Leighton Moss

A March visit to the RSPB reserve, Leighton Moss, Lancashire (made famous for its drizzle cake by a well-known TV wildlife personality. 😀)

Blackbird

Robin

Wigeon

Pheasant

(Cuddly toy) Panda

Mute Swan

Gadwall

Great White Egret

Reds at Formby

A visit to the National Trust reserve at Formby Point near Southport, Merseyside.

The Reserve

Red Squirrel

Blackbird

Canal at Gathurst

The canal is the Leeds-Liverpool canal.  The section is at Gathurst, Lancashire, near where the canal, the M5 motorway and the railway line all cross each other.

M-way, railway, canal

Canal traffic

M-way

Railway, canal

Locks (current and disused)

Lock gates

Lock keeper's cottage

M-way and lock

Weir into canal

Lock gate

M-way traffic

M-way, disused lock

Floating tearoom

Railway over canal

Road bridge (B5206 Gathurst Lane)

Canalside property

Gathurst Lane bridge

R.Douglas