Three Peaks Challenge: Training week 23
Not much to update again, but there was a nice gentle stroll with the family on the friday. On a positive front, I have got some proper walking shoes which were […]
Three Peaks Challenge: Training week 22 – Scafell Pike
Liew down to Wast Water Trip to the Lake District Scafell in the distance Following a nice day off on the Friday, an extrended weekend loomed with a trip to […]
Three Peaks Challenge: Training week 21 – Cycle in the wind
Cycle memorial Cycle to Tamworth and Birmingham Took an extra day off to extend my bank holiday. My treat to myself, a cycle as long it wasn’t going to tip […]
Meadow Pipit (52)
Though we saw Skylarks on the upper slopws, we think we saw some Meadow Pipits on th elower ones. Their tune was quite different to the Skylarks’ via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ey4odF
Jackdaw(51)
Clever little birds, spotted this one taking tissue from the back of a toilet block. This is a small, black crow with a distinctive silvery sheen to the back of […]
Carrion Crow (49)
Living up toit’s name at West Midlands Safari Park. The all-black carrion crow is one of the cleverest, most adaptable of our birds. It is often quite fearless, although it […]
Rook (50)
I do not like these at all, just because of the colour of their beak. Bare, greyish-white face, thinner beak and peaked head make it distinguishable from the carrion crow. […]
