With waders returning earlier that we expected with an surprising 18 species in June, we have already begun lowering the water levels in preparation for passage birds dropping in for a refuel. Nicole and Dhruti pumped out the back section of Purfleet Scrape yesterday and flooded the adjacent meadow leaving a wonderfully shallow, muddy lagoon that four Little Egrets and two Grey Herons had already discovered by the time we got in today. Magic!
Who would have thought that we would be in a position of having to take water off in July!!!!
The front is still a few inches deep but you can see all the lovely muddy islands and shallow pools on the section behind......
5-7-12
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer