Lowther and Swindale.
So…Will has been contacted by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) to help run a nature course in October. The course will be taking place at two sites, one by the River Lowther and the other in Swindale by Swindale Beck. They are interested in the work Will had done with his sound recordings of rivers and would like him to show course attendees how he does it and help them to make sound recordings of their own. The two sites are RSPB nature reserves so when we had a bit of free time we went to check the sites out beforehand to see the ‘lie of the land’, so to speak. We had some lovely surprises. Firstly, we did not know that at the Lowther site beavers were reintroduced about 6 years ago, we didn’t see any but found evidence of them and secondly, Swindale was beautiful. We had both never been before and it is reached by a road, not unlike those on Mull (!), single track and winding. It is definitely a valley we will return to, to explore some more…
