Deancombe and Down Tor, 21st April

Here are some pictures from yesterday's walk in the Burrator area.  Windy and fresh, as every day seems to be at the moment, but still some great sights, including Redstart and Wheatear (5 males at Down Tor), giant quartz crystals, ruined farms, lambs, foals, a badger sett, feathers from a Magpie killed by a bird of prey (possibly Peregrine) and some magnificent views.

Grace knocked her head on the branch of a lichen-festooned hawthorn and a Mistle Thrush flew quietly away.  We found this nest with five eggs hidden amongst the curtains of string-of-sausages lichen.  What a magical spot for a nest!

 Looking towards Burrator Reservoir from Down Tor.

 Grace and Gus being deer on Down Tor.

 Woodpecker hole (presumed Green) in a dead beech with magnificent bracket fungus attached.

Sheeps Tor in a fast moving patch of sunlight.