Bit of spare time in the evening of 18th, found me back at Brockholes again for my first "Whimbrel Experience" of the year. By the time I arrived there were already a couple on the Main Pool - see pic above of the "sneaky pair", doing their best to blend in with their surroundings ..... not! Anyway, Whimbrel action was pretty pathetic when I happened to look up and see a raptor overhead. "OSPREY!" Brilliant. This bird appeared to be contemplating a plunge very briefly but decided against it and wheeled off up the Ribble Valley. Realising it was gone 8 PM, I thought it might roost in one of the woods above the valley, but alas it continued in a generally northerly direction. Better still, the Osprey was appreciated by three other quarry regulars present monitoring the Whimbrel roost. Oh ...... 16 Whimbrel came in too!
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Evening Quarry visit pays off .......
Bit of spare time in the evening of 18th, found me back at Brockholes again for my first "Whimbrel Experience" of the year. By the time I arrived there were already a couple on the Main Pool - see pic above of the "sneaky pair", doing their best to blend in with their surroundings ..... not! Anyway, Whimbrel action was pretty pathetic when I happened to look up and see a raptor overhead. "OSPREY!" Brilliant. This bird appeared to be contemplating a plunge very briefly but decided against it and wheeled off up the Ribble Valley. Realising it was gone 8 PM, I thought it might roost in one of the woods above the valley, but alas it continued in a generally northerly direction. Better still, the Osprey was appreciated by three other quarry regulars present monitoring the Whimbrel roost. Oh ...... 16 Whimbrel came in too!
