Nearly 4 hours hike today from home to the higher moors.
The furthers point was way above Ogden, near to the Wind Farm.
Quite an interesting day.
Birds:-
A camera shy,Reed Bunting 200 yds from the house!
3 Little Owls at various places along the way.
Treecreeper.
2 Kestrel.
A few Willow Warblers.
Skylark, Curlew, Meadow Pipit.
3 Red Grouse (Heard not seen).
Whitethroat - very, very flighty, but it did sing a couple of times - encouraged by my high pitched whistled Whitethroat impression.
A record for me of 6 Wheatear seen on the Taylor Lane fields.
Also seen somewhere along the way a mystery Raptor flying east.
The bird was 'lethargic' in flight.
I'm hoping it's a Short Eared Owl (because I've never seen one!).
Or just maybe a Hen Harrier.
Or just maybe a Hen Harrier.
Very distant Large Gulls
Spot the Whitethroat
And somewhere along the way....
Somewhere else along the way - this raptor....
This photo looks very interesting
It's not a shortie or a HH John - Red Kite maybe, looks to have a slightly forked tail on some views ????
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking at the photo Dave
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit of wishful thinking for the shortie or HH!!
I have a pal in Wales who will venture an opinion if I ask.
He was 90% in favour of a Red Kite as well.
I was thinking Buzzard for a while as well.
The bird was seen on Soil Hill.
I did not divulge the area where I saw the bird on my blog at the time,just in case it was a 'protected' species.
Thanks again.
John