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Box is a cross between a web log and a soap box where I can express
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The Living Bird Table
As well as our visit to Eastwood for the latest part
in the D H Lawrence series we also found time in the warm weather
for a walk around Shipley Country Park where I took a number
of photos. I was tempted to use the one below as a jigsaw puzzle
but discretion being the better part of valour won the day and
I decided against it. I have however used another picture from
the same walk as the jigsaw picture.
An area of the park has been designated as the "Living Bird
Table" and according to a nearby notice has been cultivated
and sown with a mix of seeds to benefit invertebrates and provide
a good food source for wild birds. The aim is to create a field
of poppy, buckwheat, corn chamomile, corn cockle, corn marigold,
cornflower and sunflower and some of those mentioned could well
be included in the picture above but don't ask me to identify
them! This is just one of a number of projects that keep the
Park Rangers busy.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into
its nest.
