A RETURN VISIT TO THE SARA MOREIRA PARK.

My daughter Eva and I did make a return visit to the Sara Moreira Park , but instead of driving all the way there, we decided to park the car in town, and walk along the board walk to reach the park another way. It was about 5.00 pm when we started our walk and we arrived  40 mins later. It's a walk that usually takes 30 mins, but I stopped many times to take photos. It's a very pleasant walk and here are a few images I took along the way, and some rather dark images taken in the shade inside the park. I am going to press the little pencil to add more to this post that I should have mentioned earlier.

I must tell you that we visited the park before the heat wave,  some time in April, when it was much cooler, and before my accident. The result of the xrays I took two weeks ago, show that my ribs have not healed, and there is a misalignment in one of them. I knew that something just wasn't right, but have to wait to see the doctor again.

  

All the photos I took are of the narrowest part of the river.

It widens considerably inside the park. You can see how late in the day it is, by the shadows on the grass.

There are many of these kinds of sculptures inside the park.

A colourful duck in one image, with eyes open, and the other with eyes shut.

This photo was a combined effort. I didn't see it, until Eva said look up to your right, and it was only then that I saw the Wood-pigeon. 

There are always fishermen on the banks of the river.

  

On our arrival we saw a Blackbird in the distance so I was pleased to see one in the sun

The Jay was in deep shade. As you can see, food on the ground was plentiful.

The Tree-creeper took me by surprise, before I could take another shot, it had moved to the other side of the tree, and moved quickly out of sight into the branches..

Another dark image of the Nuthatch. I was very pleased to see it however.

The only butterfly I saw, a very pale Speckled Wood.

Some wild flowers caught my attention.

As I approached the water, I could see two Cormorants.

One seemed to be drying it's feathers, whilst the other preened it's feathers.

I tried to get nearer to them, to get a better image, but I did not succeed. I really needed to be facing them on the other side of the river. I prefer morning light to take photos, not late afternoon. It was a pleasant walk however, and we both enjoyed the experience, even seeing birds in the shade, did not spoil a wonderful nature afternoon,