Monday, 3 October 2016

Lake District 2

Eskdale -  The overwhelming majority of birds of the corvid family in these parts are jackdaws. Their calls and their spiralling flight displays are all around. In the hills I have also seen ravens and crows. Early one morning I counted one side of a perfect arrow, a skein of fifty geese. They were flying too high for identification. I wonder if they are early winter arrivals.


Tarn Hows – A beautiful morning showed the small lake at its beautiful best. A very tame dipper allowed for some close-up photographs. Later as I completed the walk around the lake, a pair of goosander appeared on the water. Their russet heads very distinctive against the blue waters, they dived again and again searching for fish.

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