Sunday, 1 May 2011

Peak District National Park

Had a ride out around the Peaks today for no particular reason other than we could.

Not really a full on birding day, but we took in what we could in amongst fighting with the traffic and negotiating hoards of cyclists, not to mention being heckled by a local woman! More on that later..

Anyway, deep breath here comes the count -
  1. Blackbird
  2. Carrion Crow
  3. Robin
  4. House Martin
  5. Jackdaw
  6. Mallard
  7. Wood Pigeon
  8. Goldfinch
  9. Rook
  10. Chaffich
  11. Swallow
  12. House Sparrow
  13. Magpie
  14. Curlew
  15. Skylark
  16. Grey Heron
  17. Great Crested Grebe
  18. Tufted Duck
  19. Blue Tit
  20. Pied Wagtail
  21. Pheasant
  22. Buzzard
  23. Redstart - NEW
  24. Canada Goose
  25. Greylag Goose
  26. Shelduck
  27. Coot
  28. Lapwing
  29. Linnet
  30. Meadow Pipit - NEW
  31. Mistle Thrush - NEW
  32. Black-headed Gull
  33. Grey Partidge - NEW
Managed to get a couple of half decent shots off, 1st of a Grey Heron knee deep in water feeding his belly.

Grey Heron
And 2nd, this panicked shot of a Curlew that took off from the back of a field we had stopped near -

Curlew
And finally the heckling!

Driving down a rural road we spied a couple of lama's sat in a field, as they're not the "usual" thing to be seen, i decided to stop and rattle off a couple of shots, only to hear a woman stood near them shouting at me "Bloody Cheek, Clear off"!!!
I have absolutely no idea what it was i was doing that was such a bloody cheek?
Maybe it was standing in a public place taking piccys of something that was in public view, anyway to the lady in question heres the piccy.
They're not the best looking animal in the world, in fact in this pose they look rather like someting the late Rod Hull should have his arm stuck up, so please accept this piccy with a Churchill Salute accompanied by a rather loud raspberry sound..

Lama's

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