Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
Had a light run easy run earlier along wooded valley with moors above and a reservoir below. Quite a popular area with twitchers there has been a perigrine here in recent years.
Saw a owl(tawny I think) brown and quite big and below me. In the same wood there was a woodpecker rattling the woodwork.
Lapwings beyond counting, The odd curlew but I think I saw a Snipe. straight beak brown speckly back a bit small for a Woodcock?

Aslo a bit of dog fight between a kestrel and a pair of lapwings, it's a bit early for protecting a nest isn't it?
Snipe has a very streaky back Ian and a long straight bill Smaller than Woodcock