Dave and Roger had been out
this morning and had a couple of Ring Ouzels on Warren Hills. I had been unable to go with them but was
free this afternoon and decided to go and take a look.
After parking I walked the
short distance to the top of the footpath and headed towards the third field
where they had been seen. As I
approached the corner of the field a couple were looking into the field and had
a female perched on top of the stone wall.
It was partially out of sight but eventually came to the top of the wall
before dropping off and disappearing.
The couple started to leave but hadn’t gone too far when a male appeared
on top of the wall and I called them back.
Whilst we were watching the male, a male Wheatear appeared on the wall
and we eventually had four males and a female.
I spent nearly two hours watching the Ring Ouzels and Wheatears and
managed to get a couple of record shots of the male ouzel before I departed.
Male Ring Ouzel
As I was walking back to the
car a Buzzard got up and a second was seen towards Bardon Hill and a female
Sparrowhawk flashed low across the first field.
A Fox was also observed in one of the lower fields.
Buzzard
I drove the short distance
down the road to Charley Mill and then walked about half a mile along the
footpath. This area can also be good for
migrants but it was very quiet and very little was observed, the best being a
Nuthatch.
There were a lot of
butterflies on the wing, particularly at Warren Hills, which were manly Peacocks
but also some Small Tortoiseshells.
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