Had a fantastic bright and sunny Saturday 17th. March at Kielder Forest. The target were
Goshawk and we were not to be disappointed. We arrived before 9 and saw none for the first couple of hours. We did see enormous numbers of
Crossbill though and it was great watching them feed and get good experience in listening to their calls. We saw several soaring
Common Buzzards before a brief drive in the car to get some refreshments. As we drove out onto the main road we watches a male
Goshawk fly over the road and circle back several times before disappearing ofcourse before I got to the camera! We then returned to the Bakethin area and watched at least 2
Goshawk sky dancing, climbing high then diving with folded wings and shooting back up still with closed wings like a roller coaster. It was quite spectacular.
On the way home we stopped off at a service station just before Carlisle ob the M6 and was at least 200
Pied Wagtails on the car park area and in the trees getting ready to roost. We picked out one
White wagtail amongst them. Kielder is a fabulous remote area and I look forward to returning again.
