Walk 2 - Rowarth

5 miles (3.30 -7.00pm). Another nearby, fairly short walk as the weather was atrocious in the morning. It actually turned out to be gorgeous - not too cold, not too windy - which was important because we got high! We walked through Rowarth and up really high so we could see in all directions for miles. We then went over the top and steeply down in to another valley and through on to the Penine Bridleway on Matley Moor. We had beautiful views all the way! We saw loads of the same sort of things we did last time but also some new. Trees we saw: Ash, Hawthorn, Beech, Birch, Holly, Hazel, Common Alder, Oak (we needed to ID which type of oak when we got home) Willow (?) Elder, Sycamore, Rowan, Goat Willow. Birds we saw: Robin, Blackbird, Sparrow, Magpie, House Martin (we looked this up to make sure), Pheasant, Pidgeon, Sky Larks (by sound rather than sight), Canada Goose, Turn and Great Tit.