Seasonal Highlights
The Morecambe Bay Area supports a rich variety of wildlife throughout the whole year. So no matter what time of year you visit the Bay you will be treated to some amazing wildlife spectacles. Below you will see some of the seasonal highlights.
| Jan – March | April – June | July – Sept | Oct – Dec | |
| General | Damson Blossom / Festival
Otters; Owls / Bats |
Moths OttersOwls / Bats |
Damson Harvest | |
| General | Birds of Prey | |||
| Limestone | Access and activity on pavement & architectural landscape (footpaths and access points) Last wild wolf in England (Humphrey Head); Fossils | |||
| Woodland | Flowers and plants; wild daffodills, garlic, bluebells, orchids
Singing Birds |
Butterflies; Red Deer | Red Deer Rut | |
| Reedbed | Reed Bed Walks | Booming Bitterns | Bitterns | Migrant Bitterns |
| Mosses and Wet grasslands | Large Heath Butterflies; cranberries
Breeding curlew / waders |
Cotton Grass; Bog plants; dragon flies; Large Heath Butterflies |
Red Deer | |
| Foreshore | Wintering Migrant Birds | Breeding curlew / waders | Wintering Migrant Birds | |
| Estuary | Wintering Migrant Birds | Breeding curlew / waders | Wintering Migrant Birds, Fish migration (salmon / lampreys)
Tidal Bore |
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