Early on a December morning

Early on a December morning a buck and doe were quietly browsing on the salt marsh.  But then a man and his dog walked along the edge of the salt marsh and disturbed them.  The dog spotted the deer, though the owner didn’t. The deer ran across the salt marsh towards the sea wall. They had to run the gauntlet between the dog walker on the marsh and walkers on the sea wall footpath. The pair leapt across the wall and rhyne to reach the safety of the nature reserve sanctuary.

This was in December 2019 when the salt marsh was not as busy as it is now. So spare a thought for the wildlife if you visit the salt marsh. It is after all their home and not ours, so please don’t walk on the marsh.