With the newly acquired D500 DSLR camera, I’ve been doing a bit more wildlife shooting.
After the really enjoyable trip to Carlton Marshes, we made it a weekend of reserve visiting by heading to Cley Marshes. This meant a weekend visiting both a Suffolk Wildlife Trust and a Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
I’ll let you read the history and description of NWT Cley Marshes but it’s history goes back to 1926.
Thanks to an additional land purchase in 2012 making up a total area of 300 hectares which, if my Googling of metric conversions serves me accurately equates to 1.1 square miles.
The additional acquired land joins up to make the reserve cover areas between Cley and Salthouse.
The reserve is incredibly popular, not just amongst pro and casual twitchers but with members of the public, because of its visitor centre and café.
The café isn’t just popular for it’s refreshments and fab cake, but it has some seats at a panoramic window overlooking the marsh.
We walked down to the three hides nearest the car park where I got a good shot of an oystercatcher just milling around.
I was quite pleased with a couple of grey lag geese.
I got to test out the BIF capabilities of the D500 capturing this mallard in flight. The final image needed a bit of processing to get the best of it but I am quite pleased with the final image.
All in all, an enjoyable visit which topped off a great weekend of nice walks, fresh air, and plenty to see.
Onwards and upwards…