I can imagine this past week has been a very nice change; we have had sun and warm weather giving everyone a chance to see the wildlife in their gardens and at Saltholme, one species of bird is very distinguished when sitting in the trees – the goldfinch, it is bright and colourful with a great call, you can hear the gold finches calling by clicking this link here.
A few weeks ago I came to the reserve and everywhere I went goldfinches were passing, a great chance to see them is when you come straight into Saltholme with a view from the visitors centre window looking onto the lake. You can also see from the main lake the common terns, in big numbers are continuing to bring up chicks on the islands and sand martins are skimming the water to catch their food they head, even the swallows pass right over the visitor centre to find a meal. Elsewhere the foxes pop up along any of the paths at any time, sometimes I manage to film them briefly.
- Josh McGowan