North Walsham Memorial Park 

Wild Walk .🥾🥾..

   Today, I enjoyed a pleasurable walk around North Walsham Memorial Park. 

It was windy and raining when I started out and the memorial park was empty except for one lady in the distance, walking a large black dog.

  About 200 corvids, mainly rooks and jackdaws, were spread out, feeding on the grass. Worms and insects tend to come to the surface when the ground is wet, making  a healthy, natural meal for the birds.

Among the corvids, yet warily keeping a distance, were 50 wood pigeons and several gulls. High winds were blowing with occasional heavy showers intermingled with light rain.

 I caught up with the lady dog walker who introduced me to her large friendly dog. 

He was a Scottish, Gordon Setter, aged eight and a half years old. He was 

friendly and energetic, without a single grey hair visible among his immaculate black fur.

 Many beautiful, impressive, aged trees are growing around the borders of this memorial park. The trees are gradually transforming into their autumn colours, with 

many varieties of coloured leaves; red, yellow and brown. A lot of fallen leaves and broken branches were swirling around in the autumnal winds and the showers became increasingly heavier, fortunately I had brought an umbrella along with me.

  I noticed there were thousands and thousands of green and brown acorns lying around beneath the oak trees, creating a jay and a squirrel’s paradise. Sadly I didn’t see either of these creatures today, but I’m sure they are hiding around here somewhere. 

 A huge amount of beech mast was spread thickly under some beech trees and I trod on a thick layer of small, spiky sweet Chestnuts lying on the grass.

  The neighbouring field was full of corvids, with a few gulls scattered around.

The Memorial Garden was sadly empty of people and without plants in flower. However there were some large, impressive, permanent, memorial, plastic poppies, displayed on the war memorial.

Today I walked for 2.86 miles in 1 hour and 5  minutes.

Google Fit awarded me 24 heart points.

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A Walk in North Walsham Memorial Park

Despite the wind and rain, I enjoyed a wonderful walk today at North Walsham Memorial Park. The park was quiet, with only a lady and her friendly Scottish Gordon Setter for company.

I came across a huge flock of over 200 corvids, including rooks and jackdaws, feasting on worms that had surfaced in the wet grass. They shared the space warily with dozens of wood pigeons and gulls.

The high winds were blowing fallen leaves and broken branches all around. The beautiful old trees are just starting to show their autumn colours of red, yellow, and brown. Beneath the oak trees, thousands of acorns littered the ground—a perfect paradise for a jay or squirrel, though I didn’t spot any today!

It was a rewarding 2.86-mile walk, and I’m glad I had my umbrella. What a fantastic way to spend a rainy day!

Google Fit awarded me 24 heart points.

Margaret was quietly sheltering 🙂🙂🎎💕

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