We suddenly became aware that we were not alone in the Garnock estuary. Everywhere we looked there was teeming bird life seeking shelter for the winter.
As the estuary emptied a whooper swan decided there was not enough room in the narrowing channel and flew off towards more open water as...
...the open Firth of Clyde beyond.
Who would have thought that this waterway behind the industrial decay of the former Nobel explosives works would have been such a natural wonder?
An empty and desolate peninsula I've visited a few times that I believe may have been a full island in the distant past. The industrial wasteland areas around the Grangemouth oil refinery are similar havens for wildlife in a bleak setting as few humans ever go there. Great photos of a seldom explored Scottish river.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bob, it is amazing how quickly such places return to nature.
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