White Coppice Wed 11th June 2014

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Paul King
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Location: Walton le Dale

White Coppice Wed 11th June 2014

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Had two hours at White Coppice. 2pm- 4pm

Cuckoo calling even though a fellow birdwatcher there told me that I was three weeks too late!
Buzzard hovering over the fell edge caught what appeared to be a small rodent and dismembered it whilst in the hover position.
All the usual birds were present including Raven, Kestrel and Redstart.

Talking of rodents, a field mouse wandered onto the path eating seeds near to the gate at the cricket field giving very close views.
It actually walked right past my foot towards the info gate next to the bridge.
The mouse was so close that I could actually see a fully gorged tick just below its left ear :(
The Great Outdoors..... How Great is that! :-)
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