Will crave what has all gone away

The Fens must have been an amazing place to visit before they were drained. A varied landscape of water and woodland; a mixture of big open skies and claustrophobic views. The wildlife must have been abundant and spectacular too. 

Most of these places have been lost but there are some attempts to recreate some areas and to join up some of the last remaining fragments of this ancient landscape. Looking at old maps of the area it's almost possible to envisage what it must have been like. Almost.

Tuesday evening saw me heading to an East Cambridgeshire fenland site for a spot of moth trapping. The weather was warm and humid and we put out a couple of MV traps for a few hours. There were roding Woodcock and reeling Grasshopper Warblers as the sky darkened and the mosquitos came out.

There's a woodcock in the sky there somewhere....honest!