Quote Originally Posted by wharfeego View Post
Ah! Turdus torquatus; Ring Ouzel...the mountain blackbird. A magnificently mysterious migrant in my mind. I saw Ring Ouzels at the Coniston and Mearley Clough races last year. Good spot IDP.

There used to be 2 nests in Blackden clough on Kinder, they were used every year but a landslide washed them away about 3 years ago and they never returned. Have seen them occasionally in the rockier cloughs but I think this is only the second time seen them near Howden before