Mar 27 2015
After we left Sizergh we drove down to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve again, this time parking at the top of the causeway first and walking down to the public hide. The star attractions here were at least three Marsh Harriers and possibly more and a pair of Otters.
Mar 27 2015
We had last gone to Sizergh Castle for the Hawfinch Watch in early March 2012 and that had been very successful. There had been several cold winters, however, and the numbers of native birds had been boosted by foreign birds escaping the colder parts of Europe. Since then we had had much milder winters and this had led to many fewer birds around since the. Or, at least, that is what the National Trust warder told us. So it was with a little trepidation that we stood on the cafe verandah – a bunch of around 20 of us – awaiting our first bird. It started off looking not so good as the first forty-five minutes passed without event.