Tuesday 21st April a.m.
This was my last days holiday so I decided to make the most of a gloriously sunny day & headed off to Bolton Abbey.I set off from the Cavendish Pavillion with a start temperature of 8.5°C which rose rapidly to the high teens as I headed along side the River Wharfe up stream to Barden Bridge coming back along the other side of the River.
I had a great start bird wise seeing
Dipper,Grey Wagtail,Pied Wagtail & a
Kingfisher from the bridge near the Cavendish Pavillion.The Dipper was collecting nesting material as was the Pied Wagtail, further along the River I got a nice surprise when I found three
Common Sandpipers which were displaying.It was a wonderful walk & many birds were seen along the way including
Mandarin Duck,
Goosander,GSW,Green Woodpecker heard,
Nuthatch,Curlew,Buzzard,Treecreeper,Coal Tit,Willow Warbler ,Redshank, Chiffchaff heard,
Sand Martin & others.The highlight for me though was seeing a
Pied Flycatcher which is not very common in our area along with the marvellous scenery. N.P.
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| Pied Flycatcher |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Dipper |
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| Dipper with nesting material |
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| Pied Wagtail - anything a Dipper can do... |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Goosander |
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| Drake Mandarin |
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| Mandarin pair |
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| Nuthatch |
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| River Wharfe above Bolton Abbey 21/4/2015 |
Great pics Danny and the pied flycatcher was a cracking find.
ReplyDeleteA really magic place.Well done with the pied f.
ReplyDeleteThey nested in a box by the side of the righthand path (going upstream)
maybe 300yds from the 'bothy' type building where the feeders are - last summer.
Hope I get them there again this year.
John
Thanks Dave, they were in that area John when I saw them N.P.
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