A busy day in the garden

Today we looked for butterflies in the garden we saw peacocks ,red admirals, speckled woods, painted lady, comma ,  and cabbage white.

Tom helped to make a path through the nettles.
Then Tom picked figs and blackberries while Granny cut down the long brambles that were trying to fill the whole garden.

Yesterday Emily helped to pick plums, Tom picked more today.
Then Tom made some crumble to go with the blackberries.

Outside the garden

We went bird watching we spotted a buzzard while we were driving.

Then at Burton Mere RSPB Granny and Tom saw

Mallard ducks

Grey heron

Coots

Moorhens and their chicks

Little egret

Canada geese

Avocets

Lapwings

Black tailed godwit

Blue tit

Robin

Wood pigeon

Tom's favourite was the moorhen chicks. One of them was walking over a lily-pad.

While we walked along the path we saw a lot of bird poo all splatted under some trees. There were lots or blackberries, Tom ate some. We saw brown dragonflies. In the trees there were a wooden woodpecker and two very big wooden bats.

When we got back Tom looked in Granny's garage to see why the car had to stay outside. There were swallow's nests and lots more poo.