On Friday 28th May (after a successful morning on the patch and in Filey (previous post)) the family and I set off to Bolton as we were staying with relatives for the weekend. On the 29th we went to Brockholes nature reserve. It was very busy as it was an incredibly warm day. We walked a long the Ribble river where we saw three great birds: a
Kingfisher, a
Goosander and (best of all) a
Little gull.
On the 30th we set off to Hartlepool to pick up my gran so that she could spend the half-term holidays with us, this meant a quick visit to Saltholme. The reserve was closing soon so we only managed to visit Saltholme hide. On Back Saltholme there was a
Spoonbill, but it was distant and sleeping and I had already seen a more active one in Filey just a little while ago. The hide also had feeding
Avocets and
Common terns. Some
Great-crested grebes then drifted close. Even though the weekend wasn't predominantly a birding one, it still produced some great birds.
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| Little gull |
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| Goosander |
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| Kingfisher |
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| Avocets |
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| Reed bunting |
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| Common terns |
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| Moorhens and a Coot |
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| Distant Spoonbill |
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| Great-crested grebe |
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| Great-crested grebe |
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