Nightjar walk at Soussons

On one of the few warm, dry nights in recent memory (though still blowy) I led a group of regular Dartmoor walkers (the Game Birds) on a walk in Soussons Plantation to look for Nightjars.  After an unpromising start, and a quest to find a sheltered part of the forest, we finally found a midgy corner where the insects bit and the birds churred and circled. 

A male flew in and rounded us three times, giving close views.  Here are some photos from the evening.

Soussons stone circle, with kistvaen (burial tomb) in centre.

The sun going down through the Soussons trees.

Waiting for the Nightjars to appear.

...and the moon comes up.