Loughrigg Tarn. A beautifully set tarn approximately 3km west of Ambleside. Mostly quiet and peaceful, but on occasions an outdoor playground.
Grid Reference 345044
Loughrigg Tarn. A beautifully set tarn approximately 3km west of Ambleside. Mostly quiet and peaceful, but on occasions an outdoor playground.
...a closer look at the Lily pads.
....a Coot has the same idea.
Tarn Foot Farm Camp Site, close to the tarn and often very busy.
Plenty of activity on and around the tarn on this beautiful day .....
......and the dog winning.
You never know what you can find in a drain
A more peaceful pursuit
A few Bluebells still about.
....and Perennial Cornflower.
Orphan lamb being bonded to a new Mum. When a ewe loses it's lamb, it will accept a replacement lamb from another ewe that has died by taking the skin from the dead lamb and wrapping it around the orphan's neck so that it smells like it's own offspring.
Ewe enjoying the shade....and a back scratch.
......and a lamb slowly roasting.
A Starling at the entrance to it's nest with a beak full of grubs for it's young.
The Bridleway above the tarn.....Lingmoor Fell in the distance.
Oakes Farm.
......Oakes Farm with a backdrop of Lingmore, Bowfell and the Pikes.
The How.
.....and from behind The How looking towards Wetherlam .
....from the Bridleway.
......across the tarn on Little Loughrigg, walkers enjoying the view.
Late evening on the tarn.