Saltholme RSPB site
![Image](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qReWNnzDX4ox-nyX6X4Glupn9dkXypHpksHLtyPvA5tPGHI-GDJXDCcOTpOZgk8eokH0G8934kf-lv2IquoezMZC-Go2J6zsRKeFxfRAFt6WInXeFeK_6V_XluQKiDFBK5A47KeUMiLg/s640/20150113-_DSC3652.jpg)
Now in the industrial north east we were surprised to find that there was a bird reserve on the flat scrubland on the outskirts of Middlesborough. We paid a visit and spent a couple of hours hunting wildlife. We did not see an awful lot; some birds around the feeders, a kestrel and what looked like a pack of starlings. But it was strange to be surrounded by cooling towers and pylons while looking for birds. To amuse the children there was a wooden Alice in Wonderland tea table and some rather scary carved animals.