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Birds at Pensthorpe; New photos added 2nd May
Topic Started: Oct 23 2009, 10:47 PM (5,547 Views)
Night Owl
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Thanks Stu :cool:

A few from our visit last week.

Mandarin
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Egyptian Geese
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Shelduck

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Angry duck :giggle:
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A few from the woodland hide
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Night Owl
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Egyptian Goose family

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I'm not sure what had happened here but part of the head seemed to be missing on this one :thinking:

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:thanks1: for looking :cool:
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Davebutterflyman
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Brilliant set of photos Julie :clap3:

The colours on the male Pheasant are fantastic and it was wonderful to see the Egyptian geese family.
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happyhare
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Osprey
:wow2: fantastic colours in those photos and aww those babies are to die for :grin:
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Grayling
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Lovely photos Julie and how sweet the Egyptian Goose family are :wub:

:greatpics:
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Tabatha
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:wow: :greatpic: Julie. :love: the mandarin (haven't seen one of those for years). The baby egyptian geese are gorgeous.
:aww: :cool:
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JennyWren
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:clap4: smashing photos , Julie ... all of them but guess what ... i love the cute chicks :giggle:
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Night Owl
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:grin: Thank you everyone :cool:
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Night Owl
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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 :shrug: & 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
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Ruddy shelducks
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Canada Gosling
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:thanks1: for looking :cool:
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JennyWren
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:giggle: 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 :paul:

Surely the wild life has all the appeal necessary ? ... i spy charts , pond dipping , trails ..... even discussion !
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feedyourhedgehog
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Wonderful photos Julie :greatpics: I love the Canada Gosling :wub:

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 :soapbox:

Your suggestions are spot on Jen.........so much more fun and I know that most children can't get enough of pond dipping :cool:
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celticsparrow-Jan
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Lovely photos Julie :clap2:

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
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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
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Super photos Julie :cool2: - such big feet those little moorhens have :girlygiggle:

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 :doh:

Sounds like it is becoming an expensive day out too.
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raptorwatcher
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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
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:greatpic: 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
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Brilliant set of photos Julie :clap3:

Love the Greylag reflection and the Ruddy shelduck pair.
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Night Owl
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:thankyou: 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 ... :yes: I agree with your suggestions Jen there is plenty of ways they can cater for children to interact with nature :shrug:

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happyhare
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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 :no:

A super set of photos Julie :encore:
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JennyWren
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Fantastic play equipment ... but in the wrong b....y place :panic:

Does Pensthorpe really want a Wildlife Reserve now or just one big playground . Very sad :(
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