{"id":1383,"date":"2016-09-25T21:50:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T21:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2016-09-25T21:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T21:50:54","slug":"rothwell-country-park-to-kippax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/rothwell-country-park-to-kippax\/","title":{"rendered":"Rothwell Country Park to Kippax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s trip out to get some Ingress unique portal visits was to Rothwell Country Park and beyond. I have been into Rothwell on a few occasions and driven past Kippax on Selby Road but today I went into Rothwell Country Park, through Woodlesford, Oulton, Swillington, Great Preston and onto Kippax.<\/p>\n<p>I took my camera with me into Rothwell Country Park but was a bit disappointed in the lack of wild Life. I still took a a few photos though. I was also disappointed in the way the place now seems neglected. At one time there was a sculpture trail and various installations but a lot is now overgrown. If someone know otherwise and can point me in the right direction I could give it another go.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29927252425\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Stone Egg Mould\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8052\/29927252425_b9a725c272_z.jpg\" width=\"516\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Stone Egg Mould\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a massive chocolate coloured egg next to its opened stone mould. Or is it a fossilised dinosaur&#8217;s egg broken out of the rock?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29892640976\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Bullrushes\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8066\/29892640976_41d526b01a_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Bullrushes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I kept quiet by these bullruses for a few minutes hoping to see a few birds but the only ones of note were a couple of Red Kite circling in the distant sky.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29813169182\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Speckled Wood Butterfly\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8165\/29813169182_9f0599a7e3_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Speckled Wood Butterfly\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Speckled Wood butterfly was sunning itself near the teazles. It&#8217;s not the best of shots; using a 150-500 mm zoom lens is not the best of ways to photograph butterflies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29892627826\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Teazle\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5811\/29892627826_1595fc0847_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Teazle\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I must admit that there seemed to be quite a wide variety of plants growing, but I know even less about plants than I do birds. I guess that could be one of the advantages of it not being over managed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s trip out to get some Ingress unique portal visits was to Rothwell Country Park and beyond. 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