Near Painswick, Gloucestershire Photos by Hetty
21st July 2022
Prinknash Abbey walled garden
The old abbey
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Sadly the bird park closed in 2019
22nd March 2016
A visit with the Stroud U3A photography group to The Bird and Deer Park.
They have lots of birds, ducks, deer and goats, who all want to be feed!
Doves
Fluffy chickens
Ducks
Geese
Peacocks
It was a cloudy day, with one glimmer of sunshine
Pheasants
Swans: white, black, and black and white
Turkeys
There are various follies – some for children
some for birds
Kookaburra 
Fallow deer
and reindeer
Goats
Prinknash Abbey is across the valley
The estate belonged to Gloucester Abbey from the 11th century until the dissolution of the monasteries, and monks returned here in 1928
The monk’s garden is being restored
The first bluebells I have seen this year