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Latest wildlife sightings – May 2022
May was a bug bonanza! Our latest wildlife sightings from across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been dominated by buzzing, flitting, shimmering insects.
May was a bug bonanza! Our latest wildlife sightings from across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been dominated by buzzing, flitting, shimmering insects.
We’re full of the joys of spring, and wildlife is too. Migratory birds are arriving, dragonflies are emerging and the weather is finally brightening up.
After what felt like a very long, wet winter, our staff and visitors were overjoyed to feel the arrival of spring – and we think it’s safe to say the wildlife on our nature reserves was, too!
Our new year got off to a fantastic start with plenty of wonderful wildlife sightings across our nature reserves in January.
It’s officially winter. Snow and frost painted the landscape brilliant white in December, but even if the weather had held off, the wildlife sightings would have been a key clue to the change of…
Despite Storm Arwen shaking things up towards the end of the month, there was still lots of wonderful wildlife to spot across our region. Here are our latest wildlife sightings.
The onset of autumn brought some exciting migratory birds, the first frost and stunning colour to our nature reserves last month.
With a mini heatwave and stormy downpours all rolled into one, September took on an autumnal edge, with fungi and fruits bursting forth whilst the birds undertook their annual changing of the…
From our woods and wetlands to our peat bogs and peaceful coastline, you couldn’t tread anywhere without some wonderful wildlife sightings in August. Catch up with what our staff, volunteers and…
We’ve spotted butterflies-galore across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside over the past month, but these weren’t the only wildlife highlights. Take a look at our July wildlife sightings…