The wife and I decided to take a break and visit the Peak District as we hadn't realised we'd never been. We hired a lovely barn conversion cottage complete with hot-tub where we spent all evening for the 3 nights we were there.
The birding wasn't overly amazing as the hills truly are devoid of life... At the farm I had Jackdaw, Buzzard, Blackbird, Woodpigeon and Robin.
We took a walk up Kinder Scout where there were way too many people for my liking. I did enjoy the walk and the beer back at the pub back in Edale even more.
I was nice to see Raven over Kinder Scout and I had nice close views of a female Kestrel, unfortunately I only had my phone for photos as I didn't fancy lugging my camera over 15 miles of hills.
Kestrel
The most numerous bird was obviously Meadow Pipit but I got to see what I was hoping for and that was Wheatear which was new for year.
Wheatear
During the evenings I ran my portable Heath Moth Trap hoping for some more northerly species, however I only had Lunar Underwings, just goes to show how ecologically devoid our uplands are.
The last day we took a walk from the farm across the countryside footpaths to Bakewell where we stopped for lunch before walking back a different route. On the route back we were hand railing a river so I decided to take a quick look where it came close to the path. This proved to be fortunate as I added Grey Wagtail and even better, Dipper!! Again I still hand only my phone camera so not the greatest quality photos.
Grey Wagtail
Dipper
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