#blashford lakes

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23/11/2024-View, Gadwall and Pochard on a wet day at Blashford Lakes where it was great to spend time in the tern hide, snail at home this evening and Greenfinch in the garden in June, Ring-necked Parakeet at Testwood Lakes last Saturday, Japanese fatsia in Winchester and autumn leaves in Abbey Gardens on Wednesday and Buzzard at Lakeside Country Park yesterday.

At Blashford Lakes today it was also nice to see Goosanders, the Maccoa Duck and Red-crested Pochard there, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Mute Swans, Common Gull, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Coot, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, a Kingfisher flying by, a nice couple of groups of Starlings and bramble leaves.

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Blashford lakes | Best Attractions, Facilities, Best time to visit

Blashford lakes | Best Attractions, Facilities, Best time to visit

Blashford lakes Blashford Lakes is a Nature Reserve located on the edge of the New Forest, 2.5 miles from Ringwood. The Blashford lakes are a bustling centre of activity, with thousands of birds including kingfishers, lapwings and oystercatchers. Lapwings are particularly abundant, with over 1,000 present during the breeding season. The lakes are also home to a variety of other wildlife,…

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Dorset 2020: 11th January

Dorset 2020: 11th January

Day one of our 2020 trip to Dorset saw us travelling down from London to Weymouth. We stooped off at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire for a couple of hours in the afternoon and although we didn’t record a large number of species, we did see some good ones.

Arriving at the reserve we went straight to Tern hide and were soon watching a distant Long-tailed Duck, a species which is more commonly found…

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Kingfisher - Blashford Lakes, Hampshire UK

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NatureofDorset: RT @markwright12002: Mandarin (m+f) dropped in this morning Blashford Lakes, Hampshire @HantsIWWildlife https://t.co/8gTpE2caXT http://dlvr.it/R3dhlb http://dlvr.it/R3dhlb

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Finally got to see a bittern today at Blashford Lakes, taken through the glass but not bad either way. Also a nesting robin and a great crested grebe 😊 #bittern #robin #europeanrobin #greatcrestedgrebe #blashfordlakes #hampshire #springwatch #bbcspringwatch #spring #nesting #birds #bird #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography (at Blashford) https://www.instagram.com/bryan.the_cat/p/Bu39-6aHKPB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n1nms9qvst68

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Tufted Ducks - Aythya fuligula

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19th October 2024: An autumnal birch, splendid Kingfisher we got amazing views of this one hearing the plop as it dived out of view into water behind trees too seeing others as well a wholesome and exciting experience as always which it was great to share with others in the hide, Robin, wonderful eyelash fungi and Goosander on a brilliant afternoon at Blashford Lakes.

I also enjoyed seeing Nuthatch, Coal, Great, Blue and Long-tailed Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Little and Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Cormorants, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon, Fallow Deers, Peacock butterfly, Red Admiral, Migrant Hawker, hornet, wasp, forget-me-not, some vervain in the garden, spear thistle, gorse, blackberry, my first candlesnuff fungi of the year always a great mysterious one to see, fantastic red fly agaric mushrooms for the third Saturday running I love seeing them and am having a great autumn for them and turkey tail. It was also brilliant to hear Water Rail. Goldfinch and sedum seen and Raven heard were nice at home today.

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New life radiates from a fallen oak | Environment | The Guardian

 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire Dead trees don’t get much of a press. For each one remembered, a million will be forgotten

Lying parallel with the path, over-arched with brambles, cloaked with feather mosses, this large trunk so blends into the shrubbery that it’s easy to pass by without even noticing it.

Though dead for many a year, it radiates life. Ferns flourish in fissures in its bark. Bedstraw is already spreading from the seedbed of decaying detritus under the moss, and a birch is growing from a deeper deposit where branches were cut when it fell.

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(via New life radiates from a fallen oak | Environment | The Guardian)

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RT @wrongsocksgirL: Kingfisher ~ I’ve not found them easy to find or photograph but my love for them is infinite 💙🧡 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire #kingfisher #underthebirdwork #TwitterNatureCommunity @Team4Nature @iNatureUK @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @HantsIWWildlife https://t.co/SCtrGvaU9c

Kingfisher ~ I’ve not found them easy to find or photograph but my love for them is infinite 💙🧡 Blashford Lakes, Hampshire#kingfisher #underthebirdwork #TwitterNatureCommunity @Team4Nature @iNatureUK @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @HantsIWWildlife pic.twitter.com/SCtrGvaU9c

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Review: The Artificial Jungle (Hell in a Handbag)

Review: The Artificial Jungle (Hell in a Handbag)

Lauren Emily Whalen | October 8, 2018 | 0 Comments

     The Artificial Jungle

Written by Charles Ludlam at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont (map) thru Oct 28  |  tix: $32-$39  |  more info         Check for half-price tickets         

        Dark camp done right

        Hell in a Handbag Productions presents      The Artificial Jungle

Review by Lauren Emily Whalen

Including the phrase “trigger warning,” which Artistic Director David Cerda drops in the house speech, while referring to The Artificial Jungle’s use of strobe lights and simulated gunfire. Celebrated campmaster Charles Ludlam’s final play is chock full of brutality – death by piranha, daily rat deliveries, hair that is almost offensively big – and thanks in large part to director Shade Murray, it’s all darkly hilarious. The Artificial Jungle is Handbag’s first Charles Ludlam and without a doubt, one of its strongest productions.

An amalgam of film noir, Macbeth and 80’s-ploitation, The Artificial Jungle follows New York pet store owner Chester Nurdinger (Ed Jones). Dopey but happy, Chester is doted on by his mother (Cerda), but has no idea his wife Roxanne (Sydney Genco) is trying to kill him, with the help of sexy drifter Zachary Slade (David Lipschutz). The Artificial Jungle is a worthy follow-up to Handbag’s second smash summer run of The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, the 2017 iteration of which was also directed by Murray. Both are Handbag at its finest: over-the-top and silly, with tight pacing, epic wigs and the barest hint of genuine warmth among the oft-nasty antics.

Cerda has his own following: as his Mother Nurdinger entered on opening night, resplendent in a tall gray wig and a fetching housedress, several members of the audience applauded. Indeed, he’s built a gay empire: a long-successful theater company that pushed gay representation long before diversity in pop culture was, well, popular. When Cerda channels a somewhat…challenged Mother in the second act, the laughs get louder. He’s wisely chosen a show by Ludlam, the godfather of dark camp, and handed the directing reins over to Murray, whose impressive bio includes credits at Steppenwolf, A Red Orchid and Writers’ Theatre, among others.

  Murray once again proves his mettle as a director by amping up every bit of ridiculousness Ludlam’s script has to offer – and then some. The music cues (brilliantly designed and composed by Brando Triantafillou) are appropriately soap opera-esque. Keith Ryan’s wigs and Kate Setzer Kamphausen’s costumes are loud and colorful, festooned with animal prints befitting the exotic pet store full of parrots (that don’t actually talk) and eager, bloodthirsty piranhas. Speaking of the latter, Mark Blashford’s puppets almost steal the show all by themselves – hungry snakes and baby mice add to the hilarious menagerie and provide a lot of laughs.

Everyone’s well-cast, from Chazie Bly’s clueless law enforcement officer to Genco’s horny, conniving housewife (think Fran Drescher with ‘roid rage). Though at times Jones and Cerda fumble their dialogue, Murray’s smart staging and actor-coaching smoothly guide the audience past The Artificial Jungle’s few hiccups. If you’re into the idea of a bloodier version of Little Shop of Horrors minus the wistful singing, plus adult content, The Artificial Jungle is a thoroughly fun hour and forty-five minutes. Grab a drink, bop along to the piped-in preshow pop music and watch what happens when ruthlessness, tarantulas and hair full of secrets spectacularly crash.

   Rating: ★★★½   

The Artificial Jungle continues through October 28th at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont (map), with performances Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays 3pm.  Tickets are $32 in advance, $39 at door (students/seniors: $25), and are available by phone (773-327-5252) or at Stage773.com (check for availability of half-price tickets). More info at HandbagProductions.com.  (Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes, includes an intermission)

Photos by Rick Aguilar Studios 

   artists

cast

Chazie Bly (Frankie), David Cerda (Mother Nurdinger), Sydney Genco (Roxanne Nurdinger), Ed Jones (Chester Nurdinger), David Lipschutz (Zachary Slade)

behind the scenes

Shade Murray (director), Samantha Gribben (set design), Kate Setzer Kamphausen (costume design), Rachel Lake (lighting design), Brando Triantafillou (sound design, original music), Keith Ryan (wig design), Adrian Hadlock (props design), Mark Blashford (puppet design), Lana Whittington (violence coordinator), A. Kay Wyatt (production manager), Alexandra Hazen (stage manager), Rick Aguilar Studios (photos)

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Tags: 18-0939, A. Kay Wyatt, Adrian Hadlock, Alexandra Hazen, Brando Triantafillou, Charles Ludlam, Chazie Bly, David Cerda, David Lipschutz, Ed Jones, Hell in a Hanbag Productions, Kate Setzer Kamphausen, Keith Ryan, Lana Whittington, Lauren Emily Whalen, Mark Blashford, post, Rachel Lake, Rick Aguilar Studios, Samantha Gribben, Shade Murray, Stage 773, Sydney Genco

Category: 2018 Reviews, Hell in a Handbag, Lauren Emily Whalen, Stage 773

Source: http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2018/10/08/the-artificial-jungle-review-hell-in-handbag-productions/

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Naturelog 12 January

As we did last year Sue and I started the year off with a week in Weymouth in Dorset. On the way from London, we stopped off at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire. This gem of a reserve we discovered for the first time on the way home from Dorset last year.

Our first stop was Ibsey water but apart from a party of Linnets, a Little Grebe and some distant gulls, most of which seemed to be Lesser…

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Nuthatch (at Blashford Lakes Study Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6Y8NbATfC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a44o3flyc3ym