Flooding at Painshill Park Cobham
For those who have never been there this is an amazing park for walks in all seasons. Flooding has however taken its toll on some of the land. In all but one of these photos there should be no water at all.
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A Dead Swan at Painshill Park. Why do Cygnets die?
Painshill Park is an amazing park in Surrey near Cobham just off Junction 10 of the M25 and well worth a visit. We have been regular visitors now for over 10 years but yesterday saw a sad sight of a dead swan, cygnet really. No clear reason why it had died, no injuries visible, weather no worse than normal .Just sad really. The swan was lying near the top of the main lake not far from the Ruined Abbey and plenty of other Swans and Cygnets were swimming around.
I did a little research to find out maybe what might have happened. Swans firstly tend to have few real predators except when young. New born cygnets are mainly lost to crows, herons, magpies, turtles, pike and large perch. Both cygnets and full-grown swans are also the prey of foxes and mink. Other dangers include vandalism, pollution, dogs and various poisonings. Who knows what happened to our cygnet?
The Daily Mail however do have an online story of interest. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-454255/Mystery-heartbreak-seven-cygnets-vanish-one.html
Seven cygnets have vanished without trace in a week from Cheltenham. The rangers report that the last time they indeed lost a cygnet of this age was in 1991. So the death of our cygnet is unusual. Other trawling of websites suggested this:
The cygnets may have picked up something on the migratory pattern, i.e., lead poisoning, botulism (although most of the time, it would be a more immediate death (within 24 hours if botulism is the culprit). Do the cygnets look like they have lost muscle (neck) control? Are they exuding a thick saliva from their mouths and exhibiting convulsions prior to their demise? These questions would lead to some type of poisoning.
Best Photographs of 2014
Around this time each year I sit down and try and sort out my best 13 photographs of the year to make up my annual calendar. Not easy. This year is easier than some. These are the said photos. Each has a reason for being there and each has a story. Please feel free to share this post and this blog with your friends and colleagues.
The first apples ever grown on the small tree in the garden we planted 2 years ago. Copyright Chris Bushe
Bird of prey at Painshill Park Copyright Chris Bushe
Crab Spider in the garden one summer day. What was it doing thereCopyright Chris Bushe
Iceland geysers.Crab Spider in the garden one summer day. What was it doing thereCopyright Chris Bushe
Arctic Tern on Farne Islands.Crab Spider in the garden one summer day. What was it doing thereCopyright Chris Bushe
Crab Spider in the garden one summer day. What was it doing thereCopyright Chris Bushe
Starfish point on Grand Cayman, as lovely as it looked. Copyright Chris Bushe
Meercat at Twycross ZooCopyright Chris Bushe
Lemur at Twycross zoo.Copyright Chris Bushe
Heron in Vondels park amsterdam. An old heron i guess.Copyright Chris Bushe
Heron in Vondels park amsterdam. An old heron i guess.Copyright Chris Bushe
coffee by the canal in amsterdam. Copyright chris Bushe
Peregrine Falcon eating a chick.Copyright chris Bushe
Spider in Motspur Park Copyright chris Bushe
Strawberry from the garden. My favourite photo of 2014.Copyright chris Bushe
Birds of Prey at Painshill Park
Nothing more to be said than that Birds of Prey make great photo opportunities and the same goes for Painshill Park in Surrey. Enjoy these wonderful birds.
Painting of Gothic tower at Painshill Park
Painshill Park is a wonderful park in surrey near Cobham, with lakes and beautiful walks. It was built with a number of follies around 250 years ago created by Charles Hamilton between 1738-1773. One of the follies is the Gothic tower which is on the edge of the A3. If one were an estate agent one might describe it as a tower with good access to pylons. these are not really paintings but my attempt to create a photographic painting through a little manipulation here and there.
Painting of Gothic Tower at Painshill Park by chris Bushe
Painshill Park Birds of Prey 2013
Painshill Park is one of the most beautiful parks in UK in cobham, Surrey. Each year they present a number of different shows, and this year Birds of Prey was the offering in August. Henfold birds of Prey provided the show and were excellent. An almost two hour demonstration of birds flying with enough information to entertain and educate the audience without boring or frightening them away. Great selection of birds. Here are a few including a nice shot of the typical mantling behaviour.
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Kestrel
Barn Owl
African Eagle Owl Photography by Chris Bushe
Amazingly visual birds. At a recent birds of Prey exhibition there were some excellent birds and he was one of them. Enjoy. Took quite a while to capture his sqwark!
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
African Eagle Owl by Chris Bushe
Painshill Park, Cobham
Painshill is a place that I have been coming to for over 10 years. It may be my favourite place in the United kingdom. Each season makes it seem so different. I am guessing here but if you look back through this blog over the last 8 months there will be a fair few hits about Painshill. Sunday as the ice and snow was melting on the paths i captured the bleak side of Painshill. The lake was frozen with slush on the top and hence the “geeseprints”. enjoy and do please visit.
Birdprints mean bird was here
Geeseprints on the lake
Cold Goose
A bleak wintry Painshill
Wisley RHS Gardens Surrey
A grey sort of day with little to do, so a walk was in order at Wisley. Not many flowers and plants to report but I did learn something about Geese who seemingly have broken wings. We used to see an Egyptian goose at Painshill park for 3-4 years who had what we thought was a deformed wing but it seems this is called ” angel wing or aeroplane wing”. they are born with this, cannot fly but survive about the same as normal geese. A little poster in a Hide at Wisley taught me this! Our Egyptian Goose was named Mangle by my son, who had little interest in the biology of ducks.
Wisley is actually a great place for a walk, no-one has to be an expert on plants to enjoy the scenery there, though a fair amount of puffing and huffing and pontificating does go on.
An Egyptian goose with normal wings
Mangle. The goose with Angel Wing it seems
Angel wing Defined
A Great Place
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