Yet again, David and I have had a simply wonderful bank holiday weekend! 😀 Our plans were fitted around the changeable weather on Saturday, were we spent time visiting family. With better weather forecast for Sunday, we headed up to the Lake District for a spectacular day out (post to follow)! Monday, the hottest day of the year (so far), dawned bright with not a cloud in the sky. Our plan was a visit to the very popular Pennington Flash, with Riley in tow.
At only 40 minutes drive from Liverpool, Pennington Flash is a local nature reserve in Leigh. Boasting a 70 hectare lake, bird hides, bridle paths and even a golf course! Pennington Flash seems to have it all.
View from a hide
On recommendation (as it gets very busy), we arrived early, paid £1.20 (which is for all day parking) and took a leisurely 3.5 mile walk around fens, woodland and meadows. Riley seemed to enjoy himself, even taking a short dip in the flash (a term for a lake derived from mining subsidence).
Of the numerous wildlife sightings, the highlights were, lapwings (which were too far for me to photograph), a yellow iris, my first sightings of damselflies, (too fast for me to photograph) and striking common blue butterflies.
I enjoyed the walk as much as Riley and hope to revisit in future. Perhaps a more detailed visit is in store for 30 Days Wild?
Have you visited Pennington Flash? If so, what were your impressions?
Thanks for reading,
Christine x
Christine Lucas 
A lovely outing, and Riley certainly seems to be enjoying himself. Living up to the expression “Living the life of Riley”.
Looking forward to 30 days wild too. I have made a list of walks and have one rather nice outing already booked. Feel much better prepared for my second year on the challenge, all I need now is some good weather.
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This will be my fourth 30 Days. I will have to sit down and plan some days out too. 🙂 I look forward to reading about your wild adventures x
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What a wonderful place name ‘Pennington Flash’. A great place for Riley to take a cooling dip. Lovely to see your Iris and Common Blue butterfly pictures too.
Have decided not to officially join in with 30 Days Wild this year. I am still keeping a Nature Diary though with details of what wildlife I see when I’m out and about. Look forward to your posts. Xx
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Thanks Sharon. This will be my 4th year doing 30 Days. Its getting harder to find wild things to do x
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I know! Trying to think of a few for you. How about visiting a wildflower meadow, go on an organized nature walk, forest bathing ( basically just walk through a wood appreciating all the sounds, colours, textures etc, cook something wild ( not a rabbit! 😘) and a beach clean. Xx
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Aww thanks Sharon I’ll add these to my list. Some good ideas. I think the wildflower meadow would be nice 😁 x
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Do you know the origin of the flash? Formed due to subsidence caused by mine workings. There are others in Wigan too which are also pleasant to walk around
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Yes I had noted that 😁
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I’ve never visited, but it looks a lovely place to walk.
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