In Focus Brockholes Binoculars & Telescopes Specialists

21/04/2022

Our first visitor of the day wanted to know if we had any moo-noculars in stock.

12/04/2022

Latest sightings blog including some mega Osprey shots and a whole raft of other sightings here at Brockholes

Mid April onwards and we can expect a whole block of arrivals onto the reserve as well as birds passing through.

25/03/2022

Latest sightings review, spring has definitely sprung and we have a new sightings map!

First Osprey, Wheatear and Swallow join Sand Martins and Chiffchaff as spring starts for real.

11/03/2022

Sand Martin arrival, Chiffchaff in song and bubbling Curlew in the latest sightings blog at Brockholes

First Sand Martins arrive, Chiffchaff are in song, it's on the up!

25/02/2022

First signs of spring? Latest sightings blog and some predictions in the coming month here at Brockholes.

Spring is just around the corner. Meteorological spring does start on the 1st March, so what should we be looking for?

11/02/2022

Latest sightings blog at Brockholes https://www.brockholes.org/blog/focus/returning-curlew

28/01/2022

Latest sightings at Brockholes including 2 Bittern and ~ 20,000 Starling. Waders are starting to move, a sign of spring just round the corner.

Two Bittern now on site, many Lapwing and a big murmuration!

14/01/2022

Our first 'Latest Sightings' blog at Brockholes for 2022!

We are off to a fine start with Bittern present, two Willow Tit reported, over wintering Green Sandpiper and an impressive Starling murmuration.

31/12/2021

Happy New Year to you all out there. Our last latest sighting blog for 2021. What will 2022 bring? Difficult to imagine anything as rare as a Belted Kingfisher but Brockholes has a great track record for turning up the unusual.

Happy New Year! Plenty of action around the reserve including Bittern, Starling murmuration and a Bonxie!

28/12/2021

It's good to be back at work! (is not a phrase that's often heard...) Currently we are implementing 'Operation Bittern' which basically involves keeping a eye out for the Bittern that on site so we can add it to our shop list.

11/12/2021

Hmm... those gulls are looking agitated....woah Bonxie! Just flown around Pit No.1 then headed off over the motorway and appeared to land on the new workings. Only the second time one has been recorded at Brockholes and (obviously) a shop tick!