Jay in the garden

A Jay visited our garden today - first time I've seen one close up! It didn't stay around for long - as soon as it saw me it gave a loud 'skraaak' and flew away into the trees.

Views from the bird hide

Thanks very much for the shelter and enjoyable views from the bird hide.
Patrica & Martin

Lancashire & Blackpool Tourism Awards 2011/12

Received notification today that we have been shortlisted in the Sustainable Tourism Award category for the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards 2011/12 which will take place on Thursday 22nd September.
Need to complete the application and gather all the evidence together before the end of August (and we go on holiday for a week tomorrow)!

Bird Hide Nature Diary

Thanks very much for the shelter.
Lots of love, Duke of Edinburgh walkers.

Cottage Nature Diary

We saw pied wagtails, great tits, hedgehog, pheasants, swallows,chaffinches, blackbirds, rabbits and wrens.

(Thank you to the Miller Family for making a note of these sightings in the nature diary).

Viewings from the bird hide

Lost count after 100+ lapwings! 5 cock pheasants, 3-4 swallows. Starlings (amongst lapwings). 1 hare, 1 oystercatcher, 4 dicks (mallard), 30 gulls - too far away to identify exactly (possibly black headed), 2 magpie, 1 curlew and 3 pigeons.

Hedgehog at the door

Got a surprise this afternoon when there was a young hedgehog just outside the door!