After work wander

Off to Aberlady Bay Nature Reserve down the East Lothian coast after work for a nice wander.

It’s one of the benefits of spring, with longer days.

Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve was the first site to be designated a Nature Reserve, in 1952. It comprises a complete set of habitats from low water right through to salt marsh and sand dune, unchanged by the influence of people.

The birds associated with Aberlady are equally diverse and reflect the changes in the season. In autumn the site can play host to over 30,000 pink-footed geese, who come here from Iceland to roost and feed locally, before moving on later in the winter. Spring and summer sees migrants of another kind - from Europe and North Africa - to take advantage of the abundance of invertebrate life on which to rear their young. Wheatears, whitethroat and blackcaps all nest on site, together with a few species of wading bird, including redshank and lapwing.

Hope you have had a good Wednesday.