Burnsall Bridge

Today we went to Burnsall Bridge, and from there we decided to walk up to Grassington along the riverside. It was pretty void of wildlife in all fairness. There were only a couple of grey wagtails, which were mere flybys. We spotted 3 mandarin females, or eclipse males sheltering in the shade, but that aside there was not much.

-Mandarin Ducks

There were quite a few insects around, including a Banded Demoiselle at the weir before Grassington, which is a species I have never seen here before. I thought I had taken some photos, but they could not be located, so maybe I didn't.

There were quite a few butterflies there too, mainly whites but also a small skipper, which may also be a first for this walk for us.

-Small Skipper

-Small White

So today's walk was wildlife void even by its often low standards, but it was pleasant enough and there were the odd bits...

last day of london holiday

went to some mysterious national trust place today with no camera
found plenty of long tailed tits plus a nest
a femle blackcap and nest and the male singging nearby (i did see him)
2 chiffchaff
a treecreeper really close
2 nuthatch
3 pied wagtails it didnt move for so long whilst i was walking up to it i thought it must be plastic. in the end it moved when i was about 30cm away
loads of red kites
2 feildfares
also 2 giant pittas in the small "avairy" there. this was great becuase it was the first time but also annoying becuase i had won the game of scrablle the night before with pitta on a double tripple word score but i only put it with 1 T.

bombilius major bee fly/bee mimic
comma 2
orange tit 1
small white 6
peackock 3
brinstone1
large white 2