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5th March 2021 Mt. Biking: Trimley Marshes Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods and cold Max Speed: 17.33 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 9.20 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Friday 5th March - walk *** - Trimley Marshes – sunny periods and cold. Another cloudy day here in Felixstowe with a cold breeze from the NE so spent the morning at home, exercising and being entertained by our crazy kittens:) With a few glimpses of sunshine we decided to make a sandwich and bike over to the only bird hide still open at Trimley Marshes Nature reserve after our bird watching friend Roger said he had seen a Great Egret there recently. This was also a good chose of destination as it offered some shelter from the cold wind so we set off around 12.45 taking the footpath around Felixstowe Academy where the hedgerows were full of white blossom and catkins, spring is getting closer! Then along Trimley High Road turning left into Cordys Lane which leads to the reserve, a popular spot for walkers but it is a long way so it is always better to bike it! It is a nice lane with a bank of trees to the left blocking of Felixstowe docks with open marsh and farmland to the right. We were about half way along when we spotted around 20 deer along way off including two white ones:) Stopping to get my other camera with my big lens out of my rucksack to get a few pics but it is very hard to keep the camera still especially on full zoom and I am in desperate need of a monopod as I broke mine last year:( Was wondering if anyone has one, they are not using and could sell me? otherwise Ebay here I come! We soon reach the hide which is up a slope a half mile before the main reserve which offers good views across the wetlands but there didn’t seem much about only grazing geese! Then the resident Marsh Harrier makes an appearance and there is a large flock of wader’s way off in the distance over the Orwell! Then in the distance we spot the Great Egret, hard to miss really, a large white bird the size of a heron, the first we have seen here in the UK:) We had a pleasant half an hour but it was too cold to stay any longer so we continued onto the River Orwell at the end of the docks with the hedgerows full of pussy willow in bloom, just stunning! Then back again, the deer are still there a fraction closer so take a few more pics, I get a couple nearly in focus before taking the footpath across the fields which were not too muddy. Though the dock, up Ferry Lane and home for a warming cuppa and cake:) Photo Gallery Here |
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