Last day of September. 30.9.2020.

 Yesterday after lunch at KFC with a friend, we sat in our own cars with a space between us and I sat in my drivers seat and he in his passenger seat.

Its the new way these days isn't it, there again if we had gone to a pub we could have sat inside as long as we were out by 10-00pm!.  

On the way home as it was such a nice day decided to take Pepe for a walk round Debdale park and reservoirs. It was quite quiet for a change and went we got on the reservoir there was a heron sat there only about 10 ft away!.

Very regal birds aren't they.

The swans were taking an afternoon nap as well, no territorial squabbles here as I think they are all juveniles, next spring will be a different story. 

A nice colourful pigeon, I know some of you might think I've spelt colourful wrong but that's the way we spell it in the UK. 

One of the Great Crested Grebes on the water.

A few planes going across, this one must be at 25.000ft, must be chucking out a few more pollutants out than my car!, no wonder the air is fresher at the moment with most of them grounded. 

The trees are getting their autumn colours now and its a nice time of year to get out with the camera.

The Hyde road widening system is coming on now with the grey brick facing coming along nicely.

Must be getting near the time for them to join the new to the old, what a nightmare that will be as they don't work at weekends and that would seem the time to do it when there isn't as much traffic, but that's being too logical isn't it!.

 

The Goldfinches and sparrows are all doing well in my garden, but others seem to have disappeared, perhaps migrated. 

This is a Dunnock in my garden I think, as you can see its beak is a lot slimmer that a house sparrow.

                                                       Today it was a trip to Pepe's groomer, he doesn't seem to be bothered about it as he's been going for eight years there, but he's always looking out of the window to see if I'm there to pick him up, it's a dog thing isn't it, can you think of anything as loyal!.

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September nearly gone already. 24.9.2020.

After a drizzly start to the day it brightened up quite well, though still cool, but what can we expect with September nearly gone!. 

A walk round Debdale Park a couple of days ago and snapped these nice roses in the garden reserved for the Volunteers who do a great job keeping the park looking nice for us!.

Don't ask what the names are, all I know is that they are a credit to the people who give their time and effort to produce them.

Round the reservoir saw this nice looking pigeon, sure its followed me there from home  

Still only the one Great Crested Grebe there.  

Our visit to Pear Mill today for a bite to eat and a chat was nice as usual and the table decoration today was this nice big flower.

You can see some parts of the stalls in the back ground.

My Goldfinches are still doing well and I'm getting well over a dozen everyday, think this couple are from the first of this years brood, as they seem to be getting their red faces now.

One of the regular pigeons at home.

The Cotoneasters I planted a couple of years ago are getting big now, they will provide some tasty berries for the birds in the winter months a head. 

Got these nice white heather's from my friends Bob and Joyce the other day when I popped round with a pressie for Joyce's birthday, not polite to ask ladies their age is it!.

After the BBC cancelling the over 75s free TV licences they have had the cheek to give these people a whopping big pay rise, that's a slap in the face isn't it.

Perhaps we should have a whip round for the couple that have had a pay cut!, there again they are still getting plenty.

At this bad time it's a shame for some of the OAP's sat at home and their only enjoyment is a bit of telly even if its a lot of rubbish on at the moment, but that's only my opinion.

  

Well gripes out of the way, better finish before I upset anyone.

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Always guard your rear while in hospital,

Remember your in Enema country.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away,

but an onion does the job for a week.

Did you hear of the chap that swallowed all the tiles from a Scrabble set.

Doctors said the problem will eventually work itself out, but not in so many words.

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More Debdale Park and reservoirs. 19-21.9.2020.

 Weekend and Monday down at Debdale Park and Gorton Lower Reservoirs.

It was a lot quieter on the reservoir than in the park, so we went there at the weekend and the sailing cub was in action, which brought back happy memories of my times there doing windsurfing and canoeing lessons!, once I'd finished doing shift work, and could attend all the classes.

These must be a new thing, inflatable dinghies don't remember those, still times change and many new inventions come in all the time don't they.

Looking across the lake from the Fallowfield Loop path.

You will pass these stones as well.

No worries about social distancing round the reservoir, hardly anyone there only the serious runners!. 

The leaves on the trees are starting to change colour now and I think its a nice time of year with all the colours about, trouble is it doesn't last long, at least you will be able to see the birds a bit better without the leaves specially the Ring Necked Parakeets. 

A black backed gull and a juvenile. 

The swans seem to be doing well here and as the lake is so large there doesn't seem to be any territorial problems.

I'm on top of the world Ma!, remember Jimmy Cagney saying that!. 

Not sure what this one is, has the colouring of a Moscovy duck but not the red face, perhaps a mutant!. 

A squadron of Canadian geese coming in to land, you can see the colours of the trees as well.  

It's only the chap with the hat and the little dog Pepe, they usually have some seed with them.

Just the one Great Crested Grebe today, one of my favourites as it's what started me off as a twitcher.

Spotted a couple of Little Grebes today, very shy little birds, usually only see their fluffy bums!.

But with a bit of patience caught this one from the front.

Thought they were starting to have a scrap then realised this one was a young coot come to see what the little grebes were catching. 

Last but not least was this male Tufted duck with his bright yellow eyes shining in the sunshine.

Well, that's it for another day down the reservoir.

Did notice in the car park that the older people were using their feet to open the swing gate into the park, but the younger people were mostly using their hands!, so the amount of people passing though that gate only needs one of them to have the virus and it's passed on to everyone, no wonder the count is going up again.

The pubs remain open, though closing early at ten, still plenty of time to get rat legged and social distancing to go out of the window again.

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She confused her Valium with her birth control pills!, she now has 14 kids, but doesn't really care!.

 Why are there no recreational drugs in suppository form?.

How do Eskimos stop their teeth from freezing?, they grit their teeth.

Its the way I tell em!.

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