The first nest has just been built at the end of the Cabin Track footpath, in between Huge Slab and Apparent North, below the Trig Point. We are asking for your help to give them the best chance to breed successfully by heeding the signs which have been put up on-site today (Friday 23 April), asking visitors to avoid the area. Only one bouldering problem is affected and walkers are being diverted onto a different path nearby. Huge Slab and Apparent North areas themselves are unaffected. This advice will be kept under review depending on whether the birds are successful or not but if they are successful then the signs are likely to be up until around 28 May.
Other Ring Ouzel activity: The first male and female paired up on the 21st March and were seen actively looking for a nest site on the Popular End, between Trinity Wall and Flying Buttress but they now seem to have given up and left the area.
A third pair are still attempting to nest on the Popular End and have been investigating every crack along the entire length and the bracken beds beneath it. Watch this space for further news.
There are currently no other known pairs on the Estate but there is a pair nesting at Burbage Bridge and there may be one or two pairs on the northern end of the Edge towards High Neb.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Visit www.peakdistrict.org/stanage/ouzel.htm for further info.
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