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River Ribble

River Ribble at Stainforth

The River Ribble is one of Britain’s last great wilderness areas, flowing through central Lancashire near Preston into the Irish Sea.

Bird watchers and nature lovers can spend many happy hours following the Ribble through salt marshes, wetlands and mudflats. This is a very atmospheric part of the country, mist sometimes cloaks the lagoons so that the only sound is the call of the birds and on the very next day, sunlight bathes the landscape in a golden light. Skylarks, redshanks, little grebes and pink footed geese are among the numerous bird species that can be spotted here.