Shipley Country Park - Osborne's
Detour
w/e 12 December 2021
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Kodak DX6490
Storm Barra blew through the
district this week and the wind was still blowing when we ventured
into Shipley Country Park and made our way to Osborne's Pond.
We'd taken a bag of corn with us as we knew the weather would
have kept many people away and the birds at Osborne's Pond would
be missing the attention they usually get at the feeding area.
As we approached they all gathered on the "beach".
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And they really were hungry and gathered at our feet for a feeding
frenzy.
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There isn't normally a beach at the pond but the water level
is much lower than usual.
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We began to walk around the pond taking the left hand path here.
We would return via the right hand path.
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The reason for the lower water level is because it has been reduced
intentionally to allow for routine inspection and maintenance
work to be carried out on the dam wall and spillway alongside
Shipley Lane.
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Shipley Lane is in fact closed whilst the work is carried out
so we could not continue around the pond and this is where the
detour began.
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So we turned right and walked up Shipley Lane towards Derby Lodge.
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Before reaching the Lodge we turned off to continue up the hill
over one of the paths mowed into the grass. Storm Barra had left
the grass waterlogged and it was quite slippery.
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At the top of the hill we turned right and headed towards Cinderhill
Coppice but turned right again before reaching the coppice to
descend to the pond.
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As we reached the pond we found all the birds had disappeared
from the feeding area and not only that so had all of the corn
we had left for them!
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