Bright sunshine and light winds in early March equal Goshawk weather in my book, so this morning Ash Cohen & I blazed a trail to a reliable spot in North Wales where we were joined by 007, Stan and John, plus a host of other hopefuls in the pursuit of the most elusive of raptors.
It is not good form to reveal the exact location, although I have never understood the degree of paranoia when it comes to reporting Goshawk sightings. The large hawks are naturally shy and secretive, live only in huge areas of continuous woodland and are seldom seen unless when displaying.
Anybody with dubious motives would hardly be helped by reading that a bird was seen flying over ‘Forest A’, plus if they were something other than a total idiot, they would know where to look for them regardless.
Nevertheless, discretion is the better part of valour and I am certainly not going to needlessly put my head on chopping block, despite there not being many people reading this who could not guess where I was today!
Anyway, enough of my cryptic musings, the good news is that all present enjoyed some wonderful – albeit distant - views of Goshawk. True to form, the bird hit the thermals late morning – a little later than usual, but in this cold weather who could blame it?
Other interesting birds included one that will have to remain nameless because revealing its identity would as good as disclose the location of the Goshawk, should you be able to put two and two together. More gibberish!
So there you have it – quite possibly the least illuminating, most nonsensical and ridiculous post I have ever composed!
Undisclosed Site 07.03.10
1 Goshawk
1 Other Bird.
Until later.
It is not good form to reveal the exact location, although I have never understood the degree of paranoia when it comes to reporting Goshawk sightings. The large hawks are naturally shy and secretive, live only in huge areas of continuous woodland and are seldom seen unless when displaying.
Anybody with dubious motives would hardly be helped by reading that a bird was seen flying over ‘Forest A’, plus if they were something other than a total idiot, they would know where to look for them regardless.
Nevertheless, discretion is the better part of valour and I am certainly not going to needlessly put my head on chopping block, despite there not being many people reading this who could not guess where I was today!
Anyway, enough of my cryptic musings, the good news is that all present enjoyed some wonderful – albeit distant - views of Goshawk. True to form, the bird hit the thermals late morning – a little later than usual, but in this cold weather who could blame it?
Other interesting birds included one that will have to remain nameless because revealing its identity would as good as disclose the location of the Goshawk, should you be able to put two and two together. More gibberish!
So there you have it – quite possibly the least illuminating, most nonsensical and ridiculous post I have ever composed!
Undisclosed Site 07.03.10
1 Goshawk
1 Other Bird.
Until later.
007 here, we had crossbill later, did you catch up with them?
ReplyDeleteHi Ian,
ReplyDeleteCaught up with a few Crossbills, but always one, two or three flying over. We could not find any perched, did you have any joy?
No sign of the Crane after 8:00 yesterday, so may go on a Wheatear hunt later...
P.
YES, WE HAD SIX OR SO PERCHED UP AND FEEDING.
ReplyDeleteCRANE REPORTED AT FENN`S MOSS SUNDAY.