Thursday 20 March 2025 - Dunham Massey Winter Garden

View from the entrance gate, with Mallards and Tufted Ducks

Various distractions have meant Dunham has missed out on our usual regular visits this year, but Thursday's nice weather and a free day enabled Sue and me to enjoy a rare visit.

On our way to the Winter Garden we passed the 500 year old oak tree.

I won't attempt to annotate all the pictures that follow, but here are a few of them:

I don't know the purpose of these little flags!

Acer griseum (says the label)

We left the garden and walked the perimeter of the walled estate. We saw no deer, but Coots and Swans were busy constructing their nests.

Given the excellent weather, this was a perfect way to spend a couple of hours on a March morning.