#Bishopstoke

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06/07/2024-Mute Swan, views and meadowsweet which it was great to see so much of a beautiful plant on a walk from Bishopstoke along the River Itchen and Jackdaw at home

The walk from Bishopstoke is one I've done for as long as I remember a key one we did in my childhood alongside other spots along the Itchen navigation like Shawford and Otterbourne, often walking from Bishopstoke to Shawford passing the Otterbourne areas on the way; but for one reason and another I've had my longest hiatus of doing this walk having not done it since June 2021 so it was great to re-connect with it today. Not long after I last walked there I saw a Chris Packham documentary 'The Walk that Made Me' where he walked along the Itchen which took in the area we went today so I found myself similarly to him reflecting on how this walk shaped me today. On the lovely walk I also enjoyed seeing Kestrel really well, Moorhens, Swift, House Martin, Blackcap, marsh woundwort, silverweed cinquefoil, forget-me-not, purple loosestrife, hogweed, herb-Robert, wood avens, demoiselles, Red Admiral and great views of Large Skipper.

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Fears for Michaela Smith after woman, 28, vanishes two days ago in pink coat in Bishopstoke

FEARS are rising after a woman vanished without a trace two days ago. Micheala Smith, 28, was last seen in Bishopstoke, near Southampton, Hampshire, at around 2.15am on Saturday. 1 Michaela wearing a salmon pink coat with a fluffy hood and is described as white and 4ft 11ins.Credit: Hampshire Police She was last seen wearing a salmon pink coat with a fluffy hood and is described as white and 4ft…

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Bishopstoke dog attack victim's compensation delay could last 12 years

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Bishopstoke dog attack victim's compensation delay could last 12 years

A WOMAN is still waiting for thousands of pounds in compensation after a vicious pack attack left her traumatised and with scarring to her arms. Julie Hayward’s pet dog had its ear torn off in the brutal attack more than two years ago. She was��left with gaping wounds to her hands, arms and legs after […]

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‘In 1972 and 1973 I spent several hours on several occasions at a house in Nelson Road where the occupants… seemed to be living in a world of fear...’

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Brindle Driveway with Contrasting Border in Eastleigh, Bishopstoke

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Brindle Driveway with Contrasting Border in Eastleigh, Bishopstoke

This block paving driveway has been completed by Formpave Driveways in Eastleigh, Bishopstoke.

We dug out the original driveway and laid a new hardcore foundation on top of a heavy duty weed protective membrane.

We laid the driveway in a herringbone pattern using Brindle paving blocks, with double Charcoal, single Buff and single Charcoal border for contrast.

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[grandmaster-anne]

17 November 2022 The Countess of Wessex visited Open Sight Hampshire, 25 Church Road, Bishopstoke, to celebrate their Centenary and was received by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire (Mr. Nigel Atkinson). 📸: Open Sight Hampshire

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St Mary, Bishopstoke, Hampshire

[paulapuddephatt]

BP flower by Robert Oosthuizen Via Flickr: From Valerie's garden at Mulberry lodge.

[tomoyo-chidori-daidoyi]

Mi segunda novela, "Fuego", perteneciente a la saga Bishopstoke, se encuentra en Amazon 😉😉

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Evening geometrics and Zhiyong caoshu study. Construction of the Golden rectangle, using vertically doubled circles to define the perpendiculars. Bishopstoke English handmade paper (1950s) #geometry #sacredgeometry #vintage #compass #dietzgen #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern #kabbalah #qabbalah #sefirot @theritmanlibrary @embassyofthefreemind #calligraphy⁣ #lettering⁣ #handlettering⁣ #italic⁣ #handwriting⁣ #Shodo⁣ #shufa⁣ #書法⁣ #書道 #emptiness_is_a_design_pattern⁣ #calligraphymasters⁣ #design (at Washburn, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XxnQQjYhe/?igshid=ty04bx9zqcif

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Species appreciation post: Kingfisher 

Following the stunning experience of seeing the two so well at Winnall Moors on Saturday where I took the first three pictures in this photoset of the pair and seeing another at Lymington on Sunday in a fantastic weekend of Kingfishers which I took the fourth picture in this photoset of I felt like doing a species appreciation post for this bird. This enigmatic and flamboyant little bird is one of my favourites and has been since the very early days of my birdwatching as a boy. They were one of the birds to grab my attention most from books etc in my fledgling birdwatching interest, I loved their colour as a fan of red with their orangey/red colour mixing so nicely with the blue, the idea of them and how they lived fascinated me and I longed to see one. Thankfully not having to wait too long, as on 8th July 2007 when I was ten years old, funnily with a trip to Arundel WWT planned for the school holidays with the purpose of trying to see a Kingfisher on which we did eventually see one also, on a walk close to our home further along the River Itchen from Winnall Moors from Bishopstoke that amazing moment happened when we saw the electric blue and orange flash of a Kingfisher darting along the river for the very first time something I can still picture now. 

The Kingfisher has continued to deliver for me and everything I said about why I like them above stands, from those schoolboy days where I could recall every time I’d ever seen a Kingfisher to being a species in the right habitats I can depend on seeing now and never fails to amaze me. There is something quite universal about them; from my local country park Lakeside where I took the ninth picture in this photoset of one last year to the coast at Lymington in particular a key spot I see them, to places in different parts of the country like Sculthorpe Moor in Norfolk where I took the eighth picture in this photoset of one in 2020 I have enjoyed many sightings of them. I’ve mentioned quite a lot about how it was the seabirds, particularly Guillemot, Razorbill and Puffin branching into others as time went on that excited me most and helped bind my early interest in birds and how Osprey was the other big bird I was getting transfixed on early on. And the other bird that I was really taking to my heart and was bringing me much joy in those early days was Kingfisher. 

Other notable high points in my time seeing Kingfishers are it being a year tick on New Year’s Day on my traditional Lakeside walk to start the year in 2016 one of my greatest moments on those walks, wonderful autumnal runs of seeing them a lot at different places in 2017 and 2022 and memorably seeing this bird I adore on four of my birthdays my 18th, 21st, 24th and 25th. 

But I don’t think I could mention my relationship with this bird without the photography aspect of it, as when getting into photography it soon became a dream of mine to photograph one. Properly photographing a Kingfisher was an ambition it took me years to achieve, with needing to be quick to do it and often in the right place at the right time. I remember feeling I was seconds away from it at ivy south hide at Blashford Lakes once when a Kingfisher landed right in front of the hide on a post before flying before I could get my camera ready. But I slowly got closer to doing it properly, getting that close up shot of it and it seemed by doing more and more of the what I’d call record shot type photos now like the fifth in this photoset at Hayling Island oysterbeds in Hampshire in 2014 and sixth at Gilkicker Point in 2016 at I was getting closer and closer. And it was at a place I love Blashford Lakes a few years after the memory above in 2017 - alongside Blandford Forum in Dorset and other places mentioned in this post a key site for allowing me to see Kingfishers over the years - where I felt I got that moment taking the seventh picture in this photoset. In a lovely afternoon watching it from the Goosander hide there which I was honoured to have it for me outranked all that I had taken before. It’s funny that I’ve definitely got braver with cropping photos since 2017 so it might not look that much of a close up but it was the shot I wanted. It has been interesting to see if I could match or better it over the years since, I think Saturday’s have come the closest to that and it’s early days I guess but I’d say one or two of the many taken probably did. 

It was good to have achieved the dream in 2017, but I always reflect that with the journey I had it led to trying to photograph Kingfishers being an exciting adrenaline filled thing for me which gives me a photographic relationship with this bird like few others, and I like the journey I went on for it. In the years that followed taking standout Kingfisher photos for me at Lymington on multiple occasions, Sculthorpe Moor, another key Kingfisher place Stour Valley Nature Reserve in Dorset where I got the tenth and final picture in this photoset of a female last September, the Winnall Moors experience at the weekend and some that maybe didn’t work out quite as well, has still had that special buzz about it for me. And in those more recent years I’ve enjoyed simply seeing these beautiful birds when I have. 

This is a bird species like no other which I love so much and has given me so much, I can’t wait to see what this journey throws up next. 

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Project Engineer

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Bishopstoke & Fair Oak

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