You
will soon come to the end of the roadway and will start on the pathway.
Beware as this is a bridleway and a cycle path. There is plenty of room
on the path but it is worth being aware of bikes an horses.
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| You'll see many swans |
Whilst at the Brayford Pool you will have definitely
seen swans and maybe even a few families of ducks, but it is now on the
quiet Fossedyke where you'll start to spot family groups swimming between
the boats.
Other wildlife to keep an eye out for are dragonflies during spring flying
low to the water. The reed fringe growing in the shallower water at the
canal's edge provides food and shelter them and damselflies.
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| You may see a dragonfly |
Wildflowers and butterflies can be found on the canal
banks.
In the canal itself you will find pike, eels, perch,
roach and silver breen swimming amongst the Marsh Marigold and Yellow
Waterlillies (also known as 'brandy bottles' because when the flower dies
off it looks just like a little round green bottle bobbing in the water).
If you are very lucky you may even see a grass snake swimming down the
canal or a heron or kingfisher keeping an eye out for the smaller fish.
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| Along the bridleway |
There have been sightings of Otters in the canal and
as far as Brayford Pool although these may have been mink which are known
to inhabit the area.
Continue along the walkway. It's worth keeping note
of the sometimes steep sides into the canal if you have small children
or dogs.
As you continue along this stretch you'll see many
fisherman on this side of the bank.
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