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| Swallows will soon be here again - Chapman's Pond |
LAT week's opening of the new Suggitt's Lane railway footbridge at Suggitt's Lane in Cleethorpes has had a welcome spin-off for birdwatchers.
The bridge platforms provide excellent points to view nature - occurring both on the Humber Estuary and on Chapman's Pond.
At various times of the year, both habitats attract a range of unusual and sometimes rare birds.
In recent times, it has always been difficult to watch the birdlife at Chapman's Pond because it is surrounded by palisade security fencing and houses, but now it is possible to look right over and across the water and reeds.
Today, two great crested grebes were conspicuous, and soon the first swallows and sand martins will be arriving, plus reed warblers and sedge warblers.
Occasionally, a peregrine falcon is to be seen perched on the water tower.
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| One of the grebes is just visible among the reeds |
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| The view across the Humber is expansive |
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| In all its glory - the new footbridge |
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