Tag Archives: lapwing

Quarries toads and chickens

Posted on 15 March, 2012 by Yasmine

The main reason I’ve moved to Crook is that it is very easy to get up into Weardale. Weardale is a walkers’ paradise, largely because hardly anyone can be bothered to visit. An earlier work trip to Birmingham meant I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloudspotting, Out and about | Tagged Bollihope, camping, chickens, cloud spotting, curlew, footpaths, Frosterley, Hill End, iridescence, lapwing, lenticular, plover, quarries, quarry, red grouse, rights of way, ring ouzel, skylark, Stanhope, stiles, sundog, walking, Weardale, Weardale Way, wild camping | Leave a comment

Looking for ice flowers: adventures in Teesdale

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Yasmine

Teesdale in County Durham is famous among botanists for it’s unique collection of cold-loving arctic and alpine flowers with sun-seeking Southern flowers. Known by botanists as the “Teesdale assemblage”, but by locals as “ice flowers”, Upper Teesdale is still home … Continue reading →

Posted in Out and about | Tagged alpine bistort, barn owl, bird behaviour, camping, cattle grid, Cauldron Snout, common butterwort, Cow Green reservoir, high force, Holwick, ice flower, lady's mantle, lapwing, low force, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Pennine Way, ring ouzel, sheep, spring gentian, Strathmore Arms, Teesdale, Teesdale Assemblage, Teesdale violet, waterfalls | 10 Comments

Lapwing Wars

Posted on 12 March, 2011 by Yasmine

Walking this afternoon in East Durham I came across some ploughed fields and my first sight this year of displaying lapwings. Making the familiar pee-wit call for most of the year, the lapwing display call is very different: unforgettable, but … Continue reading →

Posted in birdwatching, Out and about | Tagged breeding display, breeding season, Durham, lapwing, spring | 4 Comments

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