Encouraged by the Notts Walker, we went to the Idle Valley Nature Reserve just north of Retford to see whether it is suitable for a future VBR walk. We decided against, but just in case you birders want to explore it yourself, here are some photos.
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| ldle Valley Nature Reserve Centre |
The Reserve has several waymarked paths thus. The track above used the Riverside and Woodland routes
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| River Idle heading for the River Trent at West Stockwith |
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| Himalayan balsam - in profusion here |
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| Red admiral |
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| Some of the birds we didn't see |
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| View from Centre cafe |
