Fairytale Castle
article written by TW.
Well, despite the massively predictable bank holiday weekend weather here in the UK, a visit to Bodiam Castle was well worth it.
Bodiam castle is a National Trust property located in Sussex (not far from Hastings). It was built in the late 13th century as a “fortified home” for an English adventurer returning from France. It could well be argued that it isn’t really a castle, as it was more of a “manor house” with a moat and crenelations… This picture shows the front entrance of the castle - if there is interest / time, I will upload more pictures in the future.
One other odd thing, was a strange looking duck. Being a City Dweller, I am not really up to speed on what water fowl look like, so this one caught my eye. Can anyone confirm what it is please?
As always, feedback welcome.
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Luna_the_cat
wrote:
Given the unusual bare red skin of the face, and the random patterning of the white feathers on a mostly black body, I’d give good money that what you are looking at (duckwise) is either straight-up muscovy or something like a Muscovy x domestic white duck hybrid (they do hybridise but the hybrids are often sterile).
This comment was written at May 8th, 2007 at 14:30,
Luna_the_cat
wrote:
My comment went away? Eep? This is the edit…
What I wanted to say: Given the bare red skin on the duck’s face, and the random white feathers on a mostly black body, I bet the duck is either a straight-up Muscovy or a muscovy x domestic white duck hybrid.
This comment was written at May 8th, 2007 at 14:32,
TW
wrote:
Luna, that is brilliant. Thanks for your help.
This comment was written at May 8th, 2007 at 15:33,