Tag: marsh
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Tinghoudale
Visiting wetlands is a rarity for me and has been almost non-existent since this pandemic started. I’ve been keeping an eye then on this little marshy nature reserve in the small valley between the Bousdale ridge and Grove Hill. The valley went by the Old Scandinavian name of Tinghoudale or ‘the valley beside the mound…
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A murmuration of starlings
One of nature’s spectacles and another tick off my bucket list. And so close to home, Coatham Marshes at Redcar, in the shadow of the skeleton of the old blast furnace. We waited and waited, was just about to move on to the South Gare to catch the sunset when things happened. A few flocks…