Tag: Stanley Park
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Sunday Surprise
Picture by Tom Parkinson On Saturday I took part in a Cumbria Bird Club outing at Foulney. If you’ve never been I recommend it. Basically you walk out from Roa Island causeway near Barrow and get cut off by the tide. You’re then treated to great views of a couple of thousand Eider and hopefully…
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‘Seagulls’ in Blackpool and Blackpool Culture
Excerpts from a ‘fragmented’ essay I wrote earlier in the year. 1 – In May 2020 a Herring Gull was photographed at a Blackpool KFC drive through with a crossbow bolt through its body. It survived at least nine months despite the trauma and was regularly seen by customers and the general public. The bird…