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More rain throughout much of last week, so the water level in the wetlands at the end of ul. Trombity is higher than ever. The place is waterlogged (
below). Compare this with
how it looked two months ago; the resting place of the dead fox (last photo in that sequence) is also under water.
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One difference from a week ago - the
black-headed gulls are returning. Not yet in huge numbers, but their distinct crackling, screeching sound is audible from hundreds of metres away.
Right: Almost there: A black-headed gull perches on a railway pantograph gantry close to the reed marshes.
I crossed the tracks to hear another familiar avian returnee - a
skylark in song high above the fields.
Looks like good frog country to me. Hope you've got a few sets of green wellies?
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