I've not been out here for a while, but regular blog readers may have seen posts about this place before, where I normally remark on how as a dedicated fishing lake, the waters always seem rather sterile and devoid of life.
That is still true, but the edge of the lake is a lively place when the flowers are in bloom. I got an accidentally decent shot of a flying green veined white, and rampant in the bushes were a mating pair of orange tips. Sadly, they weren't close enough and were too lively to get a good shot of.
There were swallows feeding on the Trent, and one on the telegraph wires at the cottage at Winthorpe Crossing - another not great shot sadly. This building is a big nesting site for house martins, but none are present yet. I might try and film them later in the year.
Watched the Starlink launch live on youtube, and then 20 minutes later watched it cross the sky at an altitude of 180km, which was a first for me.
Si
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