Singleton Lake

 On May 1st, my Mum, nephew and I went to Singleton Lake.


I didn't find a sign about the lake so here is a picture of the lake in question. The first picture below is Prunus laurocerasus or Evergreen Cherry Laurel, which is evergreen and has large black berries. 




There were quite a few stinging nettles but among them were also these lovely purple flowers and these unusual plants as well.


At the lake were quite a few ducks, among them were two-parent ducks and some ducklings; however, I couldn't get a proper picture, due to how far they were. My phone camera could only zoom out so far.




There was also a dead seagull there. Not sure what killed it, but it was floating at the edge of the lake. There was also a nest in the trees. Again, not really able to get a clear picture.



The edges of the lake was Iris growing there.


As we walked around the lake, in the middle of the lake were two coots, medium sized water birds. I would love to be able to identify which species they were, unfortunately this was the closet I could get a picture from.


Another bird we saw much later was a Swan. All alone for some reason.


My mum saw a rat hiding in the bushes over the lake, it was very hard to get a clear picture, but she tried.

When it was time to go, I saw quite a few molehills among the dandelions near the car park.



Then I saw this weird cone shape on this fallen tree bark, finally, we spotted this common frog that was quite tiny. It was staying perfectly still, probably hoping I didn't notice him but I did and got a picture.




Tomorrow I'll be checking out the nature reserve in Ashford. There should be plenty of wild garlic there.

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