CloseEyeOnMay - Page 4 - Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk)'s Photos

May is a magnificent month for nature on the Crane. Luxuriant fresh growth is in evidence everywhere, the dawn chorus is in full glorious cry and the coming summer seems eternal.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Tendrils of the cover theme plant for CloseEyeOnTheCrane are creeping through shady patches of the Crane woodland in May, although the unusual greenish flowers are far less conspicuous.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The sweet trilling of wrens is the most common bird sound along the Crane, although it is always surprising that the rippling song comes from such a diminutive bird.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The hardy Common Nettle often has a bad reputation, but caught in a burst of morning light it can be an object of delicacy and beauty.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The queen of the Crane water margins is Yellow Flag, best seen around Crane Park Island Nature Reserve.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The energy of spring is most charismatically conveyed by the resounding croaks of Marsh Frogs on Crane Park Island. The far carrying territorial calls of the males project from their astounding air sacs.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > After a long night of foraging, a Red Fox curls up to rest on the edge of the Crane Park Island reed bed.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Most hawthorn blossom is white but there are several pink hawthorns along the Crane. This one grows on the northeast corner of the meadow that lies to the west of the A316 crossing of the Crane. Another grows in Kneller Gardens and can easily be seen from Meadway.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Bursting with roe, a female perch finds a still backwater of the Crane in which to lay her masses of tiny white eggs.

Tendrils of the cover theme plant for CloseEyeOnTheCrane are creeping through shady patches of the Crane woodland in May, although the unusual greenish flowers are far less conspicuous.

> Tendrils of the cover theme plant for CloseEyeOnTheCrane are creeping through shady patches of the Crane woodland in May, although the unusual greenish flowers are far less conspicuous.

Tendrils of the cover theme plant for CloseEyeOnTheCrane are creeping through shady patches of the Crane woodland in May, although the unusual greenish flowers are far less conspicuous.

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