Weather report
The weather was so wet and the water level so high on Wednesday that the work party was cancelled. Nobody can remember the last time we had to do that. Go carefully out there.
Header image by Peter White, other images as attributed
Wading down the Lambrok
Ian and Clive took stock (and pictures) of the weekend’s floods.
Go carefully and stay safe.
What a difference a day makes!
After sending yesterday’s pictures of the wetland scrapes in Lambrok Meadow, our in-house photographer Simon Knight went back to the reserve to find all its water features, scrapes, ponds, ditches and streams, full to overflowing. Go carefully out there.
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Floodwater
The Lambrok is full to overflowing – nice to see after all those weeks of drought but go carefully.
All images taken in the reserve 20.12.2022 by Clive Knight
Damplugger!
An update from Ian Bushell:
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The park is full of water; there are deep puddles everywhere. Everything is wet and muddy and the paths are flooded.
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On the fifth day of Christmas…..
…we are foregoing the five gold rings and sending you, instead, five of Clive Knight’s pictures of the park’s Christmas floodwaters.
Floodwater
Chris Seymour sent in pictures of the flooded Lambrok tributary, yesterday,
Thanks, Chris.
The benefit of floods
We are too inclined to view floods negatively. We assess them in terms of the disruption they cause or the financial cost of repairing the damage they do to our property. But in natural ecosystems, such as our park, floods play an important role in maintaining biodiversity.
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Come for a wade around the park with Clive Knight.
Follow the link for the pictures that Clive has sent us today.Surviving the floodwaters
We have just endured a spell of exceptionally wet weather that has been hard work for both people and wildlife.
Continue reading “Surviving the floodwaters”The Lambrok in flood
Clive Knight has sent in his pictures of Lambrok Stream in flood. Take care, particularly if you have children with you; the water is deep and fast-flowing when the stream is this full.
Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 