Tuesday 11 September 2018

Temple Newsam

Just a few photos from a walk around Temple Newsam a couple of weeks ago before my daughter started back at school, she mostly wanted to see the farm there but we also explored the house and grounds including the old woods, which everyone else seemed to be ignoring.

There were a few Swallows flying in and out of the farm buildings and quite a few Starlings and Sparrows on the buildings too.

Swallow 


Magpie


The noise from the farm animals was almost overpowering especially from the pigs, almost feeding time I think!


I don't think I can ever hear a Turkey gobble without smiling, it is the oddest noise!


Crow


We took a walk through the old woods, which were very quiet bird wise (as well as people wise) but when we reached the bottom and looked up the field a Deer was at the edge. We saw Deer in these woods the last time we were here. 



This little area off a boardwalk was covered in dancing Speckled Wood butterflies, it would I guess normally be wet but after the dry summer we've had there wasn't a drop of water.



I think this is an old golf course, we found a couple of markers at the side.


It was busy by the ponds lots of families - you don't have to pay to walk around the grounds only the farm and house so it's well used. Despite the noise this Moorhen family seemed oblivious.


On one of the ponds these bees - i'm not sure what species - were congregating on a rock in the water. I've not seen this behaviour before.  


I loved the blue of these pine cones


And the shape of this plant!


The walled gardens were packed with plants, it would have been good to come just a couple of weeks earlier and see everything in full bloom, they're were a lot of white Butterflies around but they didn't sit still long enough for photos.


It was a nice little walk before the madness of school kicked back in.

13 comments:

  1. If you enjoy turkeys, Pam, then you need to make a springtime visit here, when the toms are strutting their stuff to impress the females, and gobbling their heads off! And these are Wild Turkeys that come out of the forest to perform in the fields. It is quite a spectacle.


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    1. That is definitely something i'd love to see!

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  2. This looks like an interesting place!

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    1. It's nice for a walk and the house is quite beautiful inside too if you enjoy that kind of thing :)

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  3. This week the Chimney Swifts returned to my area, it was nice to see them fluttering and swooping overhead. I enjoyed seeing what you found on your visit! The pigs are so cute!!

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    1. Ah all our Swifts have all left us till next year now, I'll miss them! I do love pigs though I didn't know they could be so noisy!

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  4. It looks a great place to go for an outing before the school year re-commences. Interesting to see bees gathered on the rock in the water. The Walled Gardens look beautiful :)

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    1. Yes it's a nice easy walk and I think you'd like exploring the house :) We watched the bees for a few minutes, it seemed to be a bee drinking spot!

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  5. Have not been here for quite some time, nice place for a walk and a wonder, the bees would have been taking on water, like you said there is not much about at the moment. I so love walking round walled gardens, and well done on spotting the deer. Not sure what the plat is, it looks like a morphed Blackberry !
    Amanda xx

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    1. I must admit i've only been here a handful of times. It's a wonder that the deer are around with all the people on the groungs though to be fair nobody else seems to venture from the area immediately around the house! The plant is an odd one, I couldn't see anything that said what it might be!

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  7. Temple Newsum park looks beautiful and haven't been in a while! Where in the park are the pine cone trees? Need to return for walk!

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    1. It's a lovely walk. The Pine trees with the blue cones were near the end of the ponds as you walk to the walled garden :)

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