Saturday
Distance: 12 miles
Weather: cold start, occasional shower
Birds of note: Greenfinches, wren, canada geese, mallards, moorhen
Rats: 1
Harpies: 1
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We walked into Manchester along the Medlock Valley way, stopping for elevenses at Daisy Nook Country Park. We took a few scenic detours, in order to increase our chances of seeing interesting nature on the walk, as we'd been discussing the subject and had only been able to come up with a big dead fish as the most notable thing. We saw some 'things' swimming about in a little pond and lots of butterbur flowers. We later decided the cormorant from earlier in the year had also been quite interesting.
Sunday
Distance: 14 miles
Ascent: 450m
Weather: chill wind, mostly dry
We saw quite a lot today, including:
Swallows
Lots of honky canada geese
Cowslips and forget-me-not
Fieldfares
White (feral?) duck
Bees
Swan on nest
Very angry swan chasing geese
Geese running away
More moorhens
Heron
Friendly donkeys
Goats
Walked back along the Oldham Way, along the Rochdale Canal and Tandle Hill Country Park. We risked horse field as it has been quite dry of late. It was fine, and we had a little donkey meet and greet.
Photos serve as reminder why I carry a decent camera most of the time.
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