An update from Ian Bushell:
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Rain!
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.
