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15th June 2019 Hiking - Walking: Trimley Marshes Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: Distance Covered: 5 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Saturday 15th June – walk **** Trimley Marshes - sunny periods. It’s been a bit hectic on the windsurfing front with my 8th session in June yesterday when I sailed 38 miles with even more wind forecast today but not until later on. It was a nice sunny start to the day and we decided to make the most of it so I suggested parking up at Cordys Lane and walking to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust site at Trimley Marshes. We got the last parking spot at 11.15 and set off on the two mile walk down the lane towards Felixstowe Docks. We had only gone 50m when Mag saw our first wildlife, some Moorhen chicks in a small farm pond. Despite the full car park there were few people about as we ambled down the road recently made up with hardcore which was a little rough to walk on. We were surrounded by flowers, mainly brilliant white dog daisies with Reed Warblers singing in the reed bed although, as usual, we didn’t see them! We went up to the first viewing hide which overlooks most of the reserve and soon saw a Marsh Harrier which actually landed for some prey. Continuing onto the River Orwell Path at the end of Felixstowe Docks with several yachts heading up to Levington in a nice breeze. Oyster Catchers, Turn Stones and ringed plovers were busy on the beach. There were Black headed Gulls nesting on a platform by the visitor centre and then I got a quick glimpse of a large black back and we saw a seal come up for air a few times:) From high on the river path we could see loads of Avocets in the winter flood area and knew there were chicks about so couldn’t wait to get to the hide. We had it all to ourselves, in fact there were very few bird watchers about and we were treated to one of our best ever visits here to Trimley Marshes:) We very soon spotted the Avocets, asleep and feeding along with more Oyster Catchers, Lapwings, Ducks, Geese, Wagtails and we were very lucky to see a Red Pole in the reeds, Mags first!!! Then on a couple of small islands in the middle of the shallow water flood we saw some fluffy balls hiding which turned out to be Avocet chicks!!! All of a sudden, all the birds were spooked as the Marsh Harrier passed overhead. Then with the coast clear two Avocet chicks broke cover and their little legs whizzed them out into the shallow flood feeding as they went with a wary parent keeping an eye on them, seeing off gulls and Magpies! We spent the most entertaining hour engrossed in the bird action with a snack of cheese straws and bananas even if the sun sadly disappeared! We then started the long walk back dropping in at all the hides and saw Avocet chicks in every one apart from the last, which overlooks the largest area of water. The good day continued as there were loads of birds here, a pair of swans with seven cygnets, a large group of greylag geese with young and the male swan was herding them away from his babies. Then we saw our first ever Grebe chick asleep with a parent, then a little grebe, coot with young a cormorant came really close too as did the swan family who came ashore right in front of us for a doze in the sunshine. Then we followed a large ripple as a large mirror carp swam past. We have never seen such a large variety of wide life. Then all we had to do was walk slowly back to the van. We definitely had our six-mile legs even though we had only walked 5 miles! I then discovered that the 2gb SD card in my gps was dead so who knows if I will get this session???? The wind had filled in nicely and several mates were out at The Manor so my aching limps were quickly forgotten as we drove home to hitch up my trailer, Mag thinks I am nuts!!!! Photo Gallery Here Trimley Marshes Here |
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