{"id":78505,"date":"2024-11-03T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=78505"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:22:52","slug":"skeins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/11\/03\/skeins\/","title":{"rendered":"Skeins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was beautiful at the Wetlands and Wildlife Trust's Welney reserve this morning. This is the bridge over the Fenland 'drains' (or drainage canals) onto the reserve:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-550x733.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-550x733.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-03-11.26.06-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reserve was looking good, with water levels much down from those of only a few weeks ago:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43-550x415.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43-550x415.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43-397x300.png 397w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43-530x400.png 530w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.03.43.png 1396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlights were marsh harrier, godwits, kingfisher, snipe, dunlin, cattle and great egret and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The sky was playing tricks, though. That gave me the chance to take some photos of skeins of Canada geese. First was this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-550x410.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-550x410.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-402x300.png 402w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21-536x400.png 536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.21.png 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, a little later, I saw another coming over and shot straight into the sun, not knowing what might come out:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-550x414.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-550x414.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-399x300.png 399w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-1536x1155.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54-532x400.png 532w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-15.14.54.png 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am sure if I learned to use Lightshop, these could be improved no end, but I like them anyway. These were taken on an iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was beautiful at the Wetlands and Wildlife Trust&#8217;s Welney reserve this morning. 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