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Morecambe Bay Partnership – New Wetland, Gilpin

Annabelle Kennedy, Natural Heritage Officer at Morecambe Bay Partnership, originally contacted me in April 2016. Annabelle had recently created a new wetland site alongside the Gilpin River and wished to have aerial photographs taken over a period of time to show the progress of the area. Later that month I took photographs from above where the marks of the earth movers were still visible.

In June a valve was installed which meant the site would gradually fill up with water from the River Gilpin at high tides to create the new wetland. In January 2017 I returned, in sunnier weather conditions, to capture the dramatic transformation from the air. Below you can see the pairs of before and after photographs, plus before and after 360° photographs. Below them, there is a link to a fantastic website where you can switch between these two 360° views and directly explore the location.

A big thank you to Annabelle and Morecambe Bay Partnership for asking me to be involved. I am hoping there will be an opportunity to return again to record the site when it has been even further reclaimed by nature!

Aerial drone photograph of the newly created wetland area within the bend of the River Gilpin with Whitbarrow Scar on the horizon
Aerial drone photograph of the wetland area looking well established within the bend of the River Gilpin with Whitbarrow Scar on the horizon
A wider composite view from the drone of the newly created wetland area within the bend of the River Gilpin and showing the proximity of the A590
A "map" view directly down from the drone at 120 metres showing the relationship between the newly created wetland area and the winding of the river
An aerial drone photograph facing north of the newly created wetland area within the bend of the River Gilpin
A drone photograph from the air looking north over the wetland area and up the River Gilpin

January 2017

April 2016