点评:We booked in advance a Safari trip with a guide in a 4-wheel drive vehicle. On arrival the staff made us feel most welcome. We planned to have refreshments and a short explore of some of the site prior to our booking. However, as we left the café after a good cup of coffee and hot pasty, we accepted the offer of starting our tour early.
Our guide, Nick, was friendly, accommodating and very knowledgeable. Nothing was too much trouble and he matched the experience with our previous bird watching. The tour of the north part of the reserve was interesting, but there was not much bird activity on an overcast January day. However, as soon as we descended to the lower levels it all came alive, literally. Nick took us to many hotspots for the current bird population. His knowledge, enabled us to see 41 species of bird, as well as hearing a few more. He was very good at setting his scope to enable us to clearly see many birds in detail. We were not rushed, indeed our time with him greatly exceeded that advertised. Nick also made sure we finished at a hide where we had the best chance of seeing many Marsh Harriers coming in to roost. We opted to remain here, without him, and take the short walk back to the car park at dusk.
Although we have been bird watching many times in the past, we had a memorably enhanced time. One is never too old to learn new things.
翻译:我们提前预订了带导游的四轮驱动车野生动物园之旅。抵达后,工作人员让我们感到宾至如归。我们计划在预订之前享用茶点并短暂探索一些景点。然而,当我们喝完一杯好咖啡和热糕点后离开咖啡馆时,我们接受了提前开始旅行的提议。
我们的导游尼克很友好、乐于助人而且知识渊博。没有什么太麻烦的,他将这次经历与我们之前观鸟的经历相匹配。保护区北部的游览很有趣,但一月阴天没有太多鸟类活动。然而,当我们下降到较低的水平时,一切都变得栩栩如生。尼克带我们去了许多当前鸟类种群的热点地区。他的知识使我们能够看到 41 种鸟类,并听到更多鸟类的声音。他非常善于调整视野,使我们能够清楚地看到许多鸟类的细节。我们并不着急,事实上我们和他在一起的时间远远超出了广告上的时间。尼克还确保我们在一个隐蔽处结束,在那里我们有最好的机会看到许多沼泽鹞栖息。我们选择留在这里,没有他,并在黄昏时步行一小段距离回到停车场。
虽然我们过去已经观鸟过很多次了,但我们度过了一段难忘的时光。学习新事物永远不会太老。