Kicking off this year's odds and sods with Starlings in a rainbow on that extreme rarity: sunshine.
It was early morning, with the sun barely cresting the tree line. We were able to get out for our morning walk as it wasn't raining. This photo is my trusty Canon 80D and Sigma 18-300mm lens zoomed in at 300mm.
Pulling back a bit.
And finally all the way back.
Oh, 2024 got off to a good start with this.
So far my cat, perhaps two neighbouring cats visiting our garden, a local fox and Tawny owl, and this trap have accounted for at least five of the beasties. Sightings of rats in our garden are getting rarer, so I think I'm winning. Two rather timid and wary rats, that I know of, are proving more elusive to catch. I've resorted to buying a lethal trap. The trap was triggered, yesterday, but no rat, sadly. Though a mouse might have triggered it, and was small enough to be within the kill bar.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
I presume you mean the ones above Little Barbrook. I know there have been excavations there and which in some part ruined them. I think it was also used during WW2 for shell practice which accounts for some of the craters. Living in Sheffield I've pretty much covered all the peaks and valleys from Chatsworth over to Howden. It's a lovely area to pass away a few hours.
An interesting blog of the area also detailing the sites you mentioned.
https://easternmoorshistoryandarchaeology.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR37ygaxJVMka5qRpp11DEt_VMT7jz1GWjfGNpwF6Ojt39ysRl0foIN8M8s_aem_HLMAm5KzIC7lFkpSFkSseQ
Bob S said:I presume you mean the ones above Little Barbrook. I know there have been excavations there and which in some part ruined them. I think it was also used during WW2 for shell practice which accounts for some of the craters. Living in Sheffield I've pretty much covered all the peaks and valleys from Chatsworth over to Howden. It's a lovely area to pass away a few hours. An interesting blog of the area also detailing the sites you mentioned.
It is an interesting area, and a very interesting blog.
That first photo looks like one of the stones on Swines Sty (located NE of the stone enclosures, between White Edge trig and the A621 nr Ramsley Lodge), which was a Bronze Age settlement.
If you look just a few mtrs NE of the defunct reservoir, the stone circle there is literally a few stones and easily mistaken for just random stones on the ground. It took me a couple of visits to find it.
A site I used at the time for info was the Megalithic Portal, and the stone circle is named Barbrook III.
The link below takes you to that page: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=299
You might also find the following a boring read.... Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone Circles
Barbrook Reservoir was decommissioned back in 2003, due to it constantly silting up. The original document has since been removed, though other reports of the decommissioning are available.
Another site I've used is Stone Circles UK, which mentions Swine Sty. along with the Barbrook Stone Circles.
Mike
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A Jay in woodland this morning. Finally one stayed still long enough for a quick snap.
Stunning photo - perfect capture of such a beautiful bird!!
Thanks Kevin, made my walk seeing it and it not disappearing.
Wow! That's a cracker Bob. The eye is so clear. Certainly one to be proud of ...
A truly lovely looking bird!
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Wonderful photo capture of the Jay; has a young look about it.
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Regards, Hazel
Nice lizard Germain, very different to the wall ones.
Very nice close up Bob :)