Discovering the Beauty of Clumber Park Lake

We had a lovely short walk around the National Trust's Clumber Park lake this morning, which is nice and flat. The park is free to enter, but you have to pay for the car park, although if you are a National Trust member, you can park for free.

The National Trust is a conservation charity which protects and maintains historical and natural places, saving important sites and making them accessible to the public.

The bluebells are now out displaying a lovely carpet of blue and purple throughout the wooded area. In folklore, bluebells are sometimes associated with fairies and magic. It is believed that if you hear the ringing of bluebells, a bad fairy will come after you! SourceFortunately, I didn't hear any bells so no bad fairies appeared.

The lake attracts all kinds of birds such as swans, Canada geese, Egyptian geese, coots, moorhens, grebes, and many others.

We spotted a coot with her chicks on the nest. They lay between six to twelve eggs, but sadly, not all the chicks will survive. This is a harsh reality of nature, where only the strongest will survive. Nature can be cruel at times.

It took us about an hour and a half. The walk was fairly easy and thankfully the weather stayed kind for us which made it even more enjoyable and we saw some lovely views from the side of the lake.