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Walking Group One 25th April 2024
Five hardy souls collected today at Happy Valley for the first Hill Walk of the year .The temperature was cool with a North Easterly wind blowing and a hint of rain on arrival.
Off we set heading towards Russadale Quarry, spotting a Buzzard on the way.Turning into the footpath we remained sheltered from the wind all the way to the top of the hill.
The sun was out at the Quarry and a Greenshank was feeding at the edge of the Lochan. Then it was up the Peat road to the summit with spectacular views across Stenness and Harray Lochs, plus a view of the Closed Road beyond the Watch Stone. On the other side we looked over the Flow and down towards the Oil Platform and South Ronaldsay
Then it was back down after a stop for a snack and finally a walk around Happy Valley itself. The Daffodils planted by James and others were looking lovely and the Bluebells are days away from opening. Then it was on to a well deserved lunch at the Pier Cafe, having walked 4 miles and gone up 800 feet (and down again )
The next walk will be on Friday 24th May and hopefully more hills and views.
Keep moving.
BIRDIE GROUP MARCH
by Ken O'Connor - 23:05 on 25 March 2015
Hi All
Thank you all for being able to come along on the outing today with Alan leading the group. It was certainly a good day to be out with glorious sunshine and no wind
From feed back everyone enjoyed being out and actually seeing a few birds but when I counted up I was surprised how many different species we did see 15 in total with the usual and nice to see some redwings and green finches, also robin and bramblings to name just a few.
The next outing in April is to North Ronaldsay, I will be in touch nearer the time
Cheers
Ken
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