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I was on the banks of the River Cam this morning, as is often my habit:
Turning round, the view was over the Kingfisher Bridge nature reserve:
The water in the lake is three metres lower than in the river.
There was almost no one around.
It was a time to think, breathe deeply, and watch.
The lake was busy: teal, mallard, shoveller, coot, cormorants, great white and little egrets, herons, 150+ greylag geese (60 arrived together – a great sight), Canada geese, great crested grebe, wigeon and more.
Nearby, as I took the photos, a wren was letting the world know of its presence – although I did not see it.
The same could be said of great tit, blue tit, robin, chaffinch and greenfinch: I am not sure I saw any of them.
But three marsh harriers did show up – putting up 100 or so lapwing and a few golden plover – which is why I suspect there are none in the above shot.
A kestrel was also seen and, the usual corvids, and more.
In a crazy world, this helps keep me grounded.
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