Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Videos on You Tube

There are several videos of Kelsey Gardens on You Tube.
See the new section of video links on the website.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Busy day at Kelsey

Despite six inches of snow and a cold, dull, foggy morning as the photos taken at South Lake show, there were plenty of people out and about at Kelsey Gardens this morning and Chris was doing a roaring trade. Remember the refreshments Bar is open every Saturday and Sunday throughout the winter, even when it is snowed in.

Friday saw a rare visitor to South Lake in the form of a Bittern, which was sat up a tree overlooking the lake. There are not many of these in Britain and they are secretive birds inhabiting the reed beds around lakes. I assume it was in the tree because the pond was frozen over and its source of food inaccessible.
There is a photo of it on the photos blog.

Click on the photos to see larger versions.





Photos by Chris Cox

Friday, February 3, 2012

More advance notice

Watch this space for details of forthcoming events.

The May Splash will be held on the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. Also in May, as previously announced, Michael Flowers will be holding his birdwatching taster sessions.

On the first Saturday in June - the 2nd, Hull Model Boat Club will be holding their annual open day.

But before that on April 22nd, Kelsey Gardens will be holding its second Power Tool Regatta. So this is a good time to start preparing your boats. Please see earlier blogs for the rules and photos from last years event.

Further details on all these events from Ian.