I'm suffering a serious inability to get out of bed, which I blame entirely on the new pills.
That's my excuse for not being out at a decent hour on Sunday and so not doing a proper walk up on t'Moor.
[Yes, in that forecast, with those big showers muntering about. What?]
I did get up there [I'd prepped rations. Had to get outside!] and settled for lunch and a good skywatch at Great Mis Tor.
You know, this one;
The Great Mis Tor,
looking unaccustomarily cheery[!]
Golden Plover
Another one.
Count the Goldies!
That was the largest single flock, but not the largest flock in the sky, which was a group of [presumably migrating] Skylark; 55 of them! Add to that the 18 singing birds I encountered [air was full of them, all the way up and around the Tor, wonderful, just wonderful! :D ] and you get a good total.
At least 12 Mipits were consigned to a distant third in the Most Numerous Species list [and you don't get that often, outside hard winter].
Let's have some scenery,
Looking SW
Middle & Great Staple Tors, Roos Tor, and behind Cox Tor, hide Pork Pie Hill [aka Barn Hill and various other names], home of the first and last car park on the Tavvy road and at that time the Teacher, who'd just Life'd a Little Bunting over the river, and then upped that with a flyover Red Kite [which I missed... :( ] not long before I took this.
[[Pesky Dark Power.....]]
Hit the zoom button, boy,
Mt. Edgcombe,
The Eddystone,
A weird ship with a tall thing!?!
[yes, that's part of the ship]
A bit less zoom;
Tamar and Tavy crossings
Though there were far too many mundanes up there [had they not seen the forecast?? The big black clouds??... Tut. Tut I tell you!] the Skylarks were lovely.
I will do some proper walking. I will.
And maybe see a few birds...??
Be Seeing You...