Me and dad set off to R.W.T Becon Hill this morning , as I had been asked by the rwt it I could carry out some bird surveys over the winter to see what was up there as they had no records up there for the winter months. This was the 1st decent chance of getting up to the reserve in over 2 months either because of bad weather or other commitments! The roads were still a bit dodgy but we were determined to get there, we even had to walk a mile or so to get to the reserve from where we had to park because there was still lots of snow there. Ironically were saw more birds walk there (Yellowhammer, Stock Dove, Pheasant and other odds and sods) than on the reserve it's self. After spending several hours looking for Red Grouse we finally heard one calling, and before long we saw him. We then tried to look to see where he had flown to, then out of the heather he popped and another one, great. After watching and listening to them for a few more minutes a third bird got up out of the heather, fantastic - well worth the sweat and tears getting there!!
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