Birds resting on the Marine Lake
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Birds resting on the Marine Lake by John S Turner as part of the Geograph project.
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Birds resting on the Marine Lake
Image: © John S Turner Taken: 26 Dec 2010
Out on the Dee estuary it is nearly high tide so the waders have been driven off their normal feeding grounds. Consequently hundreds of them have chosen to stand on the frozen Marine Lake while they have to wait for their next meal, and they are all facing the same way, directly into the cold wind.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.365445
Longitude
-3.183257