Norland Moor

Sue & I spotted what we believe was a Snipe today on a pool on Norland Moor. The dog flushed it from some Juncus by a pool on the moor. We didn't get the bins on it but it had the usual zig-zag flight and general "Jizz" of Snipe I have see at Cromwell Bottom. We also got brief views of a Redstart in a Sycamore in a field immediately adjacent to the moor before it departed into the distance. Both birds are firsts for Norland and the Redstart was a first for Calderdale for us both as we have only ever seen these in the dales.