Finally released from our icy and snowy cocoon, by an incredibly rapid thaw - it was off to the slag banks for a walk. A curious choice of first ' free walk' I hear you thinking....But it's dry underfoot and there had been regular reports of a couple of Short-eared Owls that were perfoming beautifully, sitting on fence posts in a photogenic manner! Not today though ...but good to be out. The Skylark flock was lovely...I'm not used to seeing them on the ground as a flock - not unsuprisingly they reminded us of the Shorelarks at Holkham Gap in Norfolk....
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| Spot the Skylarks!..at least five.... |
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| Zooming in.... |
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| and in.... |
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| So well camouflaged! |
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| An industrial coast.... |
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| Local brick... |
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| Smelting waste... |
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| ..and hope for spring - Bee Orchid rosette. |
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| Looking inland at the thaw... |
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