Visiting Daisy Nook Country Park – in the Medlock Valley

Visit to Daisy Nook Country Park We had a really decent visit this week to Daisy Nook Country Park which is set in the Medlock Valley. It’s one of those locations  that despite it only being a few miles away from where we live it has never really been on list of places to go […]

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The Grey Heron – capable fish catcher. Part 2

Heron Fishing watch – Part 2 Following on from Part 1 of this weeks Grey Heron watch, Part 2 features a sequence of pictures of the Grey Heron catching an early breakfast offering. This catch wasn’t quite as routine as most … as the heron brought the fish to the surface and out of the […]

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The Grey Heron – capable fish catcher. Part 1

Frequent fishers I have posted before about the Grey Herons that we regularly see on our local waterways. We never tire of seeing these big birds, and realistically Herons are probably the biggest birds that most of us in England will get to see on a regular basis. It’s only recently that we have been […]

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