Wild gems: February 2024
“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”
Sir David Attenborough has spoken, and who would contradict him? And so, at least once a month, I go out into the stunning Essex countryside to experience the natural world that I care so much about.
As a member of the Essex Wildlife Trust, I tend to be drawn to their sites, but I also venture to other conservation areas and projects and bring back images of and information about some of the “wild gems” I encounter along the way. Previous editions of these blog posts can be found here, or there’s a complete gallery here.
This month’s site
This set of photos come from a daytrip I took to the Essex Wildlife Trust’s Fingringhoe Wick Nature and Abberton Reservoir Discovery Parks. It was a gloriously muddy day - one of those days where occasional bursts of sun through the clouds reflect off the abundant puddles and make the whole place shine like the Garden of Eden. Well worth a visit, if you’re passing (though the odds of you happening to be passing this pretty remote area of Essex are, admittedly, slim). And it was rounded off with a lovely toasty in the cafe, of course.
This month’s wild gems
