Minsmere sunset

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Two pictures taken late yesterday afternoon at Minsmere, Suffolk.

The photos were taken seconds apart. One shows the proximity to Sizewell.

Part of the shoreline at Minsmere was overwhelmed by the sea on Friday night. We are building another nuclear power station on that site. It is insane to do so.

Due to high water levels, there were very few waders on the reserve.

Ducks were good, though, with pintail, long-tailed duck and goldeneye all putting in appearances.

And to keep my friend happy, as he is a bit of a twitcher and was desperate for one for his year list, a bearded tit put in an appearance.

But what I enjoyed most, apart from the conversation, was the twelve marsh harriers that put in an appearance simultaneously before roosting and the fact that the starling murmuration happening at the same time seemed quite confident that it could ignore them: they were sated for the day.


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