Steady day with a very frustrating end ...
Seen today were c8 common buzzards, a merlin, a kestrel, c26 crosssbills and the usual snipe, lapwings, curlews.
At 16:50 approx a very large, single, distant bird drifted over Pike Lowe in the direction of Langsett. The bird was viewed through my scope and there was nothing at all to suggest that this was just a grey heron as the head shape and size were all wrong. It was seen to be 'all legs and neck' and was flying with its' neck outstretched. The bird was seen passing over Pike Lowe and it then traveled further right before circling over the moor getting lower and lower as if it was looking for a suitable place to land. I lost the bird to the dark background of the moor but it did look as thought it was intending to keep heading downwards. I can only suggest a crane as the views certainly weren't good enough to be able to give a better identification that that.
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