Mon 23 Jan 2012
I called in at the WWT Martin Mere centre near Southport last week – I couldn’t have timed a better visit. Cold weather in Scotland meant that hundreds of whooper swans had decided to move further south to the Lancashire coast. It brought the total number of whoopers to around 1,900 swans, with more predicted to arrive over the weekend. The swans winter at Martin Mere and will begin their migration back to Iceland in March, where they will spend the summer. The noise was incredible and with a great variety of ducks also present it was a memorable spectacle. www.wwt.org.uk/visit/martinmere for more information.
Look out for February’s edition of Countryman which is on sale this week. There is a special feature on our traditional county boundaries, we take a look at Dickens country and reveal the truth about cuckoos. www.thecountryman.co.uk



