Pickering's Pasture
Pickering's Pasture is a broad area of peaceful nature reserve sitting alongside the banks of the River Mersey with wild flowers, wildlife and scenic views of industrialization on the opposite shoreline, including the chemical plant at Weston Point, the oil refinery at Stanlow and the Manchester Ship Canal. The Silver Jubilee and Stephenson railway bridges are also part of the river scene. In summer the meadows hum with the activity of bees and butterflies. Migrant birds such as blackcap, whitethroat and chiffchaff are visitors. In winter the river attracts large numbers of ducks and waders at low water, including cormorants, grey herons, lapwings, curlews, and golden plovers. (Widnes, England)
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