Ring Ouzel - Beeley Moor

The weather forecast was for rain first thing this morning so I was pleasantly surprised to wake up to a blue sky, above the mist in the valley. 
Plenty of Meadow Pipits around indicated that a few birds had arrived overnight and this was confirmed when a male Ring Ouzel alighted with a customary 'chak' in a Mountain Ash. There was mist drifting up from the valley but it still made a reasonable photo. A couple of Stonechat and Wheatear added to the feeling that birds were on the move.

Ring Ouzel - male