As we have been escaping the garden and going for a walk around our local fields in the last week I thought I might document one and at the same time bust the myth that Suffolk is flat. If you want flat go to Cambridgeshire and the Fens.
Sadly no bird pics as I only had a little lens on the camera but we did see Buzzrd, Skylark, Swallow, House Martin, Robin, Chaffinch, Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit and heard Green woodpecker.
At the top of our drive we look across the churchyard down to the River (?stream) Glem and across to the next village Stanstead, no it does not have an airport!
Turn left and walk along the boundary of the last garden in the village to the start of a footpath around a field where we see & hear Skylarks singing from the garden. This is the first view you get stepping out onto the start of the path, complete with Blackbird and a pair of Collard Doves and loads of Cow Parsley. The view shows the field sloping down towards the rolling fields across the other side of the river (stream).
Further along the path the view opens out to Suffolk big skies.
The field edge is full of Hawthorn blossoms
And under the hedge Cow Parsley.
We are about to walk around the 3rd side of the first field to cross the stream into the next field.
In the corner of the field a chestnut tree in bloom.
The next fields crop is broad bean, I think being grown as a nitrogen soil fixer. Colourful flowers
Looking down the path to the bottom of the hill and the next filed rising into the big Suffolk sky.
Stitchwort in the hedge row of the next field.
Looking back across the fields to the church opposite our drive.
Looking in the opposite direction across the valley to the church in the next village. At one point on this walk in the winter you can see 4 local churches.
Looking back down the hedgerow of the 4th field with Cowslips along the edge and my least favourite yellow crop.
A the top of the field looking across to where we live and the church just visible on the skyline.
Any direction you look from this field junction you can see crop fields sloping down into small valleys
Back along the valley towards home there is an area with quite a lot of Cowslips
Back home to find the Moorhen on the pond.
I hope you enjoy a little wander around my local fields and paths and see that Suffolk is not flat.
Lovely photos and it looks a beautiful area to live.
Of course, as someone living on the edge of the Pennines, I'm officially obliged to say that is still considered flat. I climb bigger hills coming back from the supermarket, although not so green or pretty
Lovely tour of your local patch Tony!