Mastodawn

Pottering about on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

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Pottering about

I was suspicious of another sunny day. The knees creaked and my flat cap needed another dose of air refreshener to stop it smelling quite so...

Steven Heywood Dec 1

A walk along Irlam Locks.

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Irlam Locks

Black-headed gulls It was a bright sunny morning and I'd had two hours' sleep. The usual array of a dozen black-headed gulls danced for wor...

Steven Heywood Nov 2

A dawdle round Irlam Locks.

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Irlam Locks

Fieldfare November started with a ferocious wind and teeming rain that calmed down a couple of hours after dawn. The sun came out for an hou...

Steven Heywood Sep 13, 2025

A stroll through Flixton to Wellacre Country Park and Irlam Locks.

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Wellacre Country Park

Swallow It was another of those sunshine and shower days, though without the thunderstorms. Each time I put my boots on to go out the sunshi...

Steven Heywood Aug 6, 2025

An evening stroll by Irlam Locks.

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Irlam Locks

Juvenile heron After a sadly eventful day (I had to take the cat to the vet's and come home without her) I was in need of distraction. There...

Steven Heywood Jul 13, 2025

A late teatime dawdle by Irlam Locks.

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Irlam Locks

Sand martins It was warm again and the pollen count was very high, neither condition likely to make walking very enticing. The small birds w...

Steven Heywood May 18, 2025

Saturday afternoon in Irlam.

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Irlam

Common tern, Irlam Locks It was an almost cloudy morning. The blackcap in the back garden has gone quiet, which I hope means he's busy. The ...

Steven Heywood Apr 6, 2025

A Saturday afternoon wander: Wellacre Country Park and a bit of Irlam.

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Wellacre Country Park and Irlam

Great crested grebes, Irlam Locks Another, bright Spring day with an edge to the wind and the colour saturation dialled right up beyond elev...

Steven Heywood Mar 20, 2025

A bit of a wander round Irlam.

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Irlam

Mallards, Irlam Locks Last night, when I was planning today's walk, I had occasion to remind myself that this isn't a job, there aren't stre...

Steven Heywood Oct 26, 2024

A dawdle by Irlam Locks.

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Irlam Locks

Female house sparrow, Irlam Locks I was a lot low energy today after only getting to sleep some time after four so I knocked the ambitious ...