As the Spring progresses my attention turns away from the estuary towards the river valley, particularly Brockholes Quarry. Situated alongside the M6 just east of Preston, it's an ideal "patch" being only 6 miles from home. So far this year the birding's been pretty slow (the winter's always quiet, maybe due to lack of observer coverage), but as migration kicks in we can expect some decent birding here. Last autumn was superb for Black Terns and the long-awaited Little Stint quarry tick finally fell! See the culprits pictured above from October 2006. Star bird was of course the Glossy Ibis (see older posts).
