This week's images were taken at my 'near to home' sites – Stourhead and Steeple Langford, Wiltshire. It was a misty autumn morning with the fog slow to clear.
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| View to The Pantheon |
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| The Pantheon |
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| The stone bridge |
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| A glimpse of the Temple of Flora |
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| The Gothic cottage |
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| Main lake |
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| A dividing of the path |
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| Near the Lily Lake |
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| Acer leaf |
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| On the slope |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Bonding behaviour |
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| (there are two birds here) |
It was the end of October and it was fascinating to see this pair reinforcing their bond. I found a paper on-line by K. E. L. Simmons. For better detail about this, please see the footnote to my posting at http://www.ispyabird.co.uk/blogs/4550
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| Coot |
