Minsmere.

For us a summertime sojourn to Minsmere starts with a visit to a Pisces the Fishes and buffalo chip shop class in Aldeburgh which is reputed to have the proficient Pisces and chips in Suffolk . We eat them on the beach compass north of the town leave out the controversial untarnished brand sculpture ‘ The Scallop ’ by Maggi Hambling . This statue was unveiled in 2003 and is dedicated to Benjamin Britten who used to walk along the beach here . The top is pierced with the words from Peter Grimes ; ‘ I hear those voices that will not be drowned’ . There was an enormous amount of controversy about this statue being put in a position of natural stunner and it has been vandalize with graffiti and crimson paint many times . There have been petition to have it removed , but on the whole I recollect most people want it to stay .

Further up the coast you come to Dunwich , ‘ the town that fall into the sea ’ . In the 11th hundred , it was the 10th big town in England . Now because of coastal erosion , it is just a small small town . The base on balls round off this part of the coast are tremendous and at the nitty-gritty of it is the RSPB nature reserve of Minsmere . It became famous in the UK this year as it was the site for the popular TV serial ‘ Spring Watch . ’ It is a wizard place on one of the most beautiful part of the endearing Suffolk coast . It covers an region of 1000 hectares which includes woodland , heathland , beach , lagoons and reedbeds . In 1947 the avocet breed her for the first clip in the UK . The RSPB took this beautiful bird with its endearing black and white mark and typical black , upturned pecker , as their logotype . It is now a common sight and we were proud of to be able to get a photo of one . As you go into the reserve you go past Buddleia bushes which are awake with butterfly stroke . We were separate to expect white-hot admirals , silver washed fritillaries , graylings and purple hairstreaks . We just saw commas and reddish admiral . hemipteron are encouraged and there is a beautiful louse hotel . The animals here seem quite fearless , plausibly because they are used to seeing people . This lapin could n’t even be put out to get up when I approached him . The squirrel was every bit fearless , he just face at me coolly when I approach but made no effort to run off . The cute little partridge was a little more cautious but only because his mate had hightail it off . He hover to weigh me up . We made our way through the woodland to the bittern hide because we had learn about the great winner news report in bittern breeding here . Anyone watching Springwatch will have seen plenty of bittern footage . In late strait-laced fourth dimension these intriguing birds were thought to be nonextant in the UK but they have made an astonishing comeback and the keen number of them are found here . Their tawdry nail call is thrill to hear . We were delighted to see a bittern after only watching for a short time .

There is the big herd of violent cervid in England in the wood here but we did n’t see any on this occasion . I loved this spider ’s web shimmering in the sun though .

And these gorgeous toadstool caught my eye . There are extensive reedbeds at Minsmere which are home to many rare birds . There are Marsh Harriers , Reed Warblers and Bearded Tits to name but a few . Otters and water rats make their home here too . There was great excitation in the skin because a very rarified bird , a Collared Pratincole was about . I had never even take heed of this Bronx cheer , but I got caught up in the excitement , especially when we missed it by less than 10 minute when we went into the East Hide . I love watch the birds and there were so many dissimilar waders that it was a problem sort them all out . We were beguiled to pick out the redshank with its distinctive violent legs and long red bill . These cormorant looked as if they were sunbathing .

We made our way to the beach and expire petty streams with water system plants . This is piss crowfoot : Ranunculuspeltatus . We also saw yellow water lily : Nuphar lutea . The common name of this is Brandy- Bottle because it is supposed to resemble a brandy bottle and also because it smells of brandy . The horizon is rather deflower by Sizewell nuclear mogul place which strikes a rather forbidding note into such an good part of the countryside . The lovely Marshmallow;Althaea officinalisis becoming quite rarefied but it grows in abundance here . The perfumed fragility , Marshmallow used to be made from its sticky base . The whole works was used medicinally . Teasels grow in teemingness to .. It used to be call up to heal the acute accent . The closed book was to launch the head up in autumn and find a insect hold back in the center . If you could observe 5 or 7 of these , ( it had to be an odd telephone number , ) you had to seal these worm up in a quill and tire them . That would keep you secure from ague which I retrieve was malaria . Another cure for chills and fever was to swallow a wanderer wrapped in a raisin , which was skanky , but a muckle less bother . Along the beach you could find the lovely glaucous leafage of seakale : Crambe maritima . Most of the yellow horn sea poppy : Glaucium flavumwas over . But we found one plant in blossom . The name comes from the amazing horned seed pods . The Romance name , Glaucium comes from Glaucus , the son of Neptune and Nais , a sea houri . He was rather fond of sportfishing and finally he became a merman and returned to the sea . He love Scylla who was ferment into a rock and roll ; I ca n’t quite remember why , but this variety of thing go on to you a fate in ancient Greece .

you may walk along the beach and return to the bird sanctuary past this piece of nontextual matter made from bit of charge card thrown up from the sea . I have always loved the button flowers of golden buttons : Tanacetum vulgare . It reminds me of a characterization in Cicely Mary Barker ’s Flower Fairy book which I loved as a child . I once planted some of this in my garden but I rue it . It is terribly incursive . Pulicaria dysentericaor Fleabane was used as its name suggests to keep fleas away . I love its short yellow daisy flowers . I love the fluffy seedheads ofTrifolium arvense , Hare’s - foot Clover . it is happy in the arenaceous soil of the sea-coast . I will finish with a very rare prime which is nationally scarce . I had been very excited to see it . It is calledFilago lutescens : Red Tipped Cudweed . It is not to be confused with Common Cudweed . I’m afraid the Pianist was quite underwhelmed by this fiddling peak and I must confess I was a tad disappointed . We had a terrific day , even though The Pianist did add up it up as the day we have to see Red - Tipped Cudweed and nearly saw a Collared Pratincole . I reckon for our next day out he wants to go to London . He ca n’t take the fervour .

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Many year ago we had a weeks holiday in Dunwich and were able to shoot the breeze Minsmere , super place . We find out a Bittern but were n’t as lucky as you , we did n’t manage to see it!Fleabane has put itself into the garden here , I know I should draw in it out but every time I intend about it , it is hide in bees and butterflies and I leave it for another twelvemonth !

give thanks you for taking us along on your lovely day - trip , Chloris ! I enjoy your asides . The steel carving is a good mickle nicer than the statue of a surfboarder adorning the pier of one of our local beaches . I was impressed with the carving made from formative junk too – I desire it serve up as a admonisher not to spoil the sea and other raw spaces with litter .

Oh it sounds as if you had a grand twenty-four hour period out Chloris and I ’m certain that the Pianist enjoyed it just as much as you . I like the stainless steel seashell statue and do not consider it take away from the innate beauty but then my chemical reaction might be unlike if I saw it in situ . With my Dad coming from near Wisbech we visit a lot of seaside town in Norfolk and Suffolk as a minor but it ’s so long ago that I ca n’t remembers all the place we break down to ! sentence to get down there again methinks . I will be checking my teasle thoroughly for louse . I wonder why they had to be in odd numbers .

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What a lovely lieu ! The louse hotel and all the wildlife and beautiful plants – wow ! Interesting that we have red admirals over here , too . They must be a very common butterfly – at least in the northern hemisphere . Thanks for taking us along on this term of enlistment .

Such a beautiful area ! I really enjoy seeing place that are completely reach over to nature . I bed the glitch hotel , one of these days I will definitely make one for my own garden , probably not on that scale though . I had to express joy at the rabbit and squirrel just calmly watching you , they do n’t seem bothered at all .

What a nice sashay . It is interesting to see some plants we only have in garden ( like Glaucium flavum ) growing in their natural environment . The carving look very elegant and seems a nice good word to Britten . I calculate you had to wait a long clock time to spot a bittern . The American bittern is very similar . There are many around here and you hear them blast away in the marsh but seldom see them . One spring we saw the male do a wooing show but we never were able to discern the female person , even if she apparently was right under our eyes .

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