
Next day, I spend a while studying an excellent British Trust for Ornithology identification video- how to distinguish ring ouzel and blackbird. Turdus torquatus: the name highlights that distinctive white crescent on the chest - a torque. No time to admire the silver-white panel on the wing, those pale-edged feathers. But it's an exciting find. A lucky find, even when I recognise those screes and crags surrounding a corrie lake and am alert to the possibility. Of course, one always hopes for more. Longer to study the bird in its habitat and time to contemplate that silver wing panel