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The Mere was a large lake, drained in early modern times to reclaim as farmland. This corner of it is still lake and wetland, a WWT wildlife reserve. It has many migratory birds in winter but the flamingoes aren't hopelessly lost, there's also a "safari" section, and a webcam to watch the resident beavers.
WWT Martin Mere is a wetland nature reserve and wildfowl collection managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Tarlscough, Burscough, Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, 6 miles (10 km) from Ormskirk and 10 miles (16 km) from Southport (Merseyside). It is one of ten reserves managed by the charity, and it is designated an SSSI, an SPA and a Ramsar Site.
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Gorgeous timber-framed Tudor-Jacobean manor, with a 19th-century wing, and now run by National Trust. With fine gardens.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
This Anglican church is from 1170, on the site of a Saxon church; the carving set in its east wall probably originated there. Unusually, it has both a tower and a spire, from 15th century though later rebuilt. The Scarisbrick chapel is also 15th-century and the Derby chapel (resting place of eight Earls of Derby) is 16th, but the nave was re-done in Gothic in the late 19th century. The exterior is Perpendicular Gothic.