Steart Marsh - Dec 2024
| Exploring Steart Marsh | |
| Steart Marsh (or Stert Marsh depending on who does the spelling) is a part of Bridgwater Bay Nature Reserve. It is only a 40-minute drive from Burnham-on-Sea, and as the crow flies just 4 km. To get there we must drive south along the River Parrett, through Bridgwater and back north again the same distance. Still, it was a lovely day for a December-outing. | |
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| Other than wetlands housing many water birds, there is a lot of farmlands. We parked at the small but empty public car park at the end of the road. Between October and March we are allowed to walk through the farm tracks. We enjoyed looking at farm buildings, machinery, and spotting sheep and cows. | |
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| Liz had enough binoculars for all three of us. We were looking in every direction to spot birds. Luckily Liz knows birds and could help us identify the ones we saw. As usual birds do not show up on our rather poor resolution phone cameras. Even so, we enjoyed it thoroughly. We made it over to a tall bird hide. A good vantage point for our tea break too. | |
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| Rob set up the Trangia stove on the cement floor at the base of the bird hide. Then we enjoyed our cups of tea and snacks with the wonderful view from the top floor. We took a different path back to the car park along a section of the England Coast Path. This is also the path to take between April and September - rather than through the farm tracks. | |
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We expect we'll come back here for more walks. It is fun and so close to home. |
December 2024