Anyone interested in wildlife should visit Martin Mere near Southport; a reserve belonging to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. They currently have on the mere and surrounding grassland in excess of 29,000 pink footed geese and some 400 whooper swans all having migrated from their arctic breeding grounds to winter there. Some 4000 whooper swans are expected. Yesterday I witnessed this spectacle and also saw hundreds of lapwings, a marsh harrier, a buzzard, a sparrow hawk and several species of duck. There are peregrine falcons around but I didn’t see one during my visit. To use modern parlance it is awesome.
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