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Hi All
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Yesterday we went to visit Walton Lighthouse. I never meet a lighthouse I didn't like
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and this one was no exception. Brings back memories of my young days!
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Between the lighthouse and the lookoff is a fine grove of Mountain Ash. Very nice
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trees up to 15 m and about 15 cm in diameter at chest height. Not many limbs and trunks not
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very straight.  They must be very hardy growing on a headland exposed to the north and in
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range of salt spray from the bay. I am not sure of the species but very different from Rowan tree.
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I couldn't see any fruit on them.
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There was a flock of shorebirds out on the flats. 200 - 300 as a guess - the tide was coming in and
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they kept ahead of it. Several small boats went out as the tide fell, waited part way out and came back in
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on the rise of the tide. They might have been harvesting worms but they were too far away
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to see. Several striper anglers went out a long piece on foot to fish the incoming tide. Their
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confidence in their ability to read the tide was impressive.
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A good hatch of tri-colored bees was feeding on the Knapweed along the bank. They are quite
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small so were this years hatch. We have a good hatch of Bombus impatiens home in our yard
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they are about the same time and are feeding on the various flowers around the yard. Hemp Nettle
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seems a special favorite - I always viewed it as a weed. Depends on your point of view!
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Enjoy the summer
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Paul
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