In his final blog from Heysham Nature Reserve, Alan Wright sees a wildlife spectacle and seeks some of the many birds recorded on the reserve.

In the first of a series of blogs, Alan Wright explores the autumn wildlife around Heysham Nature Reserve.

In part two of his blog from Heysham Nature Reserve, Alan Wright seeks an autumn butterfly and other species appearing on a warm day.

As we drift into autumn so many wildlife spectacles await us, none more so than amazing birds of prey soaring above our nature reserves in Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside.

In the spirit of all things active and autumnal, we asked staff what their favourite reserves were for a peaceful walk.