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A walk along 'Cormorant spit' 19-Nov-2017

19/11/2017

 
Two updates on one weekend. I do spoil you all.

It occurred to me, a bit late on in our walk around the reserve yesterday, that I should take the opportunity to walk on the spit of land that has appeared on Cormorant lake; the end of which I had christened Cormorant island. However, we didn't feel like retracing our steps.  At some point in the future Cemex will finish their restoration of this lake and the only way to get photographs from its middle would be via a boat.

Sunday morning broke bright, sunny, still and cold. Although I reckon there would be more opportunities to walk on what I have now christened Cormorant Spit, it was too nice a morning to miss.  Armed suitably with a fully charged battery for my DSLR, I set off at 8:50am.

Unfortunately the Moor Green Lake car park was still closed - though there were three twitchers on the west side, with their spotting scopes already set up on tripods facing the bird feeders about 15 metres away on the east side.  No idea what has got them so excited.

Bird watchers normally park in the Horse shoe lakes car park, and hoof it around the reserve.  I drove round and parked in the Longwater road entrance to Manor farm. As I trekked east to the pump station and cormorant lake I encountered other bird watchers.  Not bad for a cold ( 3 degrees) Sunday morning.

Cormorant spit was sandy, but very firm underfoot.  It looked quite compacted. The birds weren't too happy at my appearance, and dutifully made themselves scarce. By now, although still bright, there were clouds forming in the previously clear sky, and light conditions varied - playing havoc with my white balance.  Cor, ain't I getting all technical with my DLSR.  It's still set on P though.  :-)

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    A polite notice first: All photographs on this blog are owned by me and subject to copyright.

    Also, note that I have special permission to be on the Eversley quarry site of Fleet Hill farm, Manor farm and the Hampshire part, Chandlers farm. They are not open areas for general access.  Please keep to the public rights of way.

    I was quite fascinated to see how Cemex would restore their gravel extractions workings to become a nature reserve, and so started this blog.  There is an ulterior motive. It does mean that my partner and I get some well needed exercise as we stomp around the reserve every week.  Following the progress of the restorations does mean the walk is not as tedious as it might otherwise become.

    Don't worry about one of the archives being November 2025. You haven't entered a time warp! It's just that I've discovered a way to pin a post to the top of a blogger in Weebly; not straight forward apparently.  I have to set the date far far into the future.

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