{"id":2772,"date":"2015-12-26T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2020-04-06T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:13:15","slug":"wading-at-leighton-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2772","title":{"rendered":"Wading at Leighton Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"800\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Mute Swans swimming across the causeway at Leighton Moss.\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0197_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mute Swans swimming across the causeway at Leighton Moss.\" width=\"804\" height=\"533\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\">A few photos from a visit to a flooded Leighton Moss just before Christmas. Quite an experience wading through the surprisingly deep water thankfully the RSPB staff warned me beforehand that all the hides were inaccessible without wellingtons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Goldcrest amongst the scrub.\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0201_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Goldcrest amongst the scrub.\" width=\"804\" height=\"537\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\">Goldcrest, one of several skulking amongst the hawthorn and scrub on the \u201cpath\u201d between the Causeway and the Lower Hide.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Marsh Tit \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0332_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Marsh Tit \" width=\"804\" height=\"537\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"999\">Marsh Tit close to Lower Hide<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"814\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Path to the Lower Hide\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060331_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Path to the Lower Hide\" width=\"394\" height=\"264\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"View back along the Causeway\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060333_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"View back along the Causeway\" width=\"394\" height=\"264\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Flooded woodland just before Lower Hide. Unfortunately with the water level at the top of my wellies it was time to turn back.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">View back along the causeway with the Public Hide on the right hand side. Water level approximately 30cm above the footpath.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Partially submerged hedgehog home.\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060345_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Partially submerged hedgehog home.\" width=\"394\" height=\"264\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Flooded footpaths to Grisedale and Tim Jacksons Hide\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/P1060351_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded footpaths to Grisedale and Tim Jacksons Hide\" width=\"394\" height=\"264\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Not looking good for Spike. Flooded hedgehog box close to Lilians Hide.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">245m of wading to the Grisedale Hide or 55m to Tim Jackson Hide. A kayak would have been helpful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Nuthatch\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0472_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Nuthatch\" width=\"394\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Female Great Spotted Woodpecker\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0491_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Female Great Spotted Woodpecker\" width=\"394\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Nuthatch looking for trouble.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Female Great Spotted Woodpecker with a male in close proximity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0393.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Another Marsh Tit\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0393_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Another Marsh Tit\" width=\"394\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 5px; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" title=\"Treecreeper\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC_0210_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Treecreeper\" width=\"394\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Another Marsh Tit in an Elder at the edge of the reedbeds.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"407\">Treecreeper one of several seen in the woodland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few photos from a visit to a flooded Leighton Moss just before Christmas. 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