What have you seen
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Interesting place this as it has it's own Wild Life reserve, with bug houses,an owl next box, pools and 3 hedgehog shelters, with lots of trees, bushes and piles of branches for shelters. Also information notices on birds, butterflies, moths etc.
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The Grange CL, nr Diss. No.1055 in the SD. It has 2 HS pitches and a large grass area with a choice of 6 pitches.
There's a bird hide, and another cabin with large windows and a couple of easy chairs overlooking one of the ponds. There's also a mercury lamp on each night to attract moths. The owners are obviously enthusiasts who keep a record of sightings and have recorded over 420 different species on site.
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Just reciprocating following your advice 're New Willow Cottage.
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Have the requirements for a CL changed from 5 pitches or is the limit the number of vans?
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Just enables flexibility and 'resting' of grass pitches, I would imagine.
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Spot on, CY. Some users like open pitches, some like shade, some want to face the sun (when there is any ) while others want to be side on to it. With this CL, and others that have more than 5 EHUs, visitors do have a choice to suit their requirements.
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Today while stood outside the front of the house I saw a goldfinch struggle to fly and it landed in the flower bed so I picked it up took it into the house and placed her in a cardboard box and left her for a while I then her took outside and away she went not sure if it was the wet and windy weather or perhaps the turbulence from a lorry that had just passed anyway she seemed ok as she flew into the lilac tree then off she went
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What have I seen??
I have seen, every day, three Barn Owls which have turned up and do a fly around every day.
My wife said, 'just how many owl pictures do you need'? To which I replied, 'Can you ever have too many'.
Just need the right light.
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Great shots, GL.
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I know what greylags wife means. I seem to have a surfeit of Great Crested Grebe shots.
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I didn't stay home under the gloomy sky, I went out under a gloomy sky...result..one owl, one flyby, few photo's and then home.
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CY, your response made sense, however out of interest, I checked the CL requirements and it appears that any site with more than 5 pitches requires a licence (rule 4 below). It also prevents the temptation of accepting more than 5 vans etc. at a time
Rule 4: You may only take five caravans at a time (1960 Act)
The most important condition, formal planning permission and a site licence are required for more than five pitches and your site would no longer qualify for CL status.
By far the majority of complaints The Club receives involve excess numbers and this is clearly a major concern for The Club.
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Just a quick comment as I don’t want to be off topic. If you take Barleywood they have several EHU posts and because it is all grass it allows David and Lorna to take pitches out of service for them to recover.
Our usual flock of 25 Starlings has increased to over 200 so I’m wondering if they are getting ready migrate back to mainland Europe
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Lots of CLs we use have the requirements in terms of spaces, hook up points beyond the 5 pitches. It gives choice, ability to rest a pitch, especially if grass. We haven’t encountered any letting on more than 5 outfits. It has however prevented us having to wallow in the mud bath someone else has left behind through not lifting their groundsheet. If you only have a license for 5 pitches, it makes good economic sense to have the capacity to site a couple more, so that if the need arises, you can take one out of use without eating into already tiny income margins, and keeping your guests happy.😁
Edit, my apologies, I forgot this was a nature thread😲
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All makes sense TTDA, but
In defence of slightly off topic, I am claiming this comes under "The great outdoors" loose I know, but its all I have.
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It's only (human) nature to comment and put forward ones thoughts, so not going off post really.
Lots of Black Tailed Godwits and quite a few Avocets feeding along the mud flats by Snaps Maltings, along with other waders too distant for me to identify.
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Hardwood House was one of the places used as a breeding/release centre following their reintroduction into this Country. No too far from where you're staying. We've seen them often over the CL at Huby.
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By more luck than judgement, I stumbled across a pair of Great Crested Grebe beginning their courtship dance. Having not seen it before and only heard about it, I was hoping they would ignore the biting cold wind and continue the dance.
Managed to get some pics, so need to put them on two posts to give a full picture, Hope you all get a chance to see it locally, lovely to see.
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The finale of the dance comes as the pair rise up out of the water with weed.reed in their Bills.
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Great photos again BM have seen them perform on the levels in Somerset near to where we used to live amazing sight.
Whilst waiting for friends yesterday in small local town had 10 Red Kites flying over the car park they were riding the thermals and quite low and today had 7 Black Kites fly over the house so they are on migration from the south possibly Spain perhaps bought up by storm Jorge! We do seem to get a lot more Red Kites around here now than we did a few years ago, also heard a Blackcap warbler singing in the trees we have had them over winter before but not seen any this winter but perhaps this one has been around and I have not seen it, awaiting the Chiffchaff usually in March here.
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BM
Great shots.
Today I stood under my hide net waiting for the owls (didn't turn up ), but this (two)Chinese Water Deer turned up at full speed, almost took my legs out from under me. Had to shout 'Oi' and they turned at the last moment.
Love the eyelashes.
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Looks like a better day than Tesco.
They must have been close for these head shots well done.
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