{"id":266,"date":"2019-07-21T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?p=266"},"modified":"2019-07-21T23:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T22:11:19","slug":"flowers-and-birds-at-corsenside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2019\/07\/21\/flowers-and-birds-at-corsenside\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers and birds at Corsenside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was wonderful to work today\u00a0 on the roadside verges project with Jennifer from Revitalising Redesdale &#8211;\u00a0 Northumberland Wildlife Trust. Anne Middleton, Bill Burlton and I were leading small groups in identifying the plants in the churchyard before moving onto the verges.<\/p>\n<p>Especially wonderful because I lived here for over 20 years and have lots of happy memories of events in St Cuthbert&#8217;s 13th century church. If you are visiting, check the altar cloth. Annabel and I worked with the boys in the Sunday School to create it &#8211; well Annabel and the boys did.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31-300x226.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31-1024x770.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31-399x300.jpeg 399w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.57.31.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During that time Annabel and I also carried out a couple of botanical surveys after summer services and picnics with the Sunday School and congregation. It was lovely to see some old friends, to see the results of the scything project and to check whether the bulbous buttercup was thriving.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.47.27-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.47.27-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.47.27-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.47.27.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then Jennifer said Carol (photo credit &#8211; church and rose-bay willowherb) and I could stay to watch Anne and Martin ring the young swallows nesting close by.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-249\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2019\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-07-21-at-21.48.07.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was wonderful to work today\u00a0 on the roadside verges project with Jennifer from Revitalising Redesdale &#8211;\u00a0 Northumberland Wildlife Trust. 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