Posts about gwatt
Exceptionally low water levels at Lake Thun, as part of a four-year routine.
A lovely month full of experiences, but fewer random photographs than usual.
The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.
Low water levels in Lake Thun in winter reveal large expanses of foreshore.
I just came across a short film I made in January and posted to YouTube at the time. Filmed with my X100 and edited quickly in iMovie, it shows the publicly accessible lake-shore nature reserve at Gwatt, some fifteen minutes’ drive from home.
The Swiss aren’t generally as keen on nature reserves as the British. Despite the stupidly beautiful countryside, there are comparatively few places like RSPB reserves (over 200 in the U.K.) and the National Trust (who is the U.K.’s largest individual land owner). We’re lucky enough to live near two of the small Swiss reserves at Lake Thun:…
Along the lake shore path at Gwatt are homes perfect for twitchers: this area is separated from the Thunersee by large reed beds full of nesting birds.