30 Days Wild 2018 – Day Ten

Day 10: This Sunday David and I ventured to Brockholes, 50 minutes drive from Liverpool. Brockholes is a nature reserve on the site of an old quarry. It opened in 2011 and is managed by Lancashire Wildlife Trust. This 250 acre reserve has trail paths, forest walks, lakes, wetlands and a floating visitor centre.

We spent a leisurely four hours nature spotting. The highlights were: seeing a fleeing roe deer, hundreds of darting blue damselflies, dragonflies spotted over the Nook Pool, and an oystercatcher and lapwing from The Lookout hide.

Azure Damselfly

Grey Squirrel

Large Red Damselfly

David

Skipper?

Migrant Hawker

Yellow Darter

Brockholes

Roe Deer

Oystercatcher

Lapwing

Christine and Badger

Spotted Orchid

Have you visited Brockholes? What was your impression?

Thanks for reading, and stay wild!

Christine x