Soil Hill.
I’d just got in from a few days at Knaresborough
when I received a txt from NK re: SH Ring Ouzel.
Although I was a bit pooped I got
Sue to drop me at SH. I trekked up the main path past the mast and at the end
of the track went right with the wall footpath towards the Perseverance Road wall
stile entrance – nothing doing.
(Except in
the penultimate field – the horse field – a ram came trundling down the hill
towards me. I thought it would stop but it thought it would carry on and on and
on. I was not sure if it wanted a chat but it seemed intent on knocking me for
6 so I ‘jumped’ the wall into the next field. - not a pleasant sight)
Retracing my steps towards SH I arrived at the
last stile before SH track when I got a fleeting glance of a Ring Ozle’s behind
as it shot off down the ‘north’ field.
Soon after it was nice to meet Adrian and DP on the
same hunt.
I loitered around for another
30 mins or so but no sign. As I left 3 more ‘oozlers’ were coming up the SH track. I hope they had more luck than me – looking at
the size of the scopes I guess they would!
Staveley - Knaresborough a few snaps
Some good birds there, Tree Sparrow, Gadwall. The Ram snubbed DW and myself this morning (10/04) we aren't worth it expending energy I guess.
ReplyDeleteCheers Nigel,
ReplyDeleteThey don't compare to a Ring Ouzel on sh. Maybe it's the effort that makes sh sightings special.
The ram knows two hard knocks when it sees them or maybe I looked like a farmer or worse still a ewe!
Nice pics John, could do with some Tree Sparrows in our area
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