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
Christine Lucas 