A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
Great to finally catch up with the over-wintering Twite at Knott End. During the past few years they’ve become a regular feature favouring the area adjacent to the ferry slipway. With the slipway capturing the floating seeds and debris from further along the estuary the Read More …
Hmmmm……. difficult to top a Pallid Harrier but few better places to be than the Trough of Bowland on a glorious day in Spring. Even the Chaffinches look superb in the bright sunshine and unpolluted air. A few highlights from another walk alongside a crystal clear brook. One Read More …
A pair of courting Great Crested Grebes at Meresands Wood LWT reserve. Despite making all the right moves this particular pair are yet to successfully raise any young. Hopefully this year they’ll succeed. More highlights from a recent tour of west Lancashire. Really good to be out Read More …
The Ribble Estuary NNR just under 10 miles south of Blackpool Tower and home to over quarter of a million waders and wildfowl during the winter. On Saturday 21st Feb the highest tide of the year came rolling in. Typical, you really couldn’t make it Read More …
Seems like ages since we watched a decent high tide come rolling in. February’s spring tide in Southport was too good an opportunity to miss. Peewits – the first of the waders to flee the oncoming tide. One of the dozens of flocks of Read More …