September Quick Roundup
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Mallards' retreat
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| Cromer |
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View from the Theatre Royal, Norwich
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Rainbow behind the birch
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Coffee and almond croissant
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St James's park
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Prom 59
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"Not only is it the end of summer, but the end of the Proms!" -- Overheard at the Albert Memorial.
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| Sloes |
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Comma on ivy flower
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Squab/'Pidglet' on the rotary drier
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Large/Cabbage White, male
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The tomatoes continued cropping, but by the end of the month vigilance for blight was required.
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Old Cherry tree
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| Cygnets |
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| Moon rise |
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Dead Swallow-tailed moth upon the path
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Pinkfeet small skein
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High flying and calling Pink-footed Geese 'Pinkfeet' returned, their evocative calls always a joy upon its first hearing of the season.
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In conversation: Cattle Egret and cattle
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Pinkfeet descending
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X marks the spot
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Four cygnets remained of the five seen earlier on this lake in July.
Countless leaves of matter, light and shade.
Overnight it seemed, the trees showed a warm blush to their tops. Not just Horse Chestnuts and some early beeches changed their leaves.
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Pinkfeet
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Spoonbill preening
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Stubble to stretch your hooves upon
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Sunlit Spoonbill
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Greylag Geese to the west
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Pink-footed Geese to the east
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Setting sun, Starlings
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A small Starling mumurmation formed one evening, ahead of the larger gatherings soon to take place later in autumn and winter.
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Cranes family trio
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Pink-footed Geese
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Pink-footed Geese at twilight
Tawny owls called at night, a sure sound of autumn. Bats still flew about at dusk.
One night, a frog crossed in front of the car; the headlights illuminated what appeared to be gargantuan leaps.
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Sloe gin
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Following the fresh harvests of summer, preservation or transformation processes followed in with the autumn. It's a poor year for sloes after the wet spring, but I found enough for the traditional gin, as well as leaving plenty behind for nature (and perhaps another forager). A portion of a glut of Cox apples was used for apple liqueur.
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View across the marshes
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Rain over the broad
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Rain over the river Yare
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Red Admiral on bramble
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Fresh, newly-emerged Red Admirals attended brambles and ivy, the latter just beginning to open its flowers.
September ended on a very wet and dull note.
