{"id":2995,"date":"2015-05-16T19:54:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T19:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2019-01-04T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:30:05","slug":"a-touch-of-may-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"A touch of May magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was one of those days when everything was turning out rather better than expected. The overnight rain had stopped, the north east wind that had been blowing for days had eased . . . and as soon as I stepped foot on the marsh I heard a cuckoo.<\/p>\n<p>A perfect start to a spring day and it got even better when I saw a water vole sitting on the bank of the rhyne. A rare treat in itself but to watch a water vole whilst listening to a\u00a0cuckoo was a touch of May magic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/img_0580\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"497,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432736691&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0580&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0580\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c-232x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3024\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0580\" width=\"497\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c.jpg 497w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1c-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The water vole felled one of last years reeds &#8211; tough, bleached and woody and twice\u00a0its length . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/img_0578\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,413\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432736648&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0578&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0578\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a-300x193.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0578\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1a-464x300.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . before dragging it to the water&#8217;s edge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/img_0579\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,476\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432736668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0579&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0579\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3023\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0579\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/watervole1b-403x300.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After one final trim it plopped into the rhyne and dived\u00a0below the surface with prize in tow . . . maybe heading for\u00a0the underwater entrance to its\u00a0burrow?<\/p>\n<p>If I did not see anything further this was well worth getting up early for . . . but in the next hour I heard skylarks and curlews, came face to face with a somewhat scruffy roe buck and yes I saw the cuckoo!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/img_0311\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1431877083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0311&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0311\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2-300x206.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3008\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0311\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo2-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3020\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/a-touch-of-may-magic\/img_0585\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,550\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432737816&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0585&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0585\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo5-300x257.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo5.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3020\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0585\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo5.jpg 640w, 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600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432737575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0583&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0583\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo4-300x209.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3019\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo4.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0583\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo4.jpg 640w, 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600D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432737999&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0586&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0586\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo6-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo6.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3021\" src=\"http:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo6.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0586\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukwildlifeart.co.uk\/saltmarsh_art_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cuckoo6.jpg 640w, 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The overnight rain had stopped, the north east wind that had been blowing for days had eased . . . and as soon as I stepped foot on the marsh I heard a cuckoo. 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