River walk 19th May, a set on Flickr.
Two weeks ago I went for a walk down the Ivel river just after the heavy rain we had in late April / early May. There was a lot of flooding and I took quite a few photos.
Today I went back to see how the flooding had affected the river bank and fields I also took quite a few photos.
The river levels are back to normal and is moving very swiftly. The weir has been cleared of the rubbish that I photographed, which is good.
The wild plants and flowers are flourishing after all the rain; the cow parsley is over 5 ft tall in some places. The water meadows are no longer water logged and butter cups are swathed across the grass.
I didn't see any water fowl but came across some greedy blossom eating cows. They weren't scared of me at all but I tried to not get too close and talked to them softly as I took photos with my telephoto lens.
I then went to sit on a bench a little way away from the cows but they stalked over to me appearing at the end of my bench, grinning like two old ladies. Yes I swear they are grinning in the photo I took of them. They were lovely but the flies surrounding them wre not!
I'll try and visit the river twice a month o track it through the year.
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