Co-incidental Thrushes

Seem to be the order of the day.


Spent the weekend on t' Moor looking for them - mostly unsuccessfully - and the week ..ah, you know where that one's going.


Getting the first and foremost out of the way simply by saying; read NQS. Gav has summed things up quite neatly, I think.



To get back to more pleasant things;

Attempting Fieldcraft vs. Fieldfares about the Mardle on Saturday was hampered by a noticeable lack of thrushes.. Hmm. Some showy Yellowhammers and some very nice low-flying Golden Plovers did make things better. As did the satisfying drop in the cloud base. What? I like the Moor when it's narsty enough to drive sane folks away.. ;) I had a much-needed yomp and had the all too rare chance to bathe in sheer silence. Bliss.


Sunday was version 2, this time the Walkham and with the Folks. The weather was more clement, Bullfinches brightened up our lunch break, and eventually an actual thrush flock worthy of the name showed up - indeed 50+ of them [mostly Fieldfares]. Shock ensued as one Fieldfare [perhaps suffering from a head injury so it thought it was a Crow] sat atop a hawthorn and just ignored us; viewing one of these twitchy buggers while standing in plain view at 40' was a surreal though most enjoyable experience! It eventually moved on to join the rest of the flock, mobile like almost all the thrushes seem to be right now.


Yes, another short one, but what can you do?