29th July 2023 – Chew Valley, North Somerset

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A grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, Congo African grey parrot or African grey parrot, at Chew Valley Lake today.

Is this another sign of global warning? I presume not. More likely it was the pet of the owners of a van parked adjacent to it.

We made a brief stop at the lake before visiting Yeo Valley Organic Garden, one of my favourite gardens in the area.

Yeo Valley Organic garden

At this time of the year there is always a chance to see a variety of butterflies , bees and damselflies and yesterday did not disappoint.

Here are some of the ones I managed to photograph whilst still taking in the full beauty of the garden and not ignoring our friends with whom we were visiting the garden.