Board-walk to the island – salt marsh (3)

In the foreground are the grasses and flowering plants of the high salt marsh, flooded twice a day by the Cape Cod tides.  Beyond lies the upland forest of Wing’s Island, where cedar, pitch pine and oaks have colonised what was a meadow just 100 years ago.

The narrow board-walk, running straight across the marsh, is an irresistible invitation to set out on a journey across this sun-baked wetland, alive with the sound of insects and birds.  The timber path entices the visitor through the bright, open marshland to the mysterious darker green trees beyond, reassuringly man-made yet in harmony with its setting.