Today my friend Gary (mentioned in previous posts) and I visited the Wolseley Centre – Staffordshire Wildlife Trust HQ!
We’ve had great day, the weather was wonderful. We both hadn’t been before. I was impressed by the variety of habitats (grassland, lakes, rivers and woodland) and species.
Today’s challenge was “invite a friend into nature”, but it was also chance for Gary to brush up on his photography skills (I shall document what we saw below!) And in line with the challenge, I did my best to teach Gary about all the various creatures we came across and the bird songs we heard.
We saw Swallows and House Martins flying above the centre.And this Bee and Bumble Bees on the Purple Wallflower at the entrance of the centre.Not seen Honeysuckle in such a deep yellow before 🙂Gary and myself before our wild walk. Photobombed by a Mallard! 😉Whilst Gary looked through my binoculars, I told him about what he was observing (nice shirt!)A wild sculpture!This time we were photobombed by a Canada Goose! 😉If you remember, I love Oak Trees! This individual has been adopted by Philip Rainsbury and Sue Haycock 🙂Can you spot the baby Rat?Gary’s first ever Chaffinch – to his knowledge 😛One of my favourites of Gary’s snaps, a Great Tit in flight.Some grassland management (I have the camera now)We were watching a male Blackcap.A disheveled Peacock Butterfly (by me)A Common Blue Butterfly (Gary has his camera back)But who took this one?!Willow seeds settled on the pond.Giant Leaves, Giant Snail!A Terrapin?! I was surprised to see this. Taken by Gary with a lens kindly lent by a very friendly chap from Stoke (walking past)St. John’s Wort.A stunning sculpture – very talented work!
There’s still a little bit more for us to explore, looking forward to the next visit! 😀
Canned Wildlife 