Parkgate - 22.3.19
With the great showing of Short-eared and Barns Owls a few days back and the forecast of a ten meter tide for today it's a return to Parkgate for event I've yet to see. It's 9.30am with a high tide due around 12.0 midday and the carpark is already almost full managing to get the last of the spaces in the overflow parking area, grabbing a coffee I make my way over the main viewing area to see who's about.
Work in progress...
Short-eared Owl
Pink Footed Goose
These winter visitors in numbers of around two hundred still present on the outer marsh, very vocal and constantly on the move as the marsh is transformed into a huge expanse of water, generally keeping their distance but occasionally a group would come within range of the camera.
Weasel
I suspect the Weasel is doing what all the other predators are doing, taking advantage of the abundance of Shrews and Voles forced into the open by the rising tide.
Water Vole
Normally you wouldn't see Water Voles at this location but the ten metre tide has reached the carpark wall totally flooding the marsh the only option for the Voles is move between the highest clumps of grass. Although there were many Shrews swimming around they are incredibly small never managing to get a clear shot
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