captaincarot, we were in the eric morecambe hide on wednesday, and that's where we saw the great white through someones scope
the snow geese were pointed out to us, and we did have a brief look through a scope but to be honest i really couldn't say that's what i was looking at, just looked like a big white bird to me. also, a number of people in the hide didn't seem convinced that they really were snow geese, thought they may have been some sort of ferral bird. we're not anywhere near knowledgeable enough to comment really, and all i can say is that i saw three big white birds which were completely different in shape to the great white.
simon, we stayed at meathop fell, just down the road from silverdale. we were hoping to get up to haweswater too, for half the week, but the weather was appaling, lots of roads closed due to flooding, so we stayed put at meathop. we're planning on getting up there in the spring ourselves though
have you seen the golden eagle yourself?
pam, it's a lovely part of the world, and we've only really just discovered the south lakes. grange over sands was interesting as there are a load of funny looking ducks and geese on the lake in the ornamental park/gardens there, not native ones but very interesting none the less.