Woodpecker in the trees behind the house this morning.
Woodpecker in the trees behind the house this morning.
Golden plover heard on the Bronte moors today. Loads of mipit and skylark too
Doing the Kong Mini MM yesterday from Glenridding, there were literally zillions of Skylarks all around and a few Wheatear as well. I've not seen Wheatear in the Peak yet, but that's probably because I've been in the Lakes. Oh yes, and a pair of Goosander on Lanty's Tarn.
Plenty of Curlew out and about, around the lower slopes of Kinder recently though.
Glenridding is (on my past experience) the place I’d go if I wanted to see a red squirrel in Lakeland
The only place I've ever seen a red squirrel in the Lakes (or anywhere else for that matter), is rather surprisingly, in the middle of the A591 as you drop down past Windermere town towards the lake shore.
Definitely. Stayed in a holiday cottage between Glenridding and Patterdale (Grassthwaite Howe) many years ago and Red Squirrels regularly came into the garden to feast from the peanut feeders.Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Pleasant walk in the sunshine on Monday from Gordale to the Tarn,first wheatear and swallow plus a bonus green woodpecker yaffelling at the Cove
gedoff yer horse an drink yer miilk
Coincidentally, I walked from Arncliffe to Malham Cove, on to climb Gordale Scar and back. Beautiful day with the first sunburn of the year. Saw Wheatear,skylarks a plenty,Kestrel and a peregrine. In a field by the river there were Lapwings, oystercatchers and curlew. Yet to see a swallow, but my wife has.
Single swallow over Penistone Hill
Brimstone butterfly fluttering around my garden.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
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