So Santa Wilson and his toxic sleigh have shuttled off for another year. 2014 and what a soggy start to January! Still it could be worse, it could be snow. In 2010 we had these abysmal conditions which seemed to last for weeks. It was during this period that Rattlechain lagoon formed its own “natural cap” of ice over the surface of the water and the toxic white phosphorus that lay beneath.
It was quite clear however that there were little pockets that didn’t quite freeze, and these were not the plots occupied by a stranded coot or moorhen. It was obviously gas being evolved-phosphine gas.
The majority of birds fled the scene, without a Dutch or Belgian bloke in sight scooting around on the water. Perhaps just briefly this was Nature’s way of sealing off the toxic hell hole that lay beneath and without a penny being spent.
The last open plot