Dave Steel starts and extraordinary final weekend of 30 Days Wild with shifting crops and singing birds

Beginning and ending a journey to the mosslands around Salford and Wigan can be an astonishingly wild experience for our 30 Days Wild blogger, Dave Steel.

James Walsh, aka The Mancunian Birder, takes you on a birding tour of the park - why not come along to the Festival Of Nature and see what you can see ? You never know your luck in the big city…

Our mosses have residents but also many visitors popping in on their way to warmer places and breeding grounds, Dave Steel continues his 30 Days Wild odyssey.

Rain fails to dampen the enthusiasm of our 30 Days Wild adventurer Dave Steel and the people he meets on his mosslands wander.

“Are you ready for the festival?” asks James Walsh, aka The Mancunian Birder

Thou shalt not pass, a tiny bird blocks the way for Dave Steel on his 30 Days Wild Adventure but it is just another experience to share in his wonderful blog

Dave Steel looks back on days when he regularly heard snipe on the moss, and finds new hope in hearing one today.

Even on a quiet day our mosslands birding legend Dave Steel is bitten by the 30 Days Wild bug - and a horsefly.

On Day 21 of 30 Days Wild, Dave Steel wanders a little further afield to find himself deep in the woods.