Even in the darkest depths of winter, there is rare beauty to be found. All we have to do is look.
In the inexorable age of the smart phone we are frequently exhorted to look with our own eyes instead of through a camera lens: musicians tell of performing to a sea of phone screens instead of human faces; visitors to city museums have to battle through a thicket of selfie sticks.
Conversely, photography can teach us how to look more closely, how to view things differently. On a recent winter trip to Arundel Wetland Centre I was surprised to find most of the other visitors held professional-looking cameras and I wanted to find out more about wildlife photography opportunities on the reserve. Arundel Wetland Centre opened in 1976 on land leased from the Norfolk Estate. The tranquil 65-acre site boasts lakes, reed beds, channels and waterfalls, all of which support a rich array of indigenous wildlife as well as a large and varied collection of international wildfowl. The site is home to 250 birds of rare and endangered species from around the world, including the Hawaiian nene, the rarest goose in the world.
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