Brockholes Wildlife Walks
You can get so much more out of your visits to Brockholes by taking a walk round the reserve with one of our very clever and friendly volunteer walk leaders.
Let them introduce you to the network of trails around our 106 hectare reserve and show you some of the 158 species of birds spotted on the reserves ponds and meadows over the last four years. They can introduce you to a few of the wild flowers, trees and grasses flourishing at Brockholes and on an autumn day let them point out the wide variety of fungi flourishing around the woodland parts of the reserve.
Warm summer days are perfect for spotting butterflies, damselflies and dragonflies that have made their home around the lake edges. If you are lucky you might catch sight of roe deer bounding through the grasslands or brown hares in their meadow nest sites, or even tracks of the badgers that gave Brockholes its name!
There so much to see and hear about on a reserve that owes its existence to the last ice age and has felt the foot of man for two thousand years.
Mid-week meander
Wednesdays 1.30pm
Short Guided Walk of the Reserve, Join one of our reserve guides for a tour of the reserve find out about how we got here, what we have got and our conservation aims.
More specialist walks are also avaliable please keep an eye on our events calendar.
The walk will last 1 1/2 hours.
Adequate footwear required.
Meet at the Welcome Centre in the Visitor Village
Cost: FREE (Car Parking Charges Apply)
Reserve Walk
Sundays 1.30pm
Guided Walk of the Reserve, Join one of our reserve guides for a tour of the reserve find out about how we got here, what we have got and our conservation aims.
More specialist walks will be available in the near future.
The walk will last 2 1/2 hours.
Adequate footwear required.
Meet at the Welcome Centre in the Visitor Village
Cost: FREE (Car Parking Charges Apply)
Toddle Together
11am on the first Wednesday of every month.
1 hour walk of the reserve with two of our guided walk leaders on buggy friendly footpaths.
A fantastic opportunity to get together with other parents, get outside and for young ones to learn about and enjoy Brockholes and British wildlife.
Open to all - No need to book
Good footwear and weather appropriate clothing required.
For more information about the walks at Brockholes please call 01772 872000.
