With grandkids in tow we recently set off for Centr Parcs in Whinfell Forest, Cumbria. Obviously with four youngsters in tow the emphasis was enjoying all the activities on site but I'd hoped to show my Australian grandson a Red Squirrel. His older sister has seen them them before, albeit she was only three so can barely recall it. The other two youngsters had been to Whinfell Forest before so were familiar with our native squirrel.
Luckily we had a feeding station outside our lodge and a Red Squirrel duly obliged.....
I was surprised find a pair of Red-legged Partridges on site as I normally consider them a bird of open agricultural fields rather than coniferous woodland. They were frequently seen early morning just outside our lodge.
The woods were full of Siskins feeding in the tops of the conifers and the site is famous for its Creeping Ladies Tress's orchids - see here but we were to early for them.
