Shelduck feeding recently in some of the remaining unfrozen water of Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, one of the string of RSPB reserves along the Exe estuary.
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Exe sunset, river reflections, II
More viws of the same sunset over the Exe estuary as in yesterday’s post: the river fringed by wide reed beds, nest low lying marshes, Exminster village where the ground begins to rise. In the distance, the woodland of Haldon Forest on the skyline.
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Flock of pintails, flying
Flock of pintails flying up the Exe estuary, perhaps in search of a spot to land with better shelter from a vicious easterly wind.
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Exe sunset, river reflections, I
Looking west over the Exe estuary towards a winter sunset. The mass of buoys in the river marking the complexity of the channels, and interrupting the reflections of the sky.
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Young heron, watchful, West Park
While most herons are off to their heronries for the breeding season, one young bird is often on boating lake island in West Park. Here, standing on one leg, watchful.
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Powderham marsh, some snow lying
Powderham marsh by the estuary of the River Exe. A couple of days before the Beast from the East arrived, a few patches of ice lying on the ground, already unusual for this part of the world.