Stanton Moor Again

After another dump of snow overnight, we had at least 8 inches of new snow lying in the garden. The roads were still fairly snowy although they had been gritted, but unlike last week, it was dry and sunny and with the temperature a degree or two above freezing, it was a much nicer day.

Karen joined me this time as we repeated the walk I did alone last Saturday walking from home over to Stanton Moor and back via Birchover.

As we were walking across farmland towards Stanton Moor we saw a buzzard in flight above the trees ahead of us and what looked like fox footprints and rabbit footprints in the snow.

We also saw a kestrel while we were pausing on the moor to look at the Bronze Age site of Minning Low in the distance. The kestrel was swooping along very low and appeared to be after a small bird perched in a nearby small tree, The kestrel certainly at least knocked the small bird off its perch but it appeared that the small bird had a lucky escape as the kestrel re-appeared and flew away with no sign of its intended lunch.

Main Street, Winster

Winster Church

Winster in the Distance

The Reform Tower, Stanton Moor

Nine Ladies Stone Circle, Stanton Moor

Minning Low on the horizon

Deer footprints