30 DAYS WILD : FIVE - A WALK ON WARLEY MOOR

The water we are looking down on is 1,350 feet above sea level.

I have been for a walk! A walk in the open air! On a moor! Warley Moor in West Yorkshire.

A week ago the government announced that the shielded people (ie those instructed not to leave their homes for the sake of their health) could now think about going out for a walk. The place had to be chosen carefully; somewhere without people: somewhere without a teashop!

I chose Warley Moor.

This was the scene when I opened the car door.

I walked at a sharp pace for half an hour and met no-one. I walked back for half an hour. Still not a soul. Sheep, curlews, brent geese, gulls, a flock of small birds kicking up a high pitched twittering as they flew over a hill. A few walls near the road. And larks.

Possibly a skylark.
(Alauda arvensis)
Go to the RSPB site to hear a skylark sing.
Or maybe a Meadow Pipit  (Anthus pratensis)?
Go to the RSPB site to hear a Meadow Pipit chatter.

I think this is a skylark sitting on the wall. It had fluttered around somewhat as I approached. I wondered if it was drawing attention away from its nest. A bird person perhaps will be able to say.

Graeme at Imperfect and Tense suggests 'Meadow Pipit'.

Linking to 'My Corner of the World'
and
'Our World Tuesday'

30 DAYS WILD
Today's Random Act of
Wildness is to
go for a walk.

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