As we arrived, the wind whipped across the marshes - gulls and swifts were sailing about above us. After a brief introduction in the centre, we explored the site. Near the Centre is a "wildlife garden" - not quite Chelsea, but pleasant.
This is a view of the Centre building from the garden, with some of Teesside's more usual architecture in the background -
The water feature/pond in the garden (inside the low wall) has a fountain in the middle -
And this is the seat where the last photo was taken from, showing the up-ended trees which line one side of the path -
They are real trees, though dead, uprooted, turned upside down, and replanted.
The rest of the area was less photogenic, being very bare and windswept (though DH took photos of the Transporter Bridge, and some ducks, with his superior camera and lens). We visited 2 of the hides and watched some of the birds (though I was more interested in the cows which appeared to be walking on the water at the other end of the lake), had coffee and cake in the nice cafe, which has excellent views of one lake, browsed round the shop, and plan to go again.
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