Birding Group Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 25th June 2013
Anne and I went to Brockholes on the 17th of May but just a month later the place was transformed with vegetation now abundant. and the meadows in full bloom and full of insect life. The islands in No 1 Pit were full of quite high vegetation and gravel was hardly to be seen ! Quite a change. By the way we ended up wondering why we always go on the M6 when really we should go all the way on the M61 !
We were a little early so before meeting up at the cafe, we walked around the back of the clump of bushes at the back of the bird feeder near the entrance and had a look at the reeds there. As we approached you could hear the Sedge Warblers singing loudly and our patience was rewarded when a single bird popped out of the reeds and, perched at the very top of a reed, started to sing loudly. The three of us got really good views. A small number of Reed Buntings also appeared and all this before we had started !