Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Sunday September 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Our resident ornithological snapper J F-S has sent us this striking picture of two goldfinches. Unfortunately the photograph is striking in more ways than one!
J F-S says:
Sorry to say the Olympic goodwill has not filtered through to the goldfinch population.
Posted in 2012, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday September 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Proof that there is more than one pot of Gold in yonder hills and dales around Parwich…
– Saskia T
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Posted in 2012, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday September 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Cheryl W for this photo, which was taken at 7.30am this morning.
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Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday September 8, 2012| 1 Comment »
Take a look at this enthralling sequence of photographs taken by J F-S.
Our number one wildlife photographer writes:
Swallows often drink at the Parwich pond. The adult birds do this very neatly just kissing the water. The new young birds take sometime to master the skill. You can see their first efforts in this series of pictures.
Posted in 2012, Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Monday September 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Here are the full results from this year’s Horticultural Show.
Please click on each image to enlarge it.
Our round-up starts with the cups and trophies. Individual winners in each class can be found further down in this post.
The Harry Hopkinson Memorial Cup, for the best floral entry exhibit: Helen Pitts.
Posted in 2012, Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Monday September 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Full results for this year’s Horticultural Society Flower and Vegetable Show will be posted later today. In the meantime, please click “Continue Reading” and then click on any picture to start viewing the gallery. Photos are courtesy of John F-S and Kevin S.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Sunday September 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
JF-S
For those of you who have difficulty in viewing the slide show or wish to see larger images, click below and then click on an image. (more…)
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From JF-S
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Sunday August 26, 2012| 1 Comment »
JF-S patiently spends hours looking for the perfect swallow shots and here he has very skillfully caught the swallow drinking at the pond and then flying off.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Wednesday August 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Full Horticultural Show Programme
For the entry form click here
Posted in Events, Photography on Monday August 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Wednesday August 15, 2012| 3 Comments »
A party of four ducks visited the pond briefly tonight, but JF-S is wondering what are they?
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Posted in Flora, Photography on Tuesday August 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Competition, Photography, Societies on Monday August 13, 2012| 1 Comment »
This year there is a rather special judge for the Photograph competition: an ex-Kodak specialist. He has had a great deal of experience in judging at various shows and competitions. He will not just be awarding points for technical merit but will be looking for originality and interest. If you enjoy using a camera please have a go at the classes in this year’s show on Sunday 2nd September.
For details of all other classes click here.
For the entry form click here.
Posted in Events, Photography on Sunday August 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A record number of visitors visited the Manifold Show yesterday, so thank you JF-S for sending in some interesting photos of the event.
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday August 12, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thanks to our dressage correspondent Patti B, who snapped these three shots aboard the party boat…
Patti’s medal cake at the dressage party
Posted in Olympics, Photography, Sport on Sunday August 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2012, Local Links, Parwich Panoramic 5, Photography, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Our thanks to the @ashbournepeople Twitter account, for alerting us to their photo galleries of this year’s PP5 race.
Posted in Church, Memorial hall, Photography, Young people on Wednesday August 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Photos from the recent “Let There Be Light” summer party have been uploaded to Peak Five’s Facebook page.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Sunday July 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Sent in by JF-S
Posted in 2012, Photography, Posts of Note, Young people on Thursday July 26, 2012| 2 Comments »
JF-S has sent this sequence of photos into the blog catching Wyatt on the move. Just click on any photo to enlarge the image and see them all as a slide show.
Posted in Flora, Photography on Friday July 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
JF-S
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday July 14, 2012| 2 Comments »
JF-S
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A young swallow in St. Peter’s porch.
A swallow resting on the road.
Posted in 2012, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Our thanks to JF-S for these shots.
If anyone has a copy of the race results, could they please mail the blog team on parwich@hotmail.co.uk?
We would also be grateful for any other photos and/or reports from Wakes Week 2012, as the blog team is suffering from an unfortunately timed “staffing shortage” this week.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Tuesday July 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
JF-S
Posted in 2012, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday July 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As you’ll see from these photos, Saturday evening’s rain failed to dampen the spirits of those who took part in this year’s Wakes Carnival Parade, where villagers were joined by the Ilkeston Town Band and, of course, the “happy campers” from Notts D.A.
Each photo can be enlarged by clicking on it.
Posted in Photography, Weather on Thursday June 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
There were some massive rain drops this afternoon during the torrential rain. It would be interesting to know how much rain fell.
Click on the photo to make them even bigger!
Posted in 2012, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Young people on Sunday June 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2012, Flora, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Sunday June 24, 2012| 8 Comments »
Eleven Parwich households opened their gardens to visitors today, and thankfully the rain was kept at bay all the way through the afternoon – a rare stroke of luck, indeed!
This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph – copies of which are still available – carried a full page colour preview of the event, with photos taken from previous years, and perhaps this helped to encourage what felt like a healthy turn-out of visitors.
This year’s delayed summer also meant that we were able to see these gardens at a somewhat earlier stage of development, with poppies, lupins, peonies and aquilegeas all providing unexpected splashes of colour.
Thanks are due to the Parwich & District Horticultural Society for organising the event, which also included cream teas and a plant stall at the Memorial Hall, as well as the childrens’ show of paintings and plants.
If any of our readers has photographs of the childrens’ show, we would be delighted to receive them. In the meantime, here are a selection of shots from this year’s gardens, all of which can be clicked to enlarge.
1. Pond Cottage
2. Cosheston
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Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday June 23, 2012| 1 Comment »
From the trusty lens of JF-S:
An unusual view of a Great Tit.
Swallows enjoying water and sun at the pond on Wednesday.
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Monday June 18, 2012| 2 Comments »
Canada Geese spotted by JF-S
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To fully appreciate this photo and see Parwich from a different aspect, please enlarge JF-S’s photo by clicking on it.
Posted in 2012, Events, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note on Friday June 8, 2012| 1 Comment »
We had an excellent turnout for the Parwich Village Photograph taken at the Memorial Hall last Tuesday. The picture was taken slightly early to take advantage of a lucky lull in the rain.
Many thanks to all for putting up with the ‘arrangement’ of the group and also to John F-S for taking the picture.
You can click here to download a high resolution copy of this photograph. Click on the little picture that appears, then select ‘File’ and ‘Download’. The picture may take a short while to transfer to your computer.
You can also order a colour A4 print of the picture using this form. Photographs cost £1.50 each. The form must be received, together with a cheque, by Saturday 16th June 2012 so the prints can be ordered.
Hope you can spot yourselves clearly!
Posted in 2012, Events, Memorial hall, Parish Council, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday June 5, 2012| 3 Comments »
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