Well yesterday I checked out the ponds I had marked for a bit of coarse fishing and could not even see them far less get near them. I sent up the drone and it looks like the water lilies have made fishing impractical and will eventually join up. Time for a change of plan I think. If try to fish there I'll never be seen again, sod that. ::)
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Shame about the (lack of) fishinng. Belting photo though :)
Looks like a "successional wonderland" ! 😃
Quote from: Bobfly on June 11, 2023, 08:14:34 PMLooks like a "successional wonderland" ! 😃
When I was a lad it was open almost all the way round. It is slowly filling in and transforming into a swamp.
Open previously then waterplant colonised, then gradual organic build up, then to willow encroachment, then alders as taller shrubs dry the site some more, giving alder carr then alder/birch, then you can walk anywhere on site. Not too many decades from now. Rich and dynamic succession in action. 🙂
Fascinating to see and only possible for those of us who have been around for a while, yet even one lifespan is not enough to see it all. :)
Midge city likely.
Quote from: Its Me on June 12, 2023, 08:04:33 PMMidge city likely.
Not just midgies, that area is mosquito central. :o