We had an earlier start today for a walk around Winchester, avoiding the hustle and bustle of the city centre for the backstreets. We managed to take in ten geocaches, most of which required a certain amount of STEALTH - the usual distractions we use whilst looking for a cache are, looking at bus timetables, pretending to be on the phone, tying up shoelaces etc, we are experts at it! We came across fascinating little nooks and crannies and some very old buildings that I would have liked to photograph but there were always people around (maybe it would be quieter to go on a weekday).
The River Itchen
More ducks - standing around.
We then had to find a geocache six feet up in a tree trunk, this was easier said than done as there were plenty of trees to choose from, having narrowed it down to two, we pretended to be inspecting it's bark as another stealth move. We found that the sycamore tree's bark was covered in ladybirds of all types.
I particularly liked this black ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird larvae
The larvae have almost finished their transformation into harlequin ladybirds.
I have another couple of things I wanted to mention today. On the way to Winchester on a country lane a couple of miles from home I spotted a white peacock sitting on a five bar gate, it was definitely a peacock as it had that distinctive feathery bit on it's head - I was amazed. This morning on the bird feeder we had a short visit from a nuthatch, this is a bird we see very rarely but it's good to see it when it does pop in.
I have just had a look at today's blog photos and don't they look dull and uninteresting? Never mind it was raining to start with and the sun never did come through, that's my excuse.
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