Showing posts with label Upton Country Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upton Country Park. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Visit to Upton Country Park, near Poole, Dorset on 13th July 2024

It was a lovely morning, so I walked from Rockley Park to Upton Country Park where I saw some playful young calves

There were lots of lovely flowers in the walled garden
Sea Holly

Dahlias


Pale lilac Poppy with bee

More Dahlias


I walked along to the water's edge and saw a Little Egret and Black-tailed Godwit

There was a large group of Black-tailed Godwits in summer plumage some distance away

Unfortunately it began to rain, so I headed to the shelter of the bird hide.  
An Oystercatcher had been digging in the mud.

A Black-tailed Godwit in winter plumage was also looking for food

It was raining quite heavily and I was stuck in the bird hide for a couple of hours!
Little Egret in the rain

The rain eventually stopped.  Here is a view of the railway line that crosses Holes Bay with the Twin Sail bridge in the distance.  This needs to be repaired and, with the twin sections of the bridge in the air, has been out of use for some time.  There is a Little Egret and a Black-tailed Godwit in the foreground.

I called in at Lychett Bay on my way back to the mobile home park and saw a pair of Mute Swan with two little cygnets, one of which is the white Polish version.  It then started raining again!

 

Monday, 20 November 2023

Birds at Holes Bay, Upton Country Park, near Poole, Dorset

In early October I spent a week in Poole and, on my first day, visited Upton Country Park.  I walked back into Poole from the park and, on my way, saw the following birds from the bird hide at the edge of Holes Bay.

Lots of Black-tailed Godwits took flight

A Curlew waded through the shallow water

Several Redshanks were feeding in the distance

As I walked along the path at the edge of Holes Bay, some ducks took flight

A view of the railway line that crosses Holes Bay



 

Friday, 17 November 2023

Lovely flowers at Upton Country Park, near Poole, Dorset, in October

 I spent a week in Poole during October and, on the first day, I visited Upton Country Park.  Below are photographs of the house and some of the beautiful flowers in the Walled Garden.

Front view of Upton House

Rear view of Upton House

Beautiful Orchid

Fuchsia

View of a corner in the Walled Garden

Wonderful mauve/white Dahlia

Purple berries on a shrub

Robin perching on a shrub with hanging flowers

Dahlias

Lovely hanging flowers - I don't know what they are called

Frilly Dahlias