LANCS: Back on Bowland.

Early morning from the source of the Hodder at White Greet in Bowland, 23 June 2009.

Classic Whinchat habitat (bracken covered clough flanks) this morning in Bowland.

Another cracking morning on the uplands. Three male and a single female Whinchat in the White Greet area, 3 pairs of Wheatears (4+ juvs seen) and 5 juvenile Stonechats in one tight group on a dry stone wall. Peregrines calling somewhere over the fell, a female Merlin and 5 Ravens circling together.

Stopped off at Jeffrey's Hill at Longridge Fell on the way home to take in the view over Chipping Vale in glorious sunshine. Just one week of fieldwork left now - gonna miss it ........

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