Brockholes can be found near Preston off Junction 31 of the M6. I felt like we were going on a magical mystery tour to get to the entrance, the signs seem to be leading you in a circle once you leave the motorway then the entrance to the reserve could be easily missed. Thankfully there were 2 of us to look out.
We had a look at the map on our arrival and decided on the route we would take.
We decided to walk from the car park and turn right, walking all the way round the reserve.
The views were great
We continued to follow the path round, through some lovely shrubs, trees and gates
We walked through a wooded area where there appeared to be a few bird watchers gathered, we couldn't tell what they were looking at though.
We then came to Nook Pool. Here we saw a Heron and lots and lots of dragonflies. We also saw what we thought was a Glebe but later we weren't actually sure that's what it was.
We continued round and saw more dragonflies and a Kestral hunting. We stopped and watched this for a while. We then walked round to the main water area, there are 2 hides, one is a family hide so you can sit and watch the birds. We saw swans, Canadian geese, Greylag geese and coots. We even saw a family with 3 baby coots - too cute!!
We finished our walk with a quick visit to the floating visitors village
The reserve is free to walk around, you just have to pay for parking. A camera registers your car registration as you enter so as you leave you go to one of the parking machines, enter your registration then pay the required fee. We were there for just under 2 hours and paid £2.70. The machines accept cash or card which is great.
No dogs are allowed due to ground nesting birds.
We had a lovely time and will definitely be returning again in the near future with Mr M. I think as Baby M gets older he will be able to take part in the different events that take part too.
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