Access update: The small (Elney) car park is now flooded and the main car park also remains closed. Many footpaths are flooded, including access routes to the hide.
Water levels have risen again overnight, particularly around Elney, Drayton and Moore Lakes. Elney Lake has risen by nearly 2m since the flooding began on Sunday and Moore Lake is now a sea of water - all the islands are submerged. This has obviously had a massive effect on ground nesting birds on this part of the lakes, but many smaller creatures are struggling too. Whilst reading the water levels yesterday I found many invertebrates clinging to anything that emerged from the water - vegetation, fence posts etc. I've put some pics of these in the photos section. There were snails, woodlice, various beetles, spiders and earwigs all piled on top of each other in an attempt to climb out of the water. Unfortunately today the levels had risen again in this area and still appear to be rising. The Moore Brook has been flowing backwards onto site for most of this week!
If you do visit the site, please take care. We'll keep the blog updated with access info until things dry out.
Sunday... What is the flood situation today??
Thanks!