Waterside countdown: 1. Riverside Nature Reserve
Welcome to the last in my pictorial countdown. This time I’ve been showcasing my top ten favourite waterside viewpoints, selected from our ‘Greenspace on your doorstep’ directory.
At number 1 is Riverside Nature Reserve in Surrey…
Pellucid lake at Riverside Nature Reserve, December 2021 [Click for full size]
No shortage of waterside viewpoints here…
A spiralling boardwalk over a plashy wetland, a river running alongside and a pellucid lake where I once witnessed two kingfishers flying at the same time! A few minutes later a haughty bullfinch stonewalled me from a hedgerow!
Part of the Riverside Nature Reserve boardwalk
Bullfinch
For directions, information and more photographs, go to the Riverside Nature Reserve entry in ‘Greenspace on your doorstep’.
Warden Mike
Picture credits: Kingfisher: Natural England/Allan Drewitt; View and boardwalk: Thames Basin Heaths Partnership; Bullfinch: Jonathan Campbell
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