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    • About Views From an Urban Lake
    • Introducing The Patch
    • Map of the Patch
    • Contact Views From an Urban Lake
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
  • Photography Projects
    • Butterflies of Milton Keynes
    • Dragonflies of Milton Keynes
    • How to Photograph Dragonflies
    • How to Photograph Moths
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    • What is Geocaching – A guide to your new Hobby
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  • Top 5 Birding Spots in Milton Keynes - The best sites in Milton Keynes for birds and other wildlife
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    The 5 best sites to spot birds in Milton Keynes

    Ashley Beolens / 14 January, 2018

    Milton Keynes may not seem the best urban birding location in the UK, but we have our fair share of interesting places for the birds. Sadly many have declined over the years through…

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  • Nature

    Hawfinch Hunting

    Ashley Beolens / 29 October, 2017

    The UK seems to have been hit by a wave of Hawfinch, a usually scarce, large finch, thousands have streamed through the country, and for once Buckinghamshire hasn’t missed out, we have nearing…

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  • Hiking,  Nature

    Willows in the Wind

    Ashley Beolens / 14 September, 2017

    With storm Eileen barreling through the UK in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with winds in excess of 40 miles per hour; and continued powerful winds waving the largest trees like paper…

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  • Nature

    Where are all the Birds

    Ashley Beolens / 12 September, 2017

    The low bellowing of one of the local bullocks, carried on the light winds up the Ouse Valley as I took an early morning stroll around the patch today. A sick feeling little…

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  • Nature

    Back to the Patch

    Ashley Beolens / 4 September, 2017

    Layers of moisture filled the air, as I headed back onto the patch after a summer hiatus, the light spots of rain nothing compared to the heavy, sticky, liquid filled air of early…

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