Bowers Marsh walk, February 2021 No. 8
Bowers Marsh walk, February 2021 No. 8 Two visits to the marsh during February the first was on my own in the afternoon for a change stopping off on the way home at the cemetery overlooking Bowers to get a couple of views across the marsh. Parking up in the car park I quickly set off along the path toward the the fresh water lagoon, a nice bright clear day I head up to the Old Saltings to the sounds of geese and other waterfowl in the distance. Reaching the lookout I scan the lagoon and see the usual array of geese, ducks, lapwings and black tailed godwits, taking a couple of photos looking across Dons marsh I head back, stopping half way down the track to capture a shell duck by the waters edge. I continue on round to the far side of the lagoon seeing meadow pipits taking flight as I walk past and a few gulls flying overhead, reaching the wet grassland on my left looking over toward canvey lots of water laying on the fields. Across the Fresh water lagoon many waterfowl can be seen on