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Haweswater for Golden Eagles? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Gramayr
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IanF
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Yes it is a little remote, but on a nice day well worth the trip just for the scenery let alone the Golden Eagles or should I say 'Eagle' this year - there's just the one again.
There's a 'road' as far as the head of Hawewater reservoir - 'several miles of narrow country lane' may be a better description. Once you reach the end of the road - literally - there is a fair sized car park. It can get full, but even leaving midday we've always found there were still spaces.
The Eagle rarely strays out of Riggindale which is a the next valley to the north. There's a very good footpath that you follow for a mile or so around the bluff. Once you drop into Riggindale you head up the valley bottom to the RSPB watchpoint. They have scopes set up so you don't need your own unless you want to take your own.
Views from the watchpoint vary between very good to non existent - it depends on the day. Last time we went it stayed say on a rock for over 90 minutes - a very distant blur. There were Ring Ousel on the cliffs above to look at as well as a Peregrine making frequent appearances.
If you go then at least a half day is needed just for the Eagle visit.
There's a 'road' as far as the head of Hawewater reservoir - 'several miles of narrow country lane' may be a better description. Once you reach the end of the road - literally - there is a fair sized car park. It can get full, but even leaving midday we've always found there were still spaces.
The Eagle rarely strays out of Riggindale which is a the next valley to the north. There's a very good footpath that you follow for a mile or so around the bluff. Once you drop into Riggindale you head up the valley bottom to the RSPB watchpoint. They have scopes set up so you don't need your own unless you want to take your own.
Views from the watchpoint vary between very good to non existent - it depends on the day. Last time we went it stayed say on a rock for over 90 minutes - a very distant blur. There were Ring Ousel on the cliffs above to look at as well as a Peregrine making frequent appearances.
If you go then at least a half day is needed just for the Eagle visit.
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Gramayr
Slightly barking..
Wonderful, thanks for that.Nigel G said:
The last time I saw a Goldie was in Scotland. We'd spent a week in Fort William, staying at the caravan park on the Mallaig road (Loch Lochy?) our static we were staying at looked directly onto Ben Nevis and every day we looked for a Goldie - but to no avail. As we were leaving we saw a very large bird near the summit - deffinalty a Goldie. I drove home quite happy. Would be nice to see one closer to home.
