Mossdale
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Part of the Watson Birds Trail
From a lay-by just north of Mossdale on the A762, Donald Watson watched and painted several of his most favourite birds, including hen harriers en route to their roosts in winter gloamings, and whinchats in late April and early May.
It was here that he often saw these for the first time each spring, perched on fence posts or wires. It was also a place that he glimpsed barn owls on late winter afternoons, and where he delighted in watching newly introduced red kites towards the end of his life.
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