Quite unsurprisingly it is still amazingly wet out on the marsh. Levels have dropped slightly but you still require wellies rather than walking boots to complete a full circuit with deep standing water between the Dragonfly Pool and the Three Gates crossing on the Northern Trail.
High tides have been late this week so afternoons have been best for the swirling wader spectacle while at least two Marsh Harriers are still around and no less than seven Peregrines are using the site (not that that makes them any easier to find!)
The foreshore and river wall is alive with small birds including Linnets and Greenfinches, Reed Buntings, three Pipit species, Starlings, Skylarks, House Sparrows and the odd Stonechat.
Linnet (Thomas Bell)
4-1-13
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer