Barbel fishing on the River Trent

Tom had a good session on the River Trent catching his very first barbel. He looks well chuffed.

A brilliant fish weighing in at just under 10lb

This weeks bits and bobs

Three badgers out tonight, always good to see but tonight they stayed in the woods and we could hear them playing, they were very vocal ! 

Common Spotted Orchids. One of our local nature reserves is absolutely covered in them. Looks fabulous ! 

Not too sure what he is eating 

The three ladies of the house trying out Simon's Fathers Day pressie, a new fishing chair. 

A perfect pressie and exactly what he wanted ! 

Linnet 

Meadow pipit and juv

Pixi trying the new fishing chair out for snoozability !

Ragged Robin 

A fantastic sunset

Beaver, River Ericht, Blairgowrie

Just look at what we saw! Definitely a first for us. The evening started off slowly and after a while we thought it wasn't going to happen. So a move further up river was needed and after a few minutes Simon saw movement further up river. What he saw was a massive willow branch being dragged down river by a beaver, soon to come into sight from behind the greenery we were laid behind. Oh wow, it was brilliant. The beaver was being followed by a family of gooseanders which it gave chase to, dropping its willow snack. We eventually relocated it amongst the roots in the opposite bank. Well chuffed with our views, more than happy and knowing we had a further bendy, hilly road to navigate and 80 miles to drive in failing light, we called it a night. A big thank you to Bob and Rhona for the help and to Mike for the contact. Thank you !