The BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) are running a 5 year project to map all Britain's birds. The project started in 2007 and finishes next year. Volunteers have been carrying out field work in summer and winter in 2 Km squares (tetrads) all over the country, counting and recording all the birds. I have a final 3 squares which have been allocated to me, 2 of which are in Elland and the other is in Warland. I completed the Elland ones earlier in the week and I visited the Warland site this morning for 2 hours. Visibility varied from about 50 yards to over a mile.
Once I got out of the valley and looked back down, the clouds had settled into the valley floor, but this didn't last long as they soon came back over the hills and closed down visibilty again.
Warland reservoir was still frozen -
The clouds came rolling in and seemed to be tumbling onto the frozen water
Nothing special from a birding perspective, but a couple of Red Grouse were a nice sound to hear in the peace and quiet of the chilly and misty moors.
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