14:20 – 18:00
A hot sometimes
breezy day and a good hike over the moors.
6 Swifts nr
Ingham Lane on the way to Black Edge Lane.
A bit quiet
on the moors today just Meadow Pipit for company for a good while. 9 Windmills
out of action at the wind farm.
Towards
Ogden clough a Kestrel and a Wren.
Quiet again
on Ogden water – usual gull sp. the juv. GCG still in residence.
Lots of dogs and dog people.
On the
return journey (via the path well above Denholme Velvets) a few swallow, M. Pheasant
& Red Legged
Partridge.
A Heron flew
over towards Ogden.
A look down
the path to the salt pile revealed C50 Woodpigeon and nowt else.
Further down
Black Edge Lane 8 Mistle Thrush were feeding, also going over , Kestrel and 3
Adult with 2 juv. LBBG going towards TMR. (Their calls made me think that my earlier report of Herring Gulls was
in fact LBBG – live and learn).
House
Sparrow and a second RLP walking on the track.
Returning to
the car on the A629 a juv. Dunnock on the wall, ignoring all the traffic.
With a few other bird sp. it was a bit dull
bird wise but a very pleasant 4 hour walk.
Why do rabbits have big ears?
Because Noddy won't pay the ransom.
Loads of Red Legged Partridge around TMR now with lots in release pens so the sad men can shoot them on the 12th.
ReplyDeleteLets hope some elude the sados and get to live in the wild.
DeleteJohn.
I passed through Ogden too. All I can add is a Cormorant and a Herring Gull > SW; the golf course was a desert.
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