Up On t'Moor!

Once upon a time there was a Backward Birder who liked ambling about up on t'Moor.

Then it rained like you wouldn't believe and he came down with t'Plague.

Now he feels a bit better and has some time off work. The weather isn't behaving, but when has that stopped him? He's a frickin' seawatcher, after all.

So, Monday saw him up on Holne Moor to stretch the legs and maybe see some birds possibly, who knows?

 

[He will stop using the frickin' third person, though]

Blue sky [a bit], white clouds,

is this real life??

The wind was rather fresh, so while I was not anticipating getting soggy [bar falling in the water], I wasn't expecting much in the way of birds.

Entoloma conferendum

There's always [usually] fungi!

Not sure,

so probably a Deceiver!

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Mosses and lichens

Ivy-leaved Crowfoot

I heard Golden Plover calling a couple of times [and a flock was reported at nearby Hexworthy], I also heard another  set of calls, and this time got a look and even photographic evidence [honest] of the birds in question;

Count the Fieldfare!

Yes, a great big flock of Fieldfare came over and went West [?]

Zoom applied

That's 100 Fieldfare, there.

Reed Buntings

[look closely]

Sometimes rainbows mean

a pause in the rain...

More frustratingly, a small fast low light slate-grey-backed raptor showed up, and I couldn't nail it. I got on it twice with eyes, but it was too twisty [muct have been chasing something] to get on with bins. Being unable to rule out a male Sprawk, I had to let it go [drat and double drat]. Anyone raising an eyebrow can note that it was very low over the hillside opposite in that pic up there [yes, with the dark and light bits], so not exactly point-blank range.

Ah well.

The rain set in [sideways] so I called it a day and headed back [after sitting under brolly in lee of big gorse bush - from where I took that one up there - for a fair while]

I'll be back

Be Seeing You...