Welney

Yesterday the weather was uncharacteristically bright, dry and calm, so a visit to Welney was indicated before yet more storms hit our shores.   The only hide open was full of families watching swans being fed as the light faded.   It wasn't too cold or windy to use the open annexes attached to the main hide, but there wasn't that much activity.   In the end I took some photographs from the car park of the few whooper swans flying into the reserve as the light disappeared.      

There is plenty of activity once the feeding starts, and I was amused to see the member of staff wading (yes, wearing waders) across the front of the hide with an 'amphibious' wheelbarrow!   Ingenious.

The road to the reserve is easily navigable, but roads around Welney are closed to traffic.

The last image is not a composite - the very new moon really was there!