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With the arrival of a mini summer, I took the opportunity to meet a friend for a stroll around Poolsbrook Country Park. This beautiful park features scenic views of lakes and boasts a few walking trails,  fields, children’s play areas, birdlife, café, and facilities for camping and caravanning.

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There are many birds here, but it seems there are even more than when I last visited. From swans and ducks to Canada geese, greylag geese, grebes, moorhens, and coots, the variety is impressive.  I'd taken some duck food with me, so they had a good feed.

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The area also had a lot of beautiful white doves, one of which was peacefully  sitting in the shade beneath a tree alongside the pigeons.

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The hedges along the trail were starting to burst with colours, particularly the delicate blossoms of the blackthorn.

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Although we were surrounded by the  countryside, the electricity pylons loomed not far away.

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After one circuit of the lake, we could have extended our walk by venturing up the nearby field, but instead, we decided to stop at the café for a coffee!

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