Tee Lake, Dothill

[cmcmck]

The rest of the photos from Dothill as promised!

Tee Lake is so called because it was deliberately created by the owners of the old gentry house in a T shape on the site back in the 19th century. The house is long gone,  but the lake remains as a sanctuary for wildlife.

You can click on the pics to embiggen if you wish.









This big male swan is a bit of a bully- he was going for the Canada geese!









Handsome chap, though!





The bulrushes are greening up:







And the flag irises are coming along:



White deadnettle coming into flower:







And somebody unusual for these parts. They'd been extinct here for thousands of years but have been re-introduced. This is a red necked terrapin:





And that was our morning in Dothill!
 

Comments

[cmcmck]

It was a piece of pure luck- apparently he's fond of that old tree.

I think the swans were nesting and they can get very mardy when that's the case.