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| Night Owl | Apr 12 2014, 02:09 PM Post #61 |
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Thanks Stu ![]() A few from our visit last week. Mandarin Egyptian Geese Shelduck Angry duck ![]() A few from the woodland hide |
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| Night Owl | Apr 12 2014, 02:09 PM Post #62 |
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Egyptian Goose family I'm not sure what had happened here but part of the head seemed to be missing on this one ![]() for looking
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| Davebutterflyman | Apr 12 2014, 04:10 PM Post #63 |
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Brilliant set of photos Julie ![]() The colours on the male Pheasant are fantastic and it was wonderful to see the Egyptian geese family. |
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| happyhare | Apr 12 2014, 06:32 PM Post #64 |
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fantastic colours in those photos and aww those babies are to die for
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| Grayling | Apr 12 2014, 07:09 PM Post #65 |
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Lovely photos Julie and how sweet the Egyptian Goose family are
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| Tabatha | Apr 12 2014, 08:11 PM Post #66 |
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Julie. the mandarin (haven't seen one of those for years). The baby egyptian geese are gorgeous.
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| JennyWren | Apr 13 2014, 02:26 PM Post #67 |
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smashing photos , Julie ... all of them but guess what ... i love the cute chicks
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| Night Owl | Apr 13 2014, 04:40 PM Post #68 |
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Thank you everyone
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| Night Owl | Jul 1 2014, 03:02 PM Post #69 |
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We visited Pensthorpe again during our holiday in Norfolk and probably for the last time for a while:( It seems to have been re-branded as 'Pensthorpe Nature Park' instead of the Nature reserve it always has been. They seem to be focusing on building huge childrens play areas & parks and seem to have forgotten about the wildlife & they've hiked up the entry fee to £11.50! it doesn't have so much of an appeal as it used to have (Anyway.... A few birds from our visit Young Moorhens out exploring Ruddy shelducks Shelduck Greylag Canada Gosling for looking
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| JennyWren | Jul 2 2014, 09:10 AM Post #70 |
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the little moorhen's look rather cute walking along the path . They seem quite unconcerned : )How sad that the Reserve has lost appeal now , Julie . Time will tell whether they have more visitors in the future . It's a shame we feel that by providing children with play equipment ? we encourage them to be interested in wild life Surely the wild life has all the appeal necessary ? ... i spy charts , pond dipping , trails ..... even discussion ! |
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| feedyourhedgehog | Jul 2 2014, 01:52 PM Post #71 |
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Wonderful photos Julie I love the Canada Gosling ![]() I don't think play areas are necessarily a good thing, when we used to take ours for days out the Eldest didn't want to look at anything just make a beeline for the play area.............we used to try and encourage her to have a look at the real attractions but for her the real attraction was the climbing equipment. A lot of hard work for Parents if you ask me ![]() Your suggestions are spot on Jen.........so much more fun and I know that most children can't get enough of pond dipping
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| celticsparrow-Jan | Jul 2 2014, 06:24 PM Post #72 |
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Lovely photos Julie ![]() They do seem to be going along the lines of the 'theme park' now and I agree it is loosing its appeal to wildlife lovers such a shame. |
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| mick2 | Jul 2 2014, 06:24 PM Post #73 |
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thats a shame about the reserve julie, surely there are enough playparks for kids already in there correct settings. its probably a way for them to make more money! |
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| Grayling | Jul 2 2014, 06:49 PM Post #74 |
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Super photos Julie - such big feet those little moorhens have That is a shame about Pensthorpe, there are enough amusement places already without including them at a Reserve. We didn't like WWT Barnes when we went for similar reasons - it seemed to be the place London people took their little ones who had no interest in the wildlife and just preferred to stomp around the hides - and the parents weren't much better Sounds like it is becoming an expensive day out too. |
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| raptorwatcher | Jul 2 2014, 07:10 PM Post #75 |
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Great photos Julie. I keep meaning to get to Pensthorpe, its a shame if its going to be more full of noisy playing kids than wildlife though:( |
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| Tabatha | Jul 2 2014, 08:47 PM Post #76 |
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Julie. What a shame they have changed things. Glad we went there a couple of years ago. £11.50, that is a bit steep, don't think we will be going there next week.Seems a bit silly as they will only get a lot of children during the school holidays, so why alienate everyone else.
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| Davebutterflyman | Jul 3 2014, 12:00 AM Post #77 |
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Brilliant set of photos Julie ![]() Love the Greylag reflection and the Ruddy shelduck pair. |
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| Night Owl | Jul 3 2014, 12:41 AM Post #78 |
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everyone This is a picture of the new play area, as you can see it must have cost a fortune! , money that would have been better spent on new hides, improving the ponds etc ... I agree with your suggestions Jen there is plenty of ways they can cater for children to interact with nature ![]()
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| happyhare | Jul 3 2014, 06:53 AM Post #79 |
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As usual it's all about making money and stuff the wildlife! I wouldn't go there at that price especially as it would be full of shrieking kids ![]() A super set of photos Julie
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| JennyWren | Jul 3 2014, 07:57 PM Post #80 |
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Fantastic play equipment ... but in the wrong b....y place Does Pensthorpe really want a Wildlife Reserve now or just one big playground . Very sad
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fantastic colours in those photos and aww those babies are to die for



Julie.
the mandarin (haven't seen one of those for years). The baby egyptian geese are gorgeous.
smashing photos , Julie ... all of them but guess what ... i love the cute chicks
& they've hiked up the entry fee to £11.50! it doesn't have so much of an appeal as it used to have (



- such big feet those little moorhens have
everyone
I agree with your suggestions Jen there is plenty of ways they can cater for children to interact with nature
I wouldn't go there at that price especially as it would be full of shrieking kids 
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