Bernard- was the peregrine eating roadkill or was it roadkill i.e. dead. If the latter there may have been some mileage in recovering body safely- pick up with gloves or poly bag- and placing same in freezer when you got home. RSPB investigations or NERF may have been interested to see if cause of death could be ascertained. Ivan

Posted today by Mike Chorley:

A depleted group today for a postponed day out. Arrived at Bempton RSPB just after 9 30 a.m. and made the right choice in heading up the path at the back of the feeding station, where, after a short wait the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler showed well in the nettle/bramble patch at the lower end of the area, before moving into cover. The bird showed several more times, mostly fleetingly, around the feeding area and in the adjacent patch of scrub, though never quite as well. Goldcrest, Yellow-browed Warbler and Tree Sparrow also in the area. After some refreshment we headed down to Flamborough A short drive brought us to Holmes Gut, on the North Marine Road, just in time to catch a glimpse of the Icterine Warbler in willows near the sewage works before it settled lower into cover for a while. The Red-breasted Flycatcher was slightly more obliging, ranging up and down the hedge running NE from the works compound, albeit mostly low down along the barbed wire fence, and occasionally entering the back of the compound area. Yellow-browed Warbler here briefly as well. After lunch we opted not to go for the Siberian Stonechat at North Dykes and headed home via Stamford Bridge.

Walk from Ripon Town centre along River Skell and River Ure to Ripon City Wetlands NR; and along Ripon Canal to villages of Littlethorpe and Bishop Monkton
Sightings included:

Hobby (1)
Red Kite (1)
Buzzard (4)
Kestrel (3)
Cattle Egret (1)
Little Egret (3)
Whooper Swan (1)
Bittern (1) heard booming by couple from Barnsley we had brief chat
Mute Swan (19)
Common Tern (1)
Reed Bunting (5)
Reed Warbler (1)
Great Crested Grebe (5)
Lapwing (20)
Grey Wagtail (9)
Chiffchaff (5)
Willow Warbler (1)
Cettis Warbler (1)
Swift (5)
Swallow (10)
House Martin (20)
Greylag Geese (30)
Oystercatcher (9)

North Duffield Carrs near Selby

Called in here on the way to and from a trip over to Spurn (see separate thread) to try to see the adult Squacco Heron.

First visit - early morning- unfortunately no sign of the Squacco Heron but a number a Little Egret and a Cuckoo seen were the main sightings. Decided to try again on my way home!

Second visit - Early evening - Squacco Heron showing really well in front of the Garganey hide. Lifer!

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Friday 2nd of June 2023 11:09:49 PM

A Good Birding Weekend. 31/3 2/4/23

   In reverse weekend order, we all decided to go to St Aidan`s/ Swillington thats Bob K, Kevin C and myself and contacting Dave W to meet up on Sunday morning. We set off and just as we got near Castleford in Yorkshire, a message told us that a White Spotted Bluethroat had been heard singing and glimpsed on Cedric`s Pond at RSPB Fairburn Ings. A quick change of plans, as this type of Bluethroat is quite rare in this country, had us arriving to see about 20+ birders peering into a dense reedbed. Dave W arrived and we all began to search and listen for the Bluethroat. A couple of flypast Spoonbills and a Marsh Harrier were see, but after about an hour we abandoned our search for the Bluethroat (the bird was not heard or seen later) Back to our original plan of going to St Aidan`s was slightly hampered with the sat-nav in Bob`s car that didnt seem to know where we wanted to go? The weather improved as we arrived at St Aidan`s and the noise of the Black-headed Gulls was evident. A few Cetti`s Warbler, Chiffchaff were belting out their song and it really felt like spring had arrived. After a bit of a search up to 6 Black-necked Grebe`s were seen in all their best breeding plumage, lovely. As we sat listening to a Bittern booming a couple of birders Simon & Dawn, who had been on last year`s trip to Australia with me, arrived and we had a nice catch up!

       We moved on to Old Moor RSPB reserve near Barnsley to see a lone male Common Scoter that during that species cross country nocturnal flight, must have fancied a rest at this reserve? He showed quite well during our time watching him. Unfortunately the male Ring-necked Duck could not be found, so we moved on again. This time to RSPB Adwick Washlands near Mexborough, a reserve that I visited a while ago to see a Black throated Thrush. After a good walk we managed to catch up with a drake Garganey in all its splendid breeding plumage, also present were 15+ Black tailed Godwits. A female Sparrowhawk kept entertained as she scattered the various flocks of birds until she gave up! We headed for home after another good day`s birding in Yorkshire.

Dave O.

 

Nosterfield Nature Reserve. 13th September 2022 10:30 - 15:30 hrs.

Wood Sandpiper (1)
Ruff (4)
Snipe (1)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (1)
Pochard (4)
Shoveler (1)
Kingfisher (1)
Little Egret (8)
Curlew (150)
Greylag Geese (500 plus)
Lapwing (500 plus)
Gadwall (2)
Scaup (1)
Tufted Duck (20)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Black Swan (1)
Mute Swan (20)
Grey Heron (5)
Buzzard (1)
Pied Wagtail (1)
Canada Geese (100)

RSPB Fairburn Ings & Alkborough N.R. 20/7/22

   A text from Rossendale birder Sarfraz H with news of a Stone Curlew, a rare breeding species in the UK, being present at RSPB Fairburn Ings sparked me into twitch mode Grabbed my gear and off I went, it was 10am, thinking to myself it should take an hour plus to get there and then as I got to the top of the M62 Lancs/Yorks border the carpark struck. Nose to tail all the way past M1 and A1 at 11am I reached Fairburn having done 49 miles!! Luckily the Stone Curlew was still present and the bird showed very well to the small but appreciative crowd. I have only seen this species in the south of England, Suffolk & Cornwall, nice to see one Up North though. A quick look at the Spoonbill, Little Egret nesting area was nice with a Green Sandpiper also flying around. After checking a bird information site I saw that the Stilt Sandpiper was still present at Alkborough NR just north of Scunthorpe.

   Well, I was more than half the way there anyway, so I thought I may as well go to see the American wading bird that has been present for the last few days. Upon arrival at Alkborough nature reserve (Its where the River Trent and the River Ouse flow into the River Humber) I saw lots of birds were flying around and I then saw why, a Peregrine Falcon hunting for a meal! About 15 birders headed towards me saying that they had waited about an hour for the Stilt Sandpiper to appear and now it had been flushed by the falcon. I took my place in the bird hide and waited for its return, managed to see a Bittern flying just over the hide that had birders running outside! A few Marsh Harriers, Water Rail, 22 Spoonbill`s, Little Egret`s, Black tailed Godwit, Ruff, Dunlin, Curlew, Whimbrel, Redshank, Lapwing but the Stilt Sandpiper was not seen. After 2 hours sat in the hide, there was a sudden flurry of activity as the sandpiper appeared about 30 yards in front of us. What a beautifully marked bird it was well worth the long wait. I watched it as it had a small nap then it began to feed and show its extra-long stilt legs. As I left the hide a female Sparrowhawk took off just in front of me dont know who was most spooked? The M62 was fairly kind apart from the usual Leeds IKEA junction, reaching home by 6-45pm. Very enjoyable day out!

Dave O.

 

Woke up this morning after a stay at The Burn Hall Hotel in Huby just North of York.

House Martin nesting near overflow car park, but even better at least 1 Spotted Flycatcher too. 

Nuthatch and Chiffchaff as well.

Nice spot.

8^th May 2022

    Last Sunday a full team of birders headed off at 6am to Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey, in Yorkshire. Its one of our annual trips to see and hear the migrant birds that arrive on our shores in springtime, along with our resident bird species. We do tend to rely on Young Chris B for his knowledge and ears as we arrived at our normal parking area. It didnt take long before he picked out the beautiful song of a Garden Warbler that was really belting out its song! Distant Redstart could also be heard on the edge of the wood, also a Woodcock was disturbed by the road. Much better views of the Redstart were obtained a little later. A few Pied Flycatcher`s chasing around were also enjoyed, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch and others all contributed to a very enjoyable dawn chorus On the river a pair of Dippers, Mandarin, Grey Wagtail and Mallards some with mobile offspring already. The Ramsons or Wild Garlic were in bloom and the smell was quite intoxicating, worth waiting for spring for! Down at Barden Bridge a male Redstart was singing and showing itself to all takers, nearby a pair of Common Sandpipers had a really good old chase around. A few House Martins were seen beginning to gather material to make their nests, what a morning we had all enjoyed and it was only 10am!

    Dave O.

Quite distant but good scope views of the long staying Baikal Teal at Swine Moor this afternoon. A lifer for me.

Other sightings:
1 Swallow - my first this year
1 Little Ringed Plover - also my first this year
8 Ruff
1 Dunlin
3 Redshank
1 Snipe
Good numbers of Wigeon and Teal
A Cettis Warbler sang from the reeds along the river.

Trip into Yorkshire. Sunday 13^th March 2022

  A full team of Rochdale birders left Castleton at 8am in a bit of drizzle but as often happens as we topped out over the M62 blue skies appeared. Our first call was at North Cave were some of the crew enjoyed breakfast muffins, a really nice walk around this expanding reserve had us soon watching a few recently arrived Avocet`s, a good sign that spring was slowly springing! Lots of Wigeon, Teal, Black headed Gulls and a couple of Ruff also seen. Next stop was to be the RSPB reserve at Blacktoft Sands, but en route we thought we had stumbled upon someone filming a scene from Peaky Blinders A man dressed just like one of the characters in the series, after looking around for cameras we moved on!

  At Blacktoft Sands we were treated to some amazing displays and calls from about 8 Marsh Harriers, never having heard these calls from the birds was quite informative. A couple of Cetti`s Warbler`s were heard, then whilst sat in the hide a Siberian Chiffchaff perched and gave great really close up views. As we entered Marshland hide, which seems best for lots of waders, a grumpy looking togger seemed to alert us as to the presence of something a bit different. Soon we were looking at a winter plumaged Little Stint in the 60 or so Dunlin flock, an unusual bird at this time of year we thought?

  Final stop of the day was RSPB Swillington/ St Aidan`s near Leeds, after all the rain over the winter the causeway was still flooded, so we had to find a better way in. Lemonroyd Bridge was found and after a good walk around a Bittern was heard booming trying to attract a partner to start a family in the reeds. Always a great place to sometimes see and most times hear Cettis`s Warblers and they did not let us down. The lack of early migrants on the reserve didnt bother us as we all enjoyed our day out birding. The M62 was kind to us as we all reached home by 6pm.

Dave O

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 16th of March 2022 06:23:53 PM

Sat 22nd January 11.00-14.00

Chris Chandler and I headed to Buckton to see the large flock of various Buntings and friends which has been present for the last week or so. A long journey on the train started at 7.30 but we picked up Grey Partridge in fields around Malton on the way over and some of the scenery was pretty nice, passing Kirkham Priory and the grounds of Castle Howard for instance.

As we walked up to the field next to the Heligoland Trap from Bempton station we had just seen a report of 80 Lapland Buntings, so we were pretty excited and the weather was lovely with a blue sky and no wind to speak of. Around 10 birders were already present and reported a Shorelark as well as the Laplands. We settled down to scope the field and gradually as we got our eyes in the birds started to appear.

They were very active and flighty but at times showed well and the constant activity was highly entertaining. A couple of hours went by in no time as we enjoyed the challenge of ID'ing all the birds. I would say there were at least 20 Lapland Buntings, but we thought 80 of that species was a somewhat giddy count. The main numbers I would confidently call were 20+ Skylarks, the 20+ Laplands and 20+ Yellowhammers, but also a flock of about 30 Starlings, a few Rock and Meadow Pipit, a few Corn and Reed Buntings and we did get 3 good looks at a single Shorelark. I would imagine getting there early would see bigger numbers but I'm not complaining about what we did see!

The Lapland Buntings were only my second ever sightings and it was a lifer for Chris, not sure he thought he'd see 20 on his first connection with the species...After a while they were easy to pick out and we got some good flight views where you could appreciate their long wings, long tails and relative size, as opposed to more familiar birds like Skylark, Mipit and Reed Bunting. Some of the bright males were very smart indeed.

We walked down to Bempton Cliffs RSPB and picked up Fulmar and Kittiwake for the yearlist and then headed home. I would recommend the experience if the flocks stay in situ, it was one of the best bits of birding I've done in a long time.

 

The Green Warbler at Buckton, Yorkshire. 10^th September 2021

 

   After sustaining a knee injury last Wednesday and not being able to walk as I got out of bed on Thursday morning. I suppose I really hoped that no really rare birds would turn up, I was wrong! A Green Warbler had been caught and rung in the Heligoland trap at Buckton near Bempton, Yorkshire. Only 6 previous records of this species had been recorded in Britain before, which made it a very rare bird indeed. News of the bird broke around 2pm and after trying to work out if it was possible for me to walk the distance to see the bird, myself and Kevin C, said Let`s see if its there tomorrow We sort of thought that the bird would depart overnight anyway.

 

   On Friday morning there was positive news that the bird was still in the same area as the day before but was very elusive, makes sense small green bird in amongst green leafed trees! Myself and Kevin C set off along the M62/ A roads and encountered usual amounts of various types of traffic, wagons, buses, pushbikes, caravans, and our late start could not be helped though. Being unable to find a walking stick, I brought along an umbrella which would have to do! As we arrived the news that the bird was still present greeted us. Now for the hard bit, progress was very slow as we both set off until my sore knee warmed up a bit. Kevin C kindly stayed with me and cajoled me to keep going to see the bird. At last we got to the assembled crowd of around 120 birders, we found a great spot to look for the bird. A quick shout had us looking into the copse with the Heligoland trap in it near a Crab apple tree, but the warbler was not properly seen. Pied Flycatcher and a couple of Willow Warblers later was all we saw in about an hours wait, a circling Sparrowhawk also did not help. Then finally the Green Warbler showed itself, firstly perched in a Rowan tree with lots of berries on, then it sat out near a Crab Apple tree and the major features were seen. What a stunning bird to be able to watch in lovely sunshine, it was strikingly green upper bodied in colour and the pale yellowy underparts, especially the chest area was very noticeable. The bird had a pale supercilium and a noticeable wing bar, it was a first winter bird that should have been on its way to warmer climes in Asia. As time pressed on I decided to set off back to the carpark and made a few stops to admire the Gannets still on the cliffs and utilise the various benches to rest upon! Kevin C kindly shared his food & drink with me and we set off for home. What a superb bird to go and see near one of the RSPB`s premier reserves.

 

Dave O.

 

 

 

 

August Adventures in Northern England 2021

     On Wednesday 18^th August with the continued presence of the Black browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs and as one of our team still had not seen it, a trip was planned. Along with Chris B, Kevin C we left earlyish and the news on the way was that the bird was still present helped our cause. As we arrived all that changed, news that at 8am the bird had flown out to sea was not well received! We met up with Dave W at New Roll Up viewpoint and dug in at 9am for a wait until it returned! We were entertained by Gannets, Kittiwakes, and various gulls, Swallows, a very close female Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and then a Peregrine Falcon sat on the cliffs surrounded by Rock Pigeons. It was a lovely morning which soon became afternoon, then after missing a passing Arctic Skua, 2 Pomarine Skuas passed by at a reasonable distance. At 5pm after an 8 hour vigil we gave up on Albert the Albatross and yes he did return the day after!

  This Friday 29^th August, yesterday`s finding of a White tailed Lapwing at RSPB Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire had Kevin and myself heading over after positive news earlier. This is a very rare bird and only 74 miles away! The relatively quiet M62 soon had us in Goole and arriving at the reserve around 9-25am, the car park was almost full and a delightful reserve lady ushered us into one of the few remaining places. We managed to squeeze into one of the hides and after 30 minutes the White tailed Lapwing finally, showed itself after hiding (feeding) behind a large island. Lots of Green Sandpipers, Snipe, and Ruff were also enjoyed, a long queue was forming outside so we headed for another hide to give people a chance to see the bird. At Marshlands hide only 6 people were present as we arrived, then a sudden influx of birds, then birders, only meant one thing the White tailed Lapwing had flown in! Better views of the bird were enjoyed in the hustle and bustle of the hide. We also met an old birding friend Nibber we had a good laugh with him. Time for home, the M62 struck back as we got stuck in the west bound lane for 1.5 hours due to a smash and fire burnt car accident, hope they survived.

Dave O.

 

Lots of activity today around Selside; fledged of spotted flycatchers, swallow, chaffinch, goldfinch, willow warbler. Also nuthatch calling.

-- Edited by paul brady on Wednesday 4th of August 2021 10:33:49 AM

Finally managed swift today at Colt Park, Ingleborough.

Fledglings of redstart, stonechat, wheatear have been a personal highlight but impressive numbers and variety of wildflowers and orchids draw visitors too.

News release went out today too https://www.ywt.org.uk/news/wild-ingleborough-vision-wilder-future

 

A Day/Night trip into Yorkshire. Saturday 19^th June 2021

 

 

 

  After last year`s restriction on travel it was nice to visit our regular places in East & North Yorkshire. Along with Kevin C, Chris B, myself and Bob K driving we left Rochdale at a leisurely 10am. Even on a Saturday morning the M62 was fairly busy but as we headed for the Bempton area the usual parade of caravans, tractors were there to meet us. At RSPB Bempton the car parks were almost full, well it was a lovely day. The usual species were seen on the cliffs at Bempton with: - Gannet, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill and the eagerly awaiting gulls patrolling the cliffs for a parent to not be concentrating.

 

    Now we have not been having much luck with seeing any Honey Buzzard at Wykeham (why come) or anywhere else for that matter so it was with much trepidation that we made our way there. The species had been reported every day this week, so we might have a chance? We saw a fellow Lancastrian birder, who had been there since 8am in the morning, he had not seen any Honey Buzzard! A pleasant 2 hours revealed: - Willow Warbler, Crossbill, Siskin, Common Buzzard, and Carrion Crow then, at last, two Goshawk put on a really nice aerial display. Another Goshawk also performed really well for us all but the other species was not seen or reported on Saturday, must have known we were coming!

 

    With various savages in Europe killing as many Turtle Doves as they can to prove their manhood it is always nice to go to watch these beautiful birds at their breeding quarters. After a bit of searching we saw about four of them flying around, but not many calls were heard. Please can someone educate the killers of this species as they pass through backward countries? A call at a Fish & Chip shop is always a bit of a highlight of this trip, the one at Thornton Le Dale is always good. A television programme called Bangers & Cash centres on Mathewsons cars and various memorabilia. Now as luck would have it Derek Mathewson was pulling up with a load of cars on his trailer, what a treat for us all!

 

  At the last call of the day we arrived at Sutton Bank that is at 978 feet above sea level and home to lots of bird species. We had a look at the bird feeders and were all pleasantly surprised to see a Turtle Dove on one of the feeders. That`s the first time we have seen one actually on the feeders, lots of pictures were taken and a good general appreciation of how beautiful this much declining species is. As dusk then darkness set in we donned our various coverings and applied liberal amounts of insect repellent and headed off to hear /search for Woodcock & Nightjars. After 15 minutes a Nightjar was heard then a Woodcock flew by, after a quick call from Bob K, we headed to a clear fell area and managed to have really spectacular views of Nightjar. This was a hairs on the back of your neck encounter as one bird flew within 15 feet of us. At 11-30pm we went home having had a real great day/night out!

 

Dave O.

 

 

 

Colt Park Wood Area:
Redstarts, Cuckoo, Curlew, Sparrowhawk
Office list is now up to 48

Started a new job recently for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on the new "Wild Ingleborough" project ( https://www.ywt.org.uk/wild-ingleborough-vision-future) and I am very happy with the birding so far ...

Not managed to yomp all the way up yet despite the incentive of DOTTEREL

Its a large area but if anyone wants to let me know where they've had success birding in the area before then let me know, alternatively if you want to know anything then just ask. With things just starting to open up there's plenty of places to stay and the area can justify more than a day visit.

Interesting news from N.Yorks yesterday when an adult Lesser White-fronted Goose was seen at Staveley YWT, initially with Pink-footed Geese. Late last night a discussion forum had news that a presumed escaped bird of this species had been knocking around the general area all summer and when this bird tagged onto a group of feral Greylag Geese it detracted further from it's wild credentials. It is still present there today and is still a nice bird to see but maybe one to build into a trip to see other stuff?

Osprey over A64 close to York racecourse today at 10:10

I was passing on BOU rules for other readers as I said Rob. Their rules have birds as tickable after a certain number of generations, dunno how many though coz I don't give a fig!! I do my hobby like I want to. But just like letting folk know that 'Channel Wagtail' is a hybrid of 2 subspecies it can be helpful to post stuff to inform others.

p.s. I have been on rarity committees and have had to reject stuff. I have had National Rarities rejected by BBRC but I still submit. I am sure that you wouldn't have submitted if it wasn't a WtEagle but I would personally count it, you saw it, they didn't!!

-- Edited by Doc Brewster on Saturday 4th of July 2020 03:43:28 PM

Rob Creek wrote:

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Friday 3rd July

I was fuming but I had to let it go.
Then to compound my misery, both Eagles were reported at Westerdale Moor later this afternoon.



-- Edited by Rob Creek on Saturday 4th of July 2020 12:00:57 AM

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Depends on your listing rules Rob, but the White-tailed Eagles are released birds and as such aren't countable on a strict BOU List. If you look at the RBA website they even have the tag 'Escaped' although 'Released' would seen fairer They would be brilliant to see and I wouldn't turn down seeing them and I always advocate that as birding is a personal hobby it is up to each individual to count what they like But just thought I'd let all the readers on here know the score Very interested in the Polecat sightings, wher have you seen the reports, I would love to see one as it is a British Mammal I have never seen, ta If you want to PM me that would be great

We decided at the weekend that as we have missed 2 holidays already and have just got 2 small kittens, that any more holidays this year are impractical. Therefore we have resigned ourselves to no hols but instead have said that days out in the UK are the thing. So I may be getting out and about more from now on having concentrated on the NW other than my Holy Island twitch!

So today I had planned a Yorkshire day out. The Nosterfield Lesser Yellowlegs was to be central to this but news yesterday of a Lesser Yellowlegs flying south through sites in Notts had me thinking that this may be the long-staying Yorks bird finally departing. It has been at Nosterfield since 6th Jan 2020 so just my luck to plan a trip the day after it departs

Instead of Nosterfield I changed plans and headed first to my most eastern site for the day, Harwood Dale near Burniston. After one wrong turn I finally found the Ex-pub that I was looking for. Parking up here my heart raced as I saw 2 doves on wires opposite the pub, but soon I came back down to earth as they were Collared Doves. I then had a wander around and up the public footpath towards the farm a fabulous Turtle Dove flew low over me giving fantastic views in my bins. This was my quarry here as two have been seen regularly. I then wandered around for another hour to no avail as the Turtle Doves didn't play ball! Another nice sighting here were large numbers of Tree Sparrows using the banks of feeders provided by the locals, a couple of Greenfinch were here too as well as Great Spotted Woodpeckers and House Sparrows with their cuter cousins!

With the weather being good and getting warmer and sunnier I headed next over to Wykeham Forest and to the Raptor Watchpoint. I joined just one other birder at first and later a few more arrived, most of them being photographers primarily and none having scopes! It was down to me to try to find the raptors! At first several Common Buzzards were all that were seen but eventually I picked up a very distant dot that in the scope proved to be a Honey Buzzard. This was clinched with the bird wing-clapping, if it hadn't done so then I think the jury may still have been out it was so distant, especially for the users with bins only! A single Tree Pipit was seen, again scoped and a small party of Crossbills flew over. A much bigger party flew over the car park as I was eating lunch too. A large group of Siskins flew past and nesting Willow Warblers were busy collecting food at the viewpoint. I picked out a few Ravens over the plantations and my fellow watchers had possible Goshawk and Hobby, but I was grilling buzzard-type birds down my scope so didn't have a chance to help on these IDs.

Finally I decided my easiest route home was towards Nosterfield even though no news had come out re the yellowlegs and a request for info from RBA had also had no response for an hour and  a half, it wasn't looking good. Still, nothing ventured as they say. As I pulled up in Nosterfield NR car park 3 birders were at the Main Lake screen and looked as if the had something. A quick enquiry confirmed this and soon I was watching the 1s Lesser Yellowlegs feeding below us in the sun, its legs glowing yellow as its name suggests!

With time getting on now I decided to call it a day and headed home, logging 357mls for the trip, as Carys said to me at the end just enough to get to Nethy Bridge, as we would have done on our holiday cancelled in May, ah well these days out will have to be a good substitute and this one was a great start

-- Edited by Doc Brewster on Tuesday 30th of June 2020 08:51:19 PM