Raptors joy: Safari trips in Bowland Forest | UK holidays
A The gray males are slowly drifting across the swamp. No, not me, but a great and beautiful Harir Harrir, scout for love, or breakfast. I was only 10 minutes, and I’m in a moderate shock. Are not these precious and threatened prey is so rare that one vision is very unlikely?
I am walking with Sonja Ludwig, RSPB and habitat officer Boland ForestAnd She knows these observations. She says, “They are” traditional birds “. “They tend to return to the same place or less. We always see them here. The young people always notice males first. Their feathers, their white rose and black tips on the wings are unambiguous.”
Sometimes, the hen are called “Gray Ghosts” or “swamp ghosts”. When I discovered a second male over the top of the swamp, I am happy. “Now you have to try to find the female,” says Ludwig.
We wipe more, significantly, after just a few minutes, there are, structure and white, and all the connections and conditions – and a light face when seeing it from the front.
“I trained them well, right?” Ludwig says.
I will not share the network reference. Harers Chicken – Most of the persecuted prey birds In these islands – you need peace and security, especially in the spring, when they are associated, nest and posterior chicks. The basic point is, if you want to see it, it is here. Ludwig says: “Powells takes some effort. Hilleers love it, but it is not really the type of place where you are rolling in a car and lighting up a barbecue on the side of the road.”
BowLand Forest interests my attention. I see it every morning from the kitchen, after it moved to an area outside the national landscape (previously known as the distinctive natural beauty area) four years ago. I lead it to reach the Lancaster when the M6 is spoiled, and sometimes it moves along its edges on its way to the Yorkshire Dills region or a lake area, the two national parks on both sides of Boland. But I don’t go there a lot, and I am not alone – it is likely to be the most of the rural scene that was ignored in northern England. Lakes get 18 million visitors annually, and Dales more than 6.5 million; BowLand does not register the numbers of visitors, but historically it was in Tens of thousands Although it is north to the densely populated Lancashire and close to Preston and Blackpool.
There is a mysterious thing about this scene. It was formed by the old, leather and corrosion seas, formed by wet weather and wind, Veland appears to appear to be the intersection between Morland and Mount Massif. It is covered in Heather and Blancket Bog, not in particular, and the highest point, a stones, not exceeding 561 meters (1841 feet) above sea level. Pendle Hill, an external thing for national landscape, is more handsome than any of the fall.
Walking along the upper paths is similar to high steps, arid appearance and exposure to elements. When the artist Rob Saint John, who develops a series of structures for national landscapes under the title Are you lost?The local residents who did not visit the area routinely asked what they imagined, their answers were often such as “dark”, “frightening” and “cold”.
Access is a challenge. Bentham Street, north of the south of Chatburn Street, takes a big line across agricultural areas. More dramatic – and trafficking – is a winding road and diameter across the Bowland Basin, the geological advantage of the region that many know. Another skirt is a way to skirt or suddenly Peter in motorcycle/walking paths, as it happens with the Roman road between Selidburn and Hornbi. Limited car parks and low bus services – though No. 11 busIt was launched a year ago, achieved great success, as it linked some of the most picturesque landscape sites with Clitheroe and Settle, which contains railway stations.
In September 2004, a large part of the Bowland was opened for the first time when the countryside and Way Act 2000 gave the public right to reach the public to “reach land” for outdoor entertainment purposes. But people can walk and run and – where it allows – the bikes where there are paths. Many highlands in Bowland are very tightening and phardes, or luxury, which want to negotiate with a very slope (valleys) and early slopes in Heather throwing in the knee, which was moved by deep grooves.
But limited access and small visitors numbers bring benefits to nature. A large central department was appointed from 775 square kilometers (300 square miles) of the national scene as a site for the private scientific interest due to the habitats that protect and equip it of international importance, especially Harrir and Mirlin. The latter is the smallest prey in the UK, the size of the castles. Maybe I couldn’t discover one while visiting if Ludwig did not know where to look. With perspectives, we can only select a gray point sitting – on top of the old Baqis.
While I was focusing, another bird was flashing across the valley where we were sitting. It was a male hawk, apparently returning to the nest area where the female was either embraced eggs or preparing for the site to lay. I have never seen before, although I saw their food refusing in urban areas. To see the fastest bird in the world – capable of 240 miles per hour while fishing dive – was slowing down to the greeting of his companion was special.
While searching for prey birds, I saw many other types: meadow tubes, skylars, Curlews, Stonechat, Greylag Opply. The stars was two of the episode ouzls- a member listed in the red list (meaning “from high memorization interests”) in the Thrush family that lives in the highlands. With the entry of spring, he will see the birds with severe eyes, in the reeds, on the air lands, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Wood Warbler, Lapwing, and Rear Black Grouase- in addition to the common and adult sand on the banks of the river. Bowland also supports a large colony of lower black Gull, which is the UK region of international importance.
Parts of Bowland are used to shoot paid between August and December. An exciting hobby of division, and it provokes the emotions of the province. Every year, Raptors is illegally killed in areas where the buds are frequent, and in late 2024, one of the Polands, He disappeared “in suspicious circumstances”Although it is equipped with the satellite brand. While Bowland has a long history as a hunting area-the ancient word “Forest” to royal hunting land instead of tree cover-fishing works began in the mid-nineteenth century. The Fells Red Grouse, which heard its high calls a lot while walking – formed the arc we see today.
But JMW Turner Pelvic drawings And other regions, from the year 1816-Management Management-shows the nude Fells and a few original trees on Becks and the lowest slopes. In fact, most of the highlands might have fallen when agriculture reached thousands of years ago, and Norman did not require a tree cover when they created hunting land for the first time.
What Bowland offers is not sacrificing beauty, light peaks, or well -destructive infantry corridors, but moments of wild in a human -made scene (sex is not accidental). His visit, as well as simple joy itself, is a way to support the claim on behalf of the most vulnerable population of the region in the region – the prey.
The “Summit” Summit “Mini Safari” with Ludwig when the male chicken Harir began performing what is known as the dance of the sky. On a large background, blue and above a piece of Heather in the color of the chocolate where the female lies, shot up up and began in the beerwit, then fall, then stir, predict, frankly, appears like Pelio-to excite her admiration, to warn the younger males, and perhaps, because flying like that must feel it.
Download bicycle and cycling tracks here. the Eco Escapes Directory He has suggestions for car -free visitswhile The last official Discover Bowland The guide has an advantage over walking on a wheelchair all the terrain