Habitat: moorland

Moorland is a habitat we met every day, which is upland and desolate. Virtually all of day 3 was spent on moorland when travelling from Hayfield to Crowden. This involved travelling along the Pennine Way. Day 1 involved walking along Stanage Edge which is moorland.


E. Wynne and J. Morris

Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Flight differs from pipits because they fly higher and have a unmistakable babbling call which extends for longer periods. Plumage is streaky brown.
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis	Distinctive flight where they rise up quickly before falling back down in a ritual known as ‘parachuting’. Male and female identical with brown streaky plumage.
Red Grouse	Lagopus lagopus scotica	Red wattle above each eye in males. Brown bird which is similar size to a chicken. Seen in flight when scared out of heather when walking nearby.
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Male has pale orange belly whilst female is a drab brown. Flits from bush to bush, perching and calling
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Very similar to common blackbird apart from white ring around the breast. Very easily spooked so only seen from a distance and when flushed at close distance.