Over the last few days a male blackbird has been introducing his adolescent chick to my back yard. A couple of days ago I saw him gather some food from my feeding station then fly up the wall to the chick and feed it.
Yesterday it was nice and sunny so I decided to get on my mountain bike and cycle from the house I was working at up to the East Lancs road via a farmland path. As I was cycling beside Windle Brook, a large bird flew up suddenly. It was a heron.