... and a flock of around 400 Golden Plovers circled over this high ground ...
... the Rough-leg took me back to the afternoon of 13th February 2012 when I came across one in almost exactly the same area ... this had been the first accepted record for Northumberland in five years but its stay was brief ...
... the Northumbrian raptor enthusiast and artist Mike Henry produced an evocative watercolour of the bird in that setting and thanks to Pete Howard it now hangs on my wall ...
On a colder but brighter day at Geltsdale the ice on Tindale Tarn had again created interesting effects with the ice remaining suspended in response to falling water levels ...
... and the brisk easterly breeze caused the Teal to take shelter at the east end ...
... while a male Goosander braved the choppy water regardless ...
... and by the screen a party of Long-tailed Tits fed energetically on the alders and phragmites seed-heads ... they always seem out of place in this wild landscape but are regular along the Howgill Beck although probably at their altitudinal limit at around 220 - 240 m asl ...
... two skeins of Pink-footed Geese flew over in quick succession as they headed west toward the Solway ...
... creating wonderful patterns in the sky as they moved across the wide expanse of the northern vista as I stood near White Tortie watching them and listening to their calls as they drifted away ...
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