Round Marsh News Today

WILDLIFE experts have revealed "ambitious" plans to boost habitats at a nature reserve. Essex Wildlife Trust wants the green light to carry out work on the Blue House Farm reserve at North Fambridge. Proposals include deepening three areas of the Round Marsh wetland, creating a raised walkway to a viewing platform, new banks to minimise disturbance to wildlife, and building a base for a future hide to view wildlife. Excavated soil will also be used to create areas above the waterline fo...

I say this because Alison is losing her eyesight. I’ll come back to that. But on the way to meet her, it hit me that it has been two years since a few dozen people joined me when I walked into the ocean near the pier, finishing a series that involved crossing Jacksonville by foot. Some days it feels like those two years have been more like 20. I’m guessing you know the feeling. I miss doing those weekly walks. Not just the part involving putting one foot in front of the other. The part that...