My walk this week on my local salt marsh, during the Covid lock down, was different to usual. In relative terms, the footpath felt as busy as the M4 motorway which seems to have returned almost to its normal level of traffic.
If you look carefully at the image above you can see the “crowds” in the distance. Without wanting to be too sarcastic, I should mention that there were various other families, couples and individuals using the riverside footpath. As I am used to meeting no more than one other person at most, it felt crowded to me and I veered away from my intended destination of the “church(yard) on the marshes”.
Sound levels may be returning to pre-Covid-19 levels in this area but that includes the birds as well as everything else. Just as the ambient decibels increase, so does the bird song – and there is still the beautiful sound of the wind blowing through the tall marsh grass.
Marshes Covid Walk Soundscape
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![sheltering sheep sheltering sheep](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-1.jpg?w=481&h=312&ssl=1)
![new fence new fence](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-2.jpg?w=231&h=154&ssl=1)
![entrance to salt marsh entrance to salt marsh](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-3.jpg?w=231&h=154&ssl=1)
![salt marsh salt marsh](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-4.jpg?w=236&h=157&ssl=1)
![wildflowers wildflowers](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-5.jpg?w=236&h=157&ssl=1)
![marsh wild flowers marsh wild flowers](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-6.jpg?w=236&h=157&ssl=1)
![yellow flags yellow flags](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-7.jpg?w=235&h=157&ssl=1)
![cow parsley cow parsley](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-8.jpg?w=235&h=156&ssl=1)
![marsh grasses marsh grasses](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-9.jpg?w=477&h=317&ssl=1)
![first footbridge first footbridge](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-20.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
![marsh textures marsh textures](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-10.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
![marsh textures 2 marsh textures 2](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-11.jpg?w=477&h=317&ssl=1)
![marsh footpath marsh footpath](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-12.jpg?w=235&h=157&ssl=1)
![River Loughor River Loughor](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-13.jpg?w=235&h=156&ssl=1)
![salt marsh crowds salt marsh crowds](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-14.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
![cracking cracking](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-15.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
![lifted foot bridge lifted foot bridge](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-17.jpg?w=374&h=255&ssl=1)
![distorting growth distorting growth](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-16.jpg?w=374&h=249&ssl=1)
![marsh ditch marsh ditch](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-18.jpg?w=338&h=508&ssl=1)
![More marsh crowds river and marsh](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-19.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
![Marsh return Marsh return](https://i0.wp.com/stillwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Marshes-Walk-21.jpg?w=356&h=237&ssl=1)
beautiful and calming
Thank you Beth. If you avoid the hoards it’s great.
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