Multi-layered

The Bay seen from Jack Scout after the sun was lost in the narrow band of cloud on the horizon. How many layers are there in the mudflats? The layers are so linear, it is almost like looking through geological strata in a quarry or sea cliff. It's hard to comprehend how the complex low topography of mudflats and drainage channels resolves into something quite so even and linear when viewed from a high vantage point.

There were no herons or egrets, but a closer look shows small numbers of waders feeding on the mudflats. Somewhere out there in the vastness of Morecambe Bay there are huge and internationally important flocks of waders and wildfowl. Closer to shore there is a reminder of the recent heavy rainfall and the woody debris the rivers then bring into the estuary and the Bay.

After the tiredness of the previous day, my energy returned reassuringly. Time and patience is all that is required.