Visiting Arnside & Leighton Moss

Visiting Arnside & Leighton Moss The last time we had been at Arnside together was in August 2020, and we managed to make it back there in Spring of this year. It’s only now in September that I have had chance to get this blog post sorted. A little bit overdue Arnside really is a […]

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August visit to Burton Mere Wetlands – RSPB Reserve

August visit to Burton Mere Wetlands – RSPB Reserve This was our second visit to the RSPB wetlands site at Burton Mere, our previous visit there was a couple of months ago back in June. As I have written a few words in an earlier post about the site and following our June visit I […]

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Sparrowhawk – a surprise visitor to our garden

Sparrowhawk – a surprise visitor to our garden After having been out for a few hours enjoying the glorious weather and wandering around Lymm Dam I hadn’t expected to see what I did when I glanced out of the kitchen window and into the garden when we got home. We get a reasonable selection of […]

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A visit to the RSPB site at Burton Mere wetlands

A visit to the RSPB site at Burton Mere wetlands Last week we made the relatively short journey from home (less than an hour in the car) to the RSPB Burton Mere wetlands site over in Neston. The site itself is on land that has been reclaimed from the Dee estuary and the wetlands are […]

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Anglesey and it’s magnificent coastline – part 2

Anglesey and it’s magnificent coastline – part 2 This is Part 2 of a three part blog post capturing our recent break in Anglesey. I wrote in the introduction to Part 1 that we have stayed in Anglesey a few times over the years and always enjoyed it and this trip was no exception to […]

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