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| View from the NNR office |
I joined my work colleagues on the last day of our 2-day team meeting held in late September at the NNR's office in Bank Island.
The Lower Derwent Valley NNR comprises a series of flood meadows, pastures, woodlands and waterways supporting a rich diversity of plant species and outstanding populations of breeding and wintering birds. (Source: Natural England leaflet)
Travel information
Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve (NNR) is located in North Yorkshire. In order to get there I took a 1.5-hour train from Peterborough to York, then a 5-minute walk to the hotel where my colleagues stayed and from there we hopped on to a mini-van for a 20-minute drive to the NNR.
As I was short on time, I planned on taking some photos of York after our meeting as I had at least a half-hour free before I get my train back to Peterborough. Unfortunately, it was raining hard after the meeting even when we arrived at the train station. I did manage to take a photo of York though (see below).
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| York train station |
At the NNR
The highlight of our otherwise banal team meeting was the surprise visit of Ozzy, a barn owl brought along by an NNR volunteer. It was tricky to get a shot of Ozzy since I only brought a camera with a wide-angle prime lens on it but I managed to get a fairly decent shot.
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| Ozzy the barn owl |
After lunch we took a quick walk nearby so I was able to get a few shots of the NNR. We first went to a bird hide but did not manage to find anything interesting. It was a grey and cloudy day so it was not great for photos but the walk was great for my arthritic legs.
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| Bird hide |
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| View from bird hide |
More information
Lower Derwent Valley NNR
- Blog: http://ldvnnr.blogspot.com/
- Leaflet: Natural England publication
My gear
- Huawei P10 smartphone (https://amzn.to/2zqa2TT)
- Olympus Pen E-PM1 (https://amzn.to/2zqkefc)
- Panasonic Lumix 14mm f2.5 (https://amzn.to/2DmHAGC)
