Big Garden Birdwatch

Every year the RSPB holds its Big Garden Birdwatch. People are asked to watch and record the birds for an hour - at home, in a local park or at an RSPB event and then submit their results.

I watch and log the birds in my garden every day, so I will be submitting my results later.

It's not too late to take part, find further details on the RSPB website

Winter Walk

It was very windy around the Dock yesterday, the few blackheaded gulls that took to the air were really struggling to gain height. . 3 cormorants were stood on the groynes and 10 mallard were settled on the jetties. Only the coots braved the chilly, choppy water, there seems to have been something of a coot population explosion this year.

Albert Edward Dock
Coot x 50
Blackheaded Gull x 10
Cormorant x 3
Mallard x 10

First Snow

We had our first snowfall of Winter 2011 today, only a very light covering.



This time last year it had been snowing for 2 weeks and was pretty deep.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Ribble Steam are running their popular Santa Specials again during December. They have got off to a very damp start this year, as it has been a very rainy weekend here. This years the trains are bigger than ever, I counted 5 carriages, all full of happy faces.