Monday, 27 July 2015

Kiltonga Wildlife Reserve (Part 1)

Last month I took my bird class to Kiltonga Wildlife Reserve and all this week I will be showing you photographs and video from our walk round the lake so I hope you will join me.  We discovered a new sculpture in the water of a beautiful Swan and the Coot seems to have taken up residence around it.








Female Mallard with her duckling which you will see better on the video at the end of this post.



The next few images are of views from different places as we walked round.  Everything had very lush greenery and the Cuckooflower and Queen Anne's Lace were in full bloom.  The last shot is a Grey Heron. 








 If the video does not  appear below CLICK HERE.



There will be many more photographs of birds in tomorrow’s post.  However, I hope you enjoyed our walk today and thanks for joining me.

Also many thanks to those who kindly leave comments.
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18 comments:

  1. Elephant's Child27 July 2015 at 15:50

    LOVE that sculpture. And the heron. And the duck and ducklings. Everything...

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  2. Jo27 July 2015 at 19:14

    Hi Margaret. What a beautiful reserve. The sculpture is very regal looking. I loved hearing your voice describing the area and birds. Thanks for sharing. Jo

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  3. eileeninmd27 July 2015 at 21:34

    Hello Margaret, I love the pretty swan sculpture. And the duck family is cute, great shot of the heron. Wonderful post and video! Enjoy your day and the new week ahead!

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  4. Marcia27 July 2015 at 21:41

    Another lovely spot you are sharing with us.

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  5. Gayle27 July 2015 at 22:29

    I echo Jo's sentiment on the video. Maybe it's the accent (which of course you don't have, right?) ; ) Accent or no, you have a lovely voice and the photos were nice. I like the mama wood duck.

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  6. Jenn Jilks27 July 2015 at 22:54

    What a wonderful trip! You must get such pleasure from sharing your skills!

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  7. EG CameraGirl28 July 2015 at 00:04

    I LOVE that sculpture!

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  8. Douglas Mcfarlane28 July 2015 at 01:19

    Interesting looking sculpture and I am looking forward to seeing more

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  9. Nancy Chan28 July 2015 at 01:32

    Hi Margaret, I enjoyed this tour with your class. Love the ducklings, the pond and nature.

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  10. Linda W.28 July 2015 at 05:08

    Those ducklings are really cute!

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  11. Anonymous28 July 2015 at 08:11

    What a beautiful place! It would be wonderful to visit.

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  12. Ruth Hiebert28 July 2015 at 09:21

    Beautiful pictures. The swan sculpture is quite lovely.

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  13. TexWisGirl28 July 2015 at 10:07

    cute heron and ducks. like the sculpture, too.

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  14. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©28 July 2015 at 10:59

    I like your statue, but I love your duckling video. I can never resist those!
    ~

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  15. Sallie (FullTime-Life)28 July 2015 at 11:29

    So Green and lush! You'd think that imposing statue might scare off the little birds!

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  16. Maude Lynn28 July 2015 at 13:11

    Lovely shots! The ducklings are adorable.

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  17. Stephanie29 July 2015 at 12:26

    Beautiful scenery. Lovely statute!

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  18. Tom Mcclea Positive Belfast20 October 2017 at 10:31

    Hi Margaret, Our paths cross once again.I have followed you on Youtube for a few years now. I was over at Kiltonga today and was amazed to see quite a few pairs of Gadwall duck. Naturally I filmed them and put the short film on Youtube. Surprisingly there are lots of Shoveler about too! I was interested in the swan sculpture too and wonder who made it.

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