My sister and I had just been ferried across the river from Thorpe St Andrew to Whitlingham Country Park in the low rowing boat as the motor boat would not start.
View of the ferry, boats and cafe
Female Ruddy Darter dragonfly on a leaf
Male Common Blue damselfly clinging to a dried grass stem
Black-tailed Skimmer dragonfly resting on the path
Great Crested Grebe swimming in the water of the Great Broad
Distant Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan and flying Cormorant
Arrowhead aquatic plant and a pair of mating Common Blue damselflies
Piebald Carrion Crow panting in the heat at the top of a tree
There were lots of butterflies on the plants near the edge of the Great Broad
Comma Butterfly on a leaf
White butterfly on a flower
Red Admiral butterfly on Hemp Agrimony flowers
Holly Blue butterfly
Gatekeeper butterfly
Thorpe St Andrew's church tower and the new bird hide on the other side of the Great Broad
Thorpe Tower showing above the trees on the other side of the water
Group of Egyptian geese
Dark-coloured Mallard resting on grass at the edge of the river
Mute Swan family on Little Broad
Female Common Blue damselfly partly hidden by a large leaf
Purple Loosestrife flowers in front of the new bird hide
Very well-disguised dragonfly!
Back at the ferry point at the edge of the river in Whitlingham Country Park and waiting for the ferry man to collect us - this time in the motor boat, thank goodness!
We stopped at the cafe for a cold drink and a chicken joined us on the table!
The chicken had a friend! They went to visit another table where cake was on offer!
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