Of course you don't just "call in" at Pendle Hill, there's the small matter of climbing it as well, but though it can be tough when you're carrying a scope, tripod and camera, the difficulties are over exaggerated I think. In any case, personally I wouldn't dream of carrying a scope and tripod up Pendle Hill, why make life difficult I say! Binoculars and my small camera are all I take.....
I did go to the summit just for a quick look around (no sign of any dotterel yet), but most of the action was in a field on the opposite side of the track to the land slip. There were ring ouzels aplenty, and in the end I counted at least 11, as well as a few wheatears. They were quite a varied bunch, and it was interesting to see so many together and be able to compare them.
Year: 184 (Ring ouzel). Actually these on Pendle Hill were not my first this year. I found one near my car as I was packing up to leave the job.
A nice male but not as scaley as some males and where is the pale panel in the wing? This just looks like a blackbird with a white crescent.
Same bird as above.
A dark grey and very scaley looking young female.
An adult female. Dark grey not black like the male, and not brown like a female blackbird.
Male (above) with female (below), This looks a different male than the first two photos, it doesn't have a particularly pale wing panel, but it does look a bit more scaley underneath.
Two males. The one above has a paler wing panel, and perhaps also white speckling on its head? Could be a trick of the photo I suppose.
Male with pale wing panel and scaley flanks.
Male and female
A nice patch of Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus which just happens to have a male wheatear standing on it!
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