Discovering a new walking / photography area "De Schamer"

This morning after i brought the wife to work again, she can't drive her self at the moment due to visual issues and public transport not availeble in that area at that time so i just get up at 5 am to drive her .

On the way home i decided to walk and discover a new area for maybe wildlife photography , i brought the Sony a7II with the Sigma 150-500mm lens just incase there might be some wild life this morning.

After we have only lived here since Dec 2024 so plenty new areas to discover.

Now before we start get a some coffee and go to the bathroom and put on some good walking shoes , because we have a lot of pictures to show .

The clouds were threatning with rain , but lucky for me it didn't rain.

The first wild plant i saw was Heracleum mantegazzianum [ giant hogweed ] , always be very carefull with those
as wiki pedia mentions : "The sap of giant hogweed is phototoxic and causes phytophotodermatitis in humans, resulting in blisters and scars. These serious reactions are due to the furanocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant. Consequently, the jurisdictions of many regions consider it a noxious weed."

Only allowed to be here between sunrise and sunset , stay on the path , etc.

The grass is flowering in all kinds of colours

To the right there is a path towards a willow tree

And straight forward there is a pond it seems
let's start with the pond .

hmm differend colours .. yup that is the smartphone , but still a nice reflection on the water.

nice quit water surface perfect for reflections and maybe also a good spot for some timelapse photography.

on the left side there was some reed

And at the end on the right too

At the end of the pond was a small island
but no wildlife to take pictures of.

so back to the road / path again

Such a nice pond but no wild life to be seen , very strange.

More flowering grass good to see that they don't cut everything down here , that might increase the chances on finding macro subjects next time.

Such a wide are , you hear plenty of birdsongs but nothing visible on the water .

oh look at the back of the field could that be some wild life , time to get the big lens again and put the phone away for now .

Oh look @karinxxl we do have deers in this area too , not easy to get it in focus due to the reed growing in front of it , and the wind blowing it left and right .

Luckely the distance was long enough and the wind was blowing towards me, other wise she would have smelled me.

I definitly need to come back here with the tripod and remote trigger.

Red clover flowering but no bees or flies yet to be seen .

Ahh there is that one again the
Heracleum mantegazzianum [ giant hogweed ]

Flowering thistle also no bees or flies , really odd maybe it's still to early

Ohh we cant go there ...

Hmmm differend kind of wildlife running arround here .

Flowering buttercups but no insects to see ..

Observation post for bird watchers

nice decorated with paitings of birds , but no birds to see when you peek through the holes ...

so onward we go...

more flowering grass

and another type of grass flowering

And then we had these pink flowers

And a complete hill with that specific plant Heracleum mantegazzianum [ giant hogweed ] and from the look of it someone has been cutting them down .

And another jetty , and more reflections

And o look finally some wild life can you see the ducks ? No ? ok i'll grab the big lens again .

There we go , now you can see them with reflections

looks like they don't like to be seen together she is swimming away ..

there was a bird but when i pressed the button it was gone ..

and there is the Heracleum mantegazzianum [ giant hogweed ] again , and it's about to flower .

hurray i see the carpark on my way home to get some coffee , and start writing a post for al those people sitting or stil sleeping at home.

If you want to ge to this place one day you can find the area here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/W3Bt91WXreV9PXDx9 on google maps .

I hope you enjoyed this early morning walk from 07:00 till 08:00

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