Not strictly in the Nature Reserve, but very close.
Wednesday around 8:15 – Just past the Haverbreaks bridge a good sighting of a kingfisher.. It has been active around this area for a good few days, but usually darts for a new perch a little further down the canal. It is always uplifting to see one.
A little further along the canal towards the footpath through Flora, I noticed a line on bubbles in the canal. I stopped expecting to see the usual brown rat surface, But to my surprise an otter poked it’s head out of the water, stared at me for a few seconds and then tumble dived back under the water, and made for the reeds at the bottom of one of the gardens, where it disappeared.
Made my day!
Two sightings like this would make my year never mind the day!!!!!