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Dist:0.7km<br/>This is the boundary of the danger area of Fingringhoe Army Firing Range. At this point a public Footpath just dips into the square for a few yards. The shot was taken looking south east into the square. The rough grassland is a perfect habitat for skylarks.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.8km<br/>This unusual house in South Green has its own look out tower with commanding views across the River Colne to the west and the Pyfleet Channel and Mersea Island to the South. The water in the road is from a burst water main, the locals have been moaning to Anglian Water about it since May, hardly an encouragement to save water is it?
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.9km<br/>This is an auxiliary gate to Fingringhoe Firing Range near South House Farm. The track here is a right of way.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>In the foreground, a developing crop of oilseed rape. Beyond stretch the military rifle ranges of Fingringhoe marshes. The red flags were flying this Sunday and frequent reports could be heard. The wildlife seemed unconcerned: familiar stuff for them. As at April 2009, four ungeographed squares remain in the nearby military/marsh area.
©Zorba the Geek
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>
©PAUL FARMER
Dist:1.1km east<br/>This is the Geedon Saltings looking across the danger area of Fingringhoe Firing Range near Langenhoe.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Robert Edwards
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>
©PAUL FARMER
Dist:1.2km northeast<br/>At this point in Spring, the just-opening buds (here of an oak) almost seem to accentuate the skeletal form of the winter tree, about to be transformed into summer foliage. Behind are the muddy waterways and military ranges of Fingringhoe Marshes. In the distance is Mersea Island.
©Zorba the Geek
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>This cliff was excavated by the Essex Wildlife Trust http://www.essexwt.org.uk/visitor_centres__nature_reserves/fingringhoe_wick/ to provide a breeding site for Sand Martins. At the time (as now), Sand Martins had been suffering poor overwintering survival, and efforts were being made in various places to enhance their breeding capacity. At the time of this photograph (September 1987) there had been no colonisation by the birds.
©John Rostron
Dist:1.3km north<br/>The lane has been moved to this location to provide access to the gravel site
©PAUL FARMER
Dist:1.3km north<br/>
©PAUL FARMER
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>As the new leaves of the hawthorn were opening, this old Comma butterfly, presumably overwintered, was spreading itself open wide to absorb the warm rays of the mid-April sun. No doubt, better Comma specimens will be visible here at Fingringhoe Wick reserve later on.
©Zorba the Geek
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>This little duck, viewed from a waterside hide at Fingringhoe Wick, was a vigorous diver, never on the surface for long. Unlike the "up-tails-all" approach of dabbling ducks, this one was completely underwater for relatively long periods. This image was taken in the instant before the duck dived yet again, as shown by its "Here I go again!" posture.
©Zorba the Geek
Dist:1.4km northwest<br/>
©Robert Edwards

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