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31st January 2023 Hiking - Walking: Fingringhoe Nature Reserve Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: Distance Covered: 3.61 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Tuesday 31st January – walks ***** Fingringhoe Nature Reserve in Essex – sunny periods and breezy. Got up early and headed down to Landguard to catch the sunrise arriving at the view point just after 7, a little cloudy to start so got a couple of shots of the Ever Ace before walking to the small wooden jetty in time for the red sky to appear. I managed to nice shoot as the red sky faded, so I had a ride along the seafront and home. While out I decided as the tide was not great for a sail at Levington I thought it would be a good idea to head over to Fluid Lines in Colchester to pick up my foil as a few mild days coming with westerly winds and I am missing my foil! So after breakfast, with lunch packed Mag and I drove over to the windsurf shop, foil fuselage paid for we then drove over to Fingringhoe Nature Reserve which sits by the River Colne, a spot I know well from windsurfing up there from Point Clear, a beautiful spot. It was a windy route to the Essex Wildlife Centre with stunning scenery parking at 11 with an impressive visitor centre with loads of birds on the feeders including loads of tits, a robin, a thrush and a woodpecker, so that was a good start:) A nice lady from the centre told us the best walks so with map in hand we set off heading to the Colne view hides first, the reserve is amazing with well-marked paths undulating up and down through the trees is lovely sunshine, mainly sheltered from the good breeze with stunning views toward Brighlingsea and over the marshes to Mersea Island. Crawshaw hide first, the then the hide I see while windsurfing the Greedon where we chat to lovely couple of birdwatchers who tell us what’s about on the River, the tide was low and sadly there was not that many but Mag is shown a Merganser, as well as geese and a flock of dunlins. Moving on enjoying the peace and quiet to Robbies Hide to Kingfisher hide, sadly no kingfishers:( We then head to the aptly named Margaret hide as it clouds over with only a few curlews to be seen. Heading back to the woodland area where the path winds up and down through the trees past a few ponds and back the to entrance road leading back to the centre. We were knackered after having covering 3.61 miles and enjoyed lunch with good views before returning to Felixstowe for a cuppa with Mary, an old friend. Top day :) Photo Album here Fingringhoe Nature Reserve |
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