Grouse Anyone (1 Viewer)

The sniper said:

Hi there.
We are travelling up to the Farnes on Friday and should be arriving around 2-3pm Friday Afternoon.We are not booked on a trip until Saturday so will be looking for places to bird the local (ish) area,we have wheels and can travel.
We are particularly looking for moorland species (well i am lol) and was wondering if there were any good places for grouse,dotterel etc either on the way up,even in yorkshire,durham etc or preferably in northumberland
Also is there any places which are good for dipper locally as its a bird (coming from the Essex area) which we just don't get.Many thanks in advance for any info.

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The sniper said:

Hi there.
We are travelling up to the Farnes on Friday and should be arriving around 2-3pm Friday Afternoon.We are not booked on a trip until Saturday so will be looking for places to bird the local (ish) area,we have wheels and can travel.
We are particularly looking for moorland species (well i am lol) and was wondering if there were any good places for grouse,dotterel etc either on the way up,even in yorkshire,durham etc or preferably in northumberland
Also is there any places which are good for dipper locally as its a bird (coming from the Essex area) which we just don't get.Many thanks in advance for any info.

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The sniper said:

Hi there.
We are travelling up to the Farnes on Friday and should be arriving around 2-3pm Friday Afternoon.We are not booked on a trip until Saturday so will be looking for places to bird the local (ish) area,we have wheels and can travel.
We are particularly looking for moorland species (well i am lol) and was wondering if there were any good places for grouse,dotterel etc either on the way up,even in yorkshire,durham etc or preferably in northumberland
Also is there any places which are good for dipper locally as its a bird (coming from the Essex area) which we just don't get.Many thanks in advance for any info.

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ChrisWS said:

Hi

It slightly depends which way you're travelling up but you can cut across from Scotch Corner to Barnard Castle and travel up through the North Pennines AONB. You could go through Teesdale and get the Black Grouse on the Langdon Beck - St John's Chapel road, and red grouse are everywhere further up this road on the moors.This is a great area for breeding waders (I saw some golden plover chicks on the way to work this morning) and there are snipe, lapwing, curlew, redshank, golden plover and oystercatcher all over the place.There's a good roadside ring ouzel site (not guaranteed, but reasonably reliable, though it's a slight detour from the black grouse).

You could go from there to Muggleswick woods and get wood warbler, pied fly and redstart.

PM me if you like and I'll send you an email with some more details, routes, etc.

Chris

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ChrisWS said:

I meant to mention dipper too. Downstream of Low Force, on the way to the black grouse, is quite reliable and a short hop from the road.

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