Even though the dreadful storm happened two years ago its effect is still being felt.
The Lyth Valley in the south east Lakes suffered a deluge,the fields being completely flooded for weeks.
When the water subsided some fields were completely wrecked,the old drains being overwhelmed.
One such field is still so boggy the farmer has left it to grow wild.
For the first time ever Lapwing settled in and bred there.I counted 18 adults and 6 juveniles today and I reckon there are more juveniles were hiding in the undergrowth.
A Common Snipe was chipping and a pair of Oystercatcher have been resident since Spring.
There were also several Pied Wagtail,Skylark,Linnet and Meadow Pipit.
It is also attracting a lot of Woodpigeon and a few Stock Dove too.
A huge flock of 350 Fieldfare hung around most of the Winter as well as a few Redwing.
Ordinarily the farmers would have cut the grass just when the Lapwings were nesting and there would have been nothing to see here.
Another nearby field suffered a similar fate and attracted a huge flock of Ringed Plover,a Little Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper as well as Golden Plover and Dunlin during Autumn passage last year.
The Lyth Valley in the south east Lakes suffered a deluge,the fields being completely flooded for weeks.
When the water subsided some fields were completely wrecked,the old drains being overwhelmed.
One such field is still so boggy the farmer has left it to grow wild.
For the first time ever Lapwing settled in and bred there.I counted 18 adults and 6 juveniles today and I reckon there are more juveniles were hiding in the undergrowth.
A Common Snipe was chipping and a pair of Oystercatcher have been resident since Spring.
There were also several Pied Wagtail,Skylark,Linnet and Meadow Pipit.
It is also attracting a lot of Woodpigeon and a few Stock Dove too.
A huge flock of 350 Fieldfare hung around most of the Winter as well as a few Redwing.
Ordinarily the farmers would have cut the grass just when the Lapwings were nesting and there would have been nothing to see here.
Another nearby field suffered a similar fate and attracted a huge flock of Ringed Plover,a Little Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper as well as Golden Plover and Dunlin during Autumn passage last year.