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An alternative Air Show

Posted 7 months ago

by Alex
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Click here to find out more about our Air Show with a difference.
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Knots fear not

Posted 7 months ago

by Alex
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The big ‘spring’ tides of the autumn blow in again soon (seasons can get confusing can't they!) and the birds are even more mobile than usual. On the September spring tides our Marshside guided walk participants enjoyed some great close...
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Flooded track

Posted 7 months ago

by Alex
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Dib road track is flooded between the farm house and our car park. Please take extreme care if visiting the reserve by car. Maybe leave the car at home, put on your wellies and take a walk to the reserve down one of the many footpaths in the area.
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Spring tides hit the Ribble

Posted over 1 year ago

by Alex
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Spring tides hit the Ribble Visitors are invited to the RSPB’s Marshside and Hesketh Out Marsh nature reserves to witness the high “spring” tides and the spectacular wildlife spectacle they bring to the Ribble estuary. Spring tides...
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Hedge-laying helps wildlife

Posted over 1 year ago

by Tony Baker
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There has been some exciting RSPB management at Hesketh Out Marsh recently which I will have a stab at describing here. We were fortunate to receive grant aid through Higher Level Stewardship for hedge-laying work. This funding was only available for...

Latest forum posts

	Topic	Date	Replies
ColinBushell	Green-winged Teal at Hesketh Out Marsh RSPB Posted to: Hesketh Out Marsh	Latest post by ColinBushell 27 Oct 2011 8:31 PM	0
ColinBushell	Green-winged Teal at Hesketh Out Marsh RSPB Posted to: Hesketh Out Marsh	Latest post by ColinBushell 27 Oct 2011 10:33 PM	0
Debs n Dave	It will be all white on the night Posted to: Hesketh Out Marsh	Latest post by Debs n Dave 1 Mar 2012 11:57 AM	2
Tony Baker	Hello everyone Posted to: Hesketh Out Marsh	Latest post by Tony Baker 1 Mar 2012 2:58 PM	4
Christine Daniels	Big tide walk 17th October 2012 Posted to: Hesketh Out Marsh	Latest post by Christine Daniels 19 Oct 2012 4:48 PM	0

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lancslass

Lapland Bunting Male

Spotted in my garden in Tarleton feeding at my bird-table, almost every day in December

reed bunting

Posted: 27 Dec 2010

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birdmon

Little Egret

Spotted a Little Egret today 14th September 2012. It was very windy and I struggled to get a decent photo...

Little egret, wading birds, birds

Posted: 14 Sep 2012

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birdmon

Little Egret - Hesketh

Little Egret flying. Spot Blackpool Tower in background

Little egret, wading birds, birds, River Ribble

Posted: 14 Sep 2012

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Front-line worker 10

Shelducks

The only birds I could see clearly this windy COLD SNOW BLIZZARD day was Shelducks

Shelduck Hesketh Out Marsh

Posted: 27 Mar 2013

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Cheshire Lass

The viewing hide at HOM.

This picture was taken on my first visit to the reserve on April 24th 2010.

view

Posted: 11 May 2010

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Cheshire Lass

White Wagtail

One of 6+ White Wagtails seen on my visit to the marsh on April 24th 2010.

white wagtail, pied wagtail

Posted: 11 May 2010

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StuW

Ooo Eck!

While at the viewing platform, I noticed this Hare in the grass about 30m away.

hare, brown hare

Posted: 15 Sep 2010

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StuW

A wet escape

After sitting for a while, the hare must have realised that the water was going to continue rising, so...

hare, swim, brown hare

Posted: 15 Sep 2010

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Debs n Dave

Waxwings in Hesketh Bank

Taken today at around 14:30pm in Poppyfields off Station Road. There were x9 birds in total and they...

waxwing

Posted: 9 Jan 2011

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Apple Jack

Common Blue butterflies

A pair of Common Blue butterflies mating: Hesketh Out Marsh in summer 2010

common blue butterfly

Posted: 21 Feb 2011

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