Victor Vectis Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Saw the first duckling of the year this morning. Not, alas, on a canal but on the Canoe Lake here in Ryde. All by his/her self but with mummy duck and daddy drake close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Was it singing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmr Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 and last night the wonderful British Lion in Devizes had a barrel of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToScarlet Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Got passed last weekend by the first hire boats from Ely. That's a sure sign spring is here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Our boat is in the water. Always a sign of spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Brummie Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 The 'Autherley Armada' has ventured forth, together with the 'Yellow Perils' from Gailey. Surely spring. Lifted the deckboards today to find a mouse nest in the engine compartment. Busy little devil was not there on Tuesday, but this is more of a harbinger of Autumn, but it was cold last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, Ex Brummie said: The 'Autherley Armada' has ventured forth, together with the 'Yellow Perils' from Gailey. Surely spring. Lifted the deckboards today to find a mouse nest in the engine compartment. Busy little devil was not there on Tuesday, but this is more of a harbinger of Autumn, but it was cold last night. Came back to our boat one year to find a duck's nest on the bow deck. Didn't have the heart to disturb them so waited until the ducklings fledged before taking our first trip out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, WotEver said: Came back to our boat one year to find a duck's nest on the bow deck. Didn't have the heart to disturb them so waited until the ducklings fledged before taking our first trip out. Very wise. The Wildlife and Countryside Act makes it a criminal offence to disturb wild bird nests containing eggs or chicks for most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, BruceinSanity said: Very wise. The Wildlife and Countryside Act makes it a criminal offence to disturb wild bird nests containing eggs or chicks for most of us. Well, we wouldn't have disturbed the nest as such, just taken it on a little cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 We spent the last few weeks in west London the signs of Spring we noticed were more boats moving and lock gates constantly left open by inconsiderate London boat dwellers. I know a few locks on the GU state to leave empty or bottom gates open but we have noticed that they seem to be left open more often than closed now that boats are moving again. last week as we were leaving a lock we saw a boat aproaching so left the gate open for them, as we passed them I said "you timed that well" they replied, "thanks, we left the next one open for you". The next lock was a mile away So glad we are heading away from London now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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