2013-11-11T01:45:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:45:29","slug":"denso-marston-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/denso-marston-nature-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Denso Marston Nature Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I missed the &#8220;Birds on the Reserve&#8221; walk on Saturday but on Sunday, after sitting around with a coffee in the morning wondering when I should start painting the doors upstairs I decided to go for a walk along the river.<\/p>\n<p>It got off to a good start. As I left the front door I looked up and there was a Red Kite hovering over the house.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Red Kite above the house by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789650384\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Kite above the house\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5522\/10789650384_6682aa0e1f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Red Kite circled for a few times and then, as usual, it soon disappeared into the distance with hardly a flap of its wings.<\/p>\n<p>Down on the Denso Marston Nature Reserve the bird feeders have been filled so I thought I would take a few shots of the birds using it.<\/p>\n<p>Chaffinch<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chaffinch, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789527675\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chaffinch, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3674\/10789527675_31dd1e3a3e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robin<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Robin, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789774273\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robin, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5539\/10789774273_6187a40e67_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great Tit<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Great Tit, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789637994\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Tit, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3739\/10789637994_a023f1ee0f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then went for a wander along the river to just beyond the railway bridge. I saw a few other birds such as Moorhen, Wren, Long Tailed Tits (dozens), Crow, Jay, Magpie, Mallard, Goosander, Blackbird. On the way back I stopped off near the pond and watched a Blue Tit feeding in the reeds. I am rather pleased with the reflection.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Blue Tit, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789469655\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blue Tit, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3800\/10789469655_f42608fe2b_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way back again I then saw a Grey Heron looking rather ungainly in a tree<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grey Heron, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789632214\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grey Heron, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2854\/10789632214_2c541afbb7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then nearby a Roe Deer kept showing itself<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Roe Deer, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789760183\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roe Deer, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3702\/10789760183_c6ef3364ea_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just before finally setting off to the car a Fox trotted along the river bank.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fox, Denso Marston Nature Reserve by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789624194\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fox, Denso Marston Nature Reserve\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5523\/10789624194_253546977d_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was only 3:30 but already it looked as though the Sun was setting. It seemed to turn the trees of Buck Wood even more Autumn coloured.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Afternoon Sun on Buck Wood by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789512636\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Afternoon Sun on Buck Wood\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7447\/10789512636_1f09e1d8f6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided to take a slightly longer route home and stopped to take this shot from Bracken Hall Green (aka Shipley Glen) looking West.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Looking West from Shipley Glen by Paul Marfell, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/10789724653\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Looking West from Shipley Glen\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5492\/10789724653_1c000c0c44_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in all a very pleasant afternoon, better than painting doors anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I missed the &#8220;Birds on the Reserve&#8221; walk on Saturday but on Sunday, after sitting around with a coffee in the morning wondering when I should start painting the doors upstairs I decided to go for a walk along the river. 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