Yes I agree with the LWT that being out and amongst our wildlife does lift the spirits.

Why were these normally agile airborne hirundines mauling about on that Farmsteads Lawn?

Once more I will try to join in with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust with its 30 days wild in June…let’s see how much I can do and how much you can take!

Mosslands birding legend Dave Steel comes to the end of his epic 30 Days Wild. It has been a wonderful experience and will interest many people in the wildlife we are protecting on the moss. I…

Day 28 and 29 of Dave Steel’s 30 Days Wild adventure involves a late evening encounter in his garden and then back on the moss in the morning.

Dave Steel starts and extraordinary final weekend of 30 Days Wild with shifting crops and singing birds

Beginning and ending a journey to the mosslands around Salford and Wigan can be an astonishingly wild experience for our 30 Days Wild blogger, Dave Steel.

Our mosses have residents but also many visitors popping in on their way to warmer places and breeding grounds, Dave Steel continues his 30 Days Wild odyssey.

Rain fails to dampen the enthusiasm of our 30 Days Wild adventurer Dave Steel and the people he meets on his mosslands wander.

“Are you ready for the festival?” asks James Walsh, aka The Mancunian Birder