Monday, May 10, 2021
This was probably the fifth time I've walked the geology trail in the last couple of weeks, in the hope of a ring ouzel back for the summer. It was busy today, and approaching the top of the crags I could see two people taking pictures of the scenery and each other - so I took the lower path. A few steps along I heard a familiar song - and then spotted a yellow bill poking out from the heather below.
He sang again, but I knew he would eventually fly off out of sight and I was sorry to have disturbed him - but very glad all the same to have seen and heard him! A cuckoo meanwhile was singing his own simple but melodious song from the conifers by the house; and near the car park, I was serenaded by willow warblers. Then it began to rain. Again.
// posted by Christine @ 2:33 PM 
