Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve Exhibition
16th March 2009
I am very please to announce, that I will be exhibiting my photographs at Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve from January 29th to February 22nd 2010.The Exhibition room is on the right as you walk in the main reception area. I will have between 20 and 30 images exhibited, all of which will be available for purchase should you choose.A percentage of all sales will go to Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve.
This is a great place to visit, if you have not already been. There are Kingfishers to be seen, particularly from the Rufford hide and the Redwing hide, although I have seen them from nearly every hide at the reserve.
Perhaps the main wildlife interest at Mere Sands Wood is the over-wintering birds. Winter wildfowl populations include nationally important numbers of Gadwall and Teal, as well as Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveler, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye and Goosander. Locally important species include Mandarin Duck and Kingfisher and there are annual sightings of Willow Tit and Lesser-spotted Woodpecker. Breeding species include Great Crested and Little Grebes, Shelduck, Gadwall, Pochard and Tufted Duck, alongside Little Ringed Plover and Lapwing. Birds that breed in the woodland include Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, and Redpoll alongside the common tit and warbler species. Turtle Dove and Quail breed occasionally. In all, over 170 bird species have been seen on the reserve, of these 60 are known to have bred.
Click this link below for info on Mere Sands Wood.
http://www.lancswt.org.uk/Our%20Reserves/mere_sands_wood.htm
Contact:
Kim Neal
Reserves Manager
Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside
Holmeswood Road
Rufford
Lancashire
L40 1TG
tel: (01704) 821809
email: meresandswood@lancswt.org.uk
fax: (01704) 822195
This is a great place to visit, if you have not already been. There are Kingfishers to be seen, particularly from the Rufford hide and the Redwing hide, although I have seen them from nearly every hide at the reserve.
Perhaps the main wildlife interest at Mere Sands Wood is the over-wintering birds. Winter wildfowl populations include nationally important numbers of Gadwall and Teal, as well as Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveler, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye and Goosander. Locally important species include Mandarin Duck and Kingfisher and there are annual sightings of Willow Tit and Lesser-spotted Woodpecker. Breeding species include Great Crested and Little Grebes, Shelduck, Gadwall, Pochard and Tufted Duck, alongside Little Ringed Plover and Lapwing. Birds that breed in the woodland include Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, and Redpoll alongside the common tit and warbler species. Turtle Dove and Quail breed occasionally. In all, over 170 bird species have been seen on the reserve, of these 60 are known to have bred.
Click this link below for info on Mere Sands Wood.
http://www.lancswt.org.uk/Our%20Reserves/mere_sands_wood.htm
Contact:
Kim Neal
Reserves Manager
Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside
Holmeswood Road
Rufford
Lancashire
L40 1TG
tel: (01704) 821809
email: meresandswood@lancswt.org.uk
fax: (01704) 822195
