Around the islands

A moody sky glowers over Morecambe Bay, early one morning              in October 2012

 

                      The Vita Nova , patiently waiting for the incoming tide

 

 Nature's tidal collage

                                             The skeleton of an old boat lies forgotten

 

                   Roa Island from the causeway                                    

                                      RNLI lifeboat station at Roa Island

                                               Ferry slipway. In summer you can sail across to Piel                                            Island, seen in the distance.

 

                            Piel Castle, seen from South Walney Nature Reserve

The remains of a wooden jetty in the foreground. Constructed in the 1870s, it was used for the loading of sand and gravel, then latterly by Walney Saltworks

 

       South Walney Nature Reserve is home to the most southerly Eider                         duck colony in Britain

Eider ducks startled into flight

 

They take refuge offshore, a safe distance away

 

 

                                                   The lighthouse at South Walney

 

http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/south-walney

 

 http://www.walney-island.com/salt_works_01.htm