Last weekend we were in the pet shop buying hamster bedding, and on the way out were approached by someone from the local Wildlife Trust trying to attract new members. We talked for a few minutes and decided to join.
We went along to the nature reserve today to collect our copy of the handbook and to have a walk. It was a nice sunny day and we managed to see some wildlife so the place lived up to it's name. There are a lot of ponds with a wide variety of water birds but there are also woodland and grassland areas so there were squirrels and rabbits on view as well.

We were walking down one path and heard a loud 'thrum thrum' sound. We couldn't work out what it was til we saw a swan flying from behind the embankment alongside us, passing overhead towards a pond. It was only the second time I've heard a swan in flight and I'd forgotten how loud they are.