I thought I’d give a little shout out for our town park,
which probably doesn’t get much of a look in for nature afficianados round
here, but is a fantastic little site. Perhaps you aren’t going to see anything
super exotic, but as a place to perhaps take less outdoorsy folk to hear a
chiff chaff for the first time, or see huge numbers of banded demoiselle
damselflies, or take in the lovely water irises or see a charming little fleet
of Moorhen chicks, it’s great.
I’ve taken to visiting any sunny day I can, perhaps en route
of one of my long ten mile runs, or specifically on my bicycle to see what I
can see and get a cup of tea at Rumbles café afterwards. Very soon now, I will
be able to see the pretty small copper and common blue butterflies feeding and
mating on the Devon-side flowers, and the big hawker dragonflies will emerge to
rule like mini steampunk spaceships their patches of sky.
In the oak woods a treecreeper, with its broad clawed tail,
is nesting, but I haven’t seen it yet. Orange tip and small white butterflies
make their way along the flowered margins, teasing would be photographers by
settling on a plant for a second before heading out of your just focussed
camera frame before you hit the shutter. Try and spy how many different species
of bumblebee you can see.
What has been done with the park, and what is still being
done as Hawton Holt develops further, is fantastic, and it is so worth a visit
from anyone.
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