tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40533991846052494202024-03-18T21:14:48.817+00:00Wild at HullWild places for a day out in HullAfrica Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comBlogger725125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-48944993042683048902024-03-18T21:13:00.000+00:002024-03-18T21:13:11.038+00:00Last interglacial coast trail. Stage 3: Beverley to Scorborough<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpMmwAXQUqdmVPjiJgK-mU1AnL_mvSqUlPbnLAN-pRRiqDAk6StdqJ0z2d4NaY0FiI2O_yYKvmUvcRTbDUOJKIW8C-8N3aAEYfmQQ4azbY_2iAqIkje5kflJ5exzkPlAMVXv5L9B7D1_kBLrEllb5N67a5RT8rhEctnQ9c4pbyQrBTkVjupQ_PxcUQjlY/s4032/PXL_20240318_123217711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpMmwAXQUqdmVPjiJgK-mU1AnL_mvSqUlPbnLAN-pRRiqDAk6StdqJ0z2d4NaY0FiI2O_yYKvmUvcRTbDUOJKIW8C-8N3aAEYfmQQ4azbY_2iAqIkje5kflJ5exzkPlAMVXv5L9B7D1_kBLrEllb5N67a5RT8rhEctnQ9c4pbyQrBTkVjupQ_PxcUQjlY/w640-h360/PXL_20240318_123217711.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I get an early bus to Flemingate, Beverley and walk to the Minster. It is a sunny, mild and still day, a Small Tortoiseshell and a Bee fly feeding on Lesser Celandines opposite the Minster. The last interglacial coastal cliff conveniently follows the centre of Beverley in an approximate north to south direction at about the 10 m over sea level. The reason for my choice of animal of the Ipswichian for today is due to the fact that Beverley is named after beavers (Anglo Saxon 'beofer lac'or ley', beaver lake or pasture). I decide to make a compilation of Beaver beaver iconography along the route. First, I walk around the Minster trying unsuccessfully to find a gargoyle depicting a <a href="https://justbeverley.co.uk/articles/beverley-minsters-heritage-open-day-and-a-beaver-playing-bagpipes" target="_blank">beaver playing bagpipes</a>. I ask inside and the volunteers are a bit baffled, but they helpfully point me to a small carved beaver in a book case. </p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hazC1zwByHL0OwkS8a37YPb17gbk9MeQCnIp4-646WUPLfCW0ChJBdWDekwxCIGfK2YlFDgd4n-Z6manqPTGyjDIWlJ2vSdb_VUTnQBX1-N_o42oIs_ljYEs9_7y1QCwBu9cVam0ehWoEiZ2sKeARugwrSNnJRcuXlbg8fvUlLuApDqDqvy2w2Fe9V1A/s5184/IMG_1574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hazC1zwByHL0OwkS8a37YPb17gbk9MeQCnIp4-646WUPLfCW0ChJBdWDekwxCIGfK2YlFDgd4n-Z6manqPTGyjDIWlJ2vSdb_VUTnQBX1-N_o42oIs_ljYEs9_7y1QCwBu9cVam0ehWoEiZ2sKeARugwrSNnJRcuXlbg8fvUlLuApDqDqvy2w2Fe9V1A/w400-h300/IMG_1574.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always birds on gargoyles. This one a Stock Dove.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzft9q9W1wLvtL8ySKHB4n6BbX7vB0FmjhaKlzk5sB1qImS6L0ynfmvItAQ6jAVG8acFPdlnomTvJjuCr36lR_h0Ftyz_tDrHydWyrEVKZc5Uk9Y-H-C2iDl15kNmpkI6ifCJMT-0226nup58HtnTUdqpeyOCZS5n76CnLbRw-jzzx1OhKRx9Hc_eVFSnp/s5184/IMG_1578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzft9q9W1wLvtL8ySKHB4n6BbX7vB0FmjhaKlzk5sB1qImS6L0ynfmvItAQ6jAVG8acFPdlnomTvJjuCr36lR_h0Ftyz_tDrHydWyrEVKZc5Uk9Y-H-C2iDl15kNmpkI6ifCJMT-0226nup58HtnTUdqpeyOCZS5n76CnLbRw-jzzx1OhKRx9Hc_eVFSnp/w400-h300/IMG_1578.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jackdaw on statue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cKCVjqafnqFgq85cZE9wf7d0vixFP5wd_IJFa_6-50T90yi0x2kYN0gpYLffP9ntBPmYDdKL8ZF5WfNlKem5r5KBtbJ11IkGhcqh2KcBMj_Tl_dQBmasodbyFi9EAJvXdqZW5q6bzndsv7s9qVyQlkCWKNr7Fy1ZGzZxUbg0_H6eTLQbviksKaXIWjzt/s2193/original_7057c485-1fa8-4cfd-94f9-e3084e1b4455_PXL_20240318_141250577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2193" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cKCVjqafnqFgq85cZE9wf7d0vixFP5wd_IJFa_6-50T90yi0x2kYN0gpYLffP9ntBPmYDdKL8ZF5WfNlKem5r5KBtbJ11IkGhcqh2KcBMj_Tl_dQBmasodbyFi9EAJvXdqZW5q6bzndsv7s9qVyQlkCWKNr7Fy1ZGzZxUbg0_H6eTLQbviksKaXIWjzt/w400-h300/original_7057c485-1fa8-4cfd-94f9-e3084e1b4455_PXL_20240318_141250577.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Carved Beaver inside the Minster, on a book case.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvujH01jL5C38gTGociqG5HE0epED-1wMuINmuyxye3q07tBak0d6n73sipSBNHMfY0xmpbx6YcMSI8Jgs3eqfGXh9jDbf6M0vsnsTVM-yTgsECk2JvG3mjs6BjB6AXaiO_q0yJC0Fcf81LQnTh-1IqIQPfKtHra4O9W3wTZd64iB60G3xUn3Zop1syhm/s5184/IMG_1581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvujH01jL5C38gTGociqG5HE0epED-1wMuINmuyxye3q07tBak0d6n73sipSBNHMfY0xmpbx6YcMSI8Jgs3eqfGXh9jDbf6M0vsnsTVM-yTgsECk2JvG3mjs6BjB6AXaiO_q0yJC0Fcf81LQnTh-1IqIQPfKtHra4O9W3wTZd64iB60G3xUn3Zop1syhm/w400-h300/IMG_1581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old Beverley Coat of arms on Beverley Market cross. It really doesn't look like a beaver!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEK2uyVJKGBhE77DIUn5UsXB9V_FRGDtLP9hUDMx6-G6YYvvRrcq5QzTT7zUhy2JqxdtFJ7TGCTORbsi8sa1uBYfCWJN0-xV9aQfoR2hDCQTtSlxQ4wGjGzzpu8PyHl7rFrXxSwLOWhulNe7v9PS3d1Z1C72c8h2On6gAV90_SETN9WO8Q5009_1AZaQU/s2268/PXL_20240318_091534466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="2268" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEK2uyVJKGBhE77DIUn5UsXB9V_FRGDtLP9hUDMx6-G6YYvvRrcq5QzTT7zUhy2JqxdtFJ7TGCTORbsi8sa1uBYfCWJN0-xV9aQfoR2hDCQTtSlxQ4wGjGzzpu8PyHl7rFrXxSwLOWhulNe7v9PS3d1Z1C72c8h2On6gAV90_SETN9WO8Q5009_1AZaQU/w400-h300/PXL_20240318_091534466.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The new rendition of the coat of arms on litter bins looks more like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cQon4eLu3EcEHl58rUPWe6zkfYDylvEJA_8BtIqNuZiyvBBQk5v6AYfH7bNiYjQ8-wiFGP453UISF63HvWMG7ZWe_ePR5IgXiZrIXHLioZ2Ig8SLvxDR8Zim_9zmhziBT99kschTkcXB_6mbBXm2sfIC5BLGj6R9sdP0FBjyejQCoP7M28j6DRY82Sp_/s5184/IMG_1582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cQon4eLu3EcEHl58rUPWe6zkfYDylvEJA_8BtIqNuZiyvBBQk5v6AYfH7bNiYjQ8-wiFGP453UISF63HvWMG7ZWe_ePR5IgXiZrIXHLioZ2Ig8SLvxDR8Zim_9zmhziBT99kschTkcXB_6mbBXm2sfIC5BLGj6R9sdP0FBjyejQCoP7M28j6DRY82Sp_/w400-h300/IMG_1582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Beaver Pub sign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykukPQCvzn4dqGcHBJp8dBFbhmxuhog2Oa9izJtJycxac4O2vDVuwc7X2Cezqc3doo5XxrhkCSMUvI_-U_hSWJ6b0OQnVQmUzU7OFeAfNijzyzKygBQLXlE63XfmdBn6on7-4bvYJnN2nFHKWKYFEbnRwaJiasM-zpn5G4TH6W3B9ys5ejDGNX3gvfnxm/s4032/PXL_20240318_091605927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykukPQCvzn4dqGcHBJp8dBFbhmxuhog2Oa9izJtJycxac4O2vDVuwc7X2Cezqc3doo5XxrhkCSMUvI_-U_hSWJ6b0OQnVQmUzU7OFeAfNijzyzKygBQLXlE63XfmdBn6on7-4bvYJnN2nFHKWKYFEbnRwaJiasM-zpn5G4TH6W3B9ys5ejDGNX3gvfnxm/s320/PXL_20240318_091605927.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;">The Beaver pub at North Bar Within.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s2EYuay8CdC8alvujQONyuZPcTk_ncTJ-_aLHsIsCVKIAqTjh-c3cFNLDuLfJHlaLPrhUHfOKntEWgesyIj4-hx77pF3FUzk5UuOSInCvmtls9QVU3cF2nFeHb9QKgFW2Wk2Xe1zWOKOfIj8habmy2hNm8DKmTRslLoyuoWITMvH3IsBFZvUFIrO7pwY/s4032/PXL_20240318_091803042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s2EYuay8CdC8alvujQONyuZPcTk_ncTJ-_aLHsIsCVKIAqTjh-c3cFNLDuLfJHlaLPrhUHfOKntEWgesyIj4-hx77pF3FUzk5UuOSInCvmtls9QVU3cF2nFeHb9QKgFW2Wk2Xe1zWOKOfIj8habmy2hNm8DKmTRslLoyuoWITMvH3IsBFZvUFIrO7pwY/w225-h400/PXL_20240318_091803042.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had never noticed this Victorian public water pump from 1860, it was beautifully reconstructed by the Beverley Civic Society.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZuXHbc5r9mSvuS4rIzpZ84xQEcEQ98lk0ESRssTrVFlBv070-PjIAfoQduGkG6ZwoM5ekdMZTM-NIKmqFBVQ8tKRQEN2f-9DB1Vl7ovYjxRyvi5rvrZ1Zwk5PbN9k6jmPj1I5X9nCKgZkKCdiXNgkG17H2Ahwvg1TTfEq3n_CYEbfh5ekKCmcyjh3vds/s4032/PXL_20240318_092044337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I thought it was a beaver on North Bar, but it looks like a squirrel.</div><p style="text-align: left;">I leave the old town through North Bar towards Molescroft following the Minster Way until the pedestrian bridge over the A1035 to join the Hudson Way.</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-ebTN5dUDEvLpPoKIs4n9-Q6yosePBSDiJ7DxwPhVQMM-XUKFl_Bt-xN6ZVcB_zTjco0qgVcs45Ddl1_6oDWTeYjaKvoWp7qulXad5NDrDcG-CXR8Ek5ZS4XLG2kV6XUJV-noMj3DVLpuWKziS7QVz74e5NkTQDzwM8xUv8FQb825tm5SNKSy9ERx3YB/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_094946353.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Minster Way is some times very narrow across Molescroft.</div><p style="text-align: left;">I'm afraid this route zig-zags quite a bit, as the most straight route by the interglacial coast is on the Driffield road, but this is a very busy road and I will avoid it, so I take the sedated Hudson Way, an abandoned railway track from Beverley to Market Weighton that is now a public footpath. Butterflies, Chiffchaffs, Yellowhammers, and Skylarks on the way. Carpets of Dog's Mercury on the banks.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4nY5LBqO4M2myFxiiqQApET1KI0NsMq1d918P4mVLusRZn19KMAXb0uJCx8c2TKkhCCXbbnXJHBR416aP9Mu9mHI036D8cCewJ-2a2ZAVlySo7Bz__ciWXfaHyivmV96S1a6wD5OVezynpd3XnyHHO-sEML3G20wEDRzMDxOQAiQCzy5pl3Jbj7AYOPA/s5184/IMG_1592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4nY5LBqO4M2myFxiiqQApET1KI0NsMq1d918P4mVLusRZn19KMAXb0uJCx8c2TKkhCCXbbnXJHBR416aP9Mu9mHI036D8cCewJ-2a2ZAVlySo7Bz__ciWXfaHyivmV96S1a6wD5OVezynpd3XnyHHO-sEML3G20wEDRzMDxOQAiQCzy5pl3Jbj7AYOPA/w400-h300/IMG_1592.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bee Fly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbH3oURcpJobaF5S63m_4a5bPjgHbGd6zmxy89JVzmen91kqyPwwD0McUEwG3lFSjQnHckHeWXTJYtuaY6fuUUWUTkTo3HEmyuPBhpH-oPBq-HT3FtdQSMcNFiGJN7bQ12CqkmA075IhnWuO5eZTEsE-2I9ZdU_LWgEyBiUs1Rxw-lMSkQDs8nOwm4iwU/s5184/IMG_1613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbH3oURcpJobaF5S63m_4a5bPjgHbGd6zmxy89JVzmen91kqyPwwD0McUEwG3lFSjQnHckHeWXTJYtuaY6fuUUWUTkTo3HEmyuPBhpH-oPBq-HT3FtdQSMcNFiGJN7bQ12CqkmA075IhnWuO5eZTEsE-2I9ZdU_LWgEyBiUs1Rxw-lMSkQDs8nOwm4iwU/w400-h300/IMG_1613.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Small Tortoiseshell and Comma on Blackthorn blossom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_noPVzsquL3rxnpl17DhHfEij6GNRYB3xZc6RkPrpeURD4jcMrZS8pPsGmJjx-T5UyTg6DJHgrKZa1_rHlhByPqBa9Zl01b55p2KVfCUre8SMwbLyh-CIuxrfpljL0EWmeH9qANLb01BmAg3WTYPM34LuiamdnmJcCt0MJ-D3iOcYh_lqzydmhlWO5YV/s5184/IMG_1623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_noPVzsquL3rxnpl17DhHfEij6GNRYB3xZc6RkPrpeURD4jcMrZS8pPsGmJjx-T5UyTg6DJHgrKZa1_rHlhByPqBa9Zl01b55p2KVfCUre8SMwbLyh-CIuxrfpljL0EWmeH9qANLb01BmAg3WTYPM34LuiamdnmJcCt0MJ-D3iOcYh_lqzydmhlWO5YV/w400-h300/IMG_1623.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellowhammer.</div></div><p style="text-align: left;">I leave the Hudson Way at Miles Lane, near the grounds of the abandoned Mediaeval village of Ravensthorpe, but this turns to be pretty busy too with traffic. I try an alternative route, but it turns out that it is a road to a clay-shooting ground by Bygot Wood, with scary warning signs on the trees all along not to proceed, despite it leading to a public right of way, so I have to retrace my steps. I’m glad I’m able to tick some early Wood Anemones and Ramsons at the start of the track.</p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuJ7cdrMpAeSXvtiUL9LMN8Zw_pixStLbL0SkCFTxodV8d9RSyBcbJV-Hxe-LcLlSKrkRYhOqT-043rl43Ivs9c0QtAf0Wl2a8SDbUMbx8CGzcWsibpiwRyEle8BZ5n5axEOvJMHfMQ0wWgAXNnJg76LJ1JZRvIDIt1VvNXayV6Akdd-ZGx2NQEfVFubK/s5184/IMG_1633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuJ7cdrMpAeSXvtiUL9LMN8Zw_pixStLbL0SkCFTxodV8d9RSyBcbJV-Hxe-LcLlSKrkRYhOqT-043rl43Ivs9c0QtAf0Wl2a8SDbUMbx8CGzcWsibpiwRyEle8BZ5n5axEOvJMHfMQ0wWgAXNnJg76LJ1JZRvIDIt1VvNXayV6Akdd-ZGx2NQEfVFubK/w400-h300/IMG_1633.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A female Bullfinch was intrigued when I whistle its call.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2wv2VVw5-oZMmZ7-tG8Cv2f5m6tjoFnpfs552NY-6S3N8NyifAztLNZ5ErN2X7LptTnJ1rmwIUjRLWI4mi0_HlqjWmbzHJTfwFt7rao2zNtYai4emcNAW3Q_g5Qc-gT_h3yU594diTwx5MRCIgZ_tL32-5Jv95DXT7Lv0CigGkm1IY-b6eIZCsU-q54I/s4032/PXL_20240318_101246879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2wv2VVw5-oZMmZ7-tG8Cv2f5m6tjoFnpfs552NY-6S3N8NyifAztLNZ5ErN2X7LptTnJ1rmwIUjRLWI4mi0_HlqjWmbzHJTfwFt7rao2zNtYai4emcNAW3Q_g5Qc-gT_h3yU594diTwx5MRCIgZ_tL32-5Jv95DXT7Lv0CigGkm1IY-b6eIZCsU-q54I/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_101246879.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The view north from the Hudson Way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf_cYzuolict7pkqQbk_Vxr33Fbu5btyYoWqgmEx8jFPqRv1ukYWNZh96lNUjP05-PsHbuwvg2nSf1Zmu2QHWmHxAM-Bw40OiE2i6r335f-Gojxltox2LUyxexmJc7ovsfYPq9NJdHM4wRbbGwltNSJqR0wMHjVjz-yba3-p82iNb18by-1P7inWKupp7/s4032/PXL_20240318_111140219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf_cYzuolict7pkqQbk_Vxr33Fbu5btyYoWqgmEx8jFPqRv1ukYWNZh96lNUjP05-PsHbuwvg2nSf1Zmu2QHWmHxAM-Bw40OiE2i6r335f-Gojxltox2LUyxexmJc7ovsfYPq9NJdHM4wRbbGwltNSJqR0wMHjVjz-yba3-p82iNb18by-1P7inWKupp7/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_111140219.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Miles Lane bridge over the Hudson Way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhv_fw1xwAgw_E95o4P_PzV6uFIQDjuGrQeHcGBN93miJE-yUUXpOkdvvKWq4USymnDFAgDFxaUZ3pxVQE2qv1pR6WdtYRTFl6W-92EaIN6lM0L2q9NMeBPNJalT7UTiVhzPM1as96YWy3T0qT-sjAn3QPMJA88ZXmqbPO5dSnpg2tUrdYHvFeNBS7-P6/s3024/1710761270542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhv_fw1xwAgw_E95o4P_PzV6uFIQDjuGrQeHcGBN93miJE-yUUXpOkdvvKWq4USymnDFAgDFxaUZ3pxVQE2qv1pR6WdtYRTFl6W-92EaIN6lM0L2q9NMeBPNJalT7UTiVhzPM1as96YWy3T0qT-sjAn3QPMJA88ZXmqbPO5dSnpg2tUrdYHvFeNBS7-P6/w400-h300/1710761270542.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wood Anemones by Bygot Wood.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Ipswichian Woodland</b></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">The Anemones and Dog's Mercury are ancient woodland indicator flowers that tells us that woodland was much more extensive a few centuries ago than it is now in East Yorkshire. They remind me that you might interpret the abundance of megafauna in the last interglacial as if the British Ipswichian ecosystem was like today’s Serengeti. This is not so, the megafauna was very different in many ways (no antelopes, many deer) the flora, surprisingly, would be pretty much like the European vegetation today. We would have walked across the landscape not having much trouble recognising the trees and flowers, most species are present today. At peak interglacial conditions, the woodland was a mixed oak forest, with Pine, Birch, Elm, Oak, Maple, Hornbeam and Hazel. In the wetter areas, Alder carr would have develop. Hornbeam became more dominant in the late stages. An exotic element to the flora of the time is the presence of the Montpellier Maple, native to the Mediterranean and not found in the UK today. A strong contrast with the extremely reduced woodland cover of East Yorkshire today, just</span><a href="https://www.thenorthernforest.org.uk/location/" style="text-align: start;"> over 2%</a><span style="text-align: start;">.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7hsPNg5xSY_Iw3Ak9FPk3b_fAF28GKkBhf5Evrw9nWf2PntqfUXoOdElJeFaCnJWBlIROTG3uTQaH50CI_k5ahuXx74i16OTG7qvChhNd1M-5B6WKeFbdwfUrLyjFeh0xRe5y_EkpxUbMC9ZPBI5xbMwfZ1wCuTnfXrfr3uXBiUOgWaj9cqoK-nnJG_B/s2398/IMG_1653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="2398" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7hsPNg5xSY_Iw3Ak9FPk3b_fAF28GKkBhf5Evrw9nWf2PntqfUXoOdElJeFaCnJWBlIROTG3uTQaH50CI_k5ahuXx74i16OTG7qvChhNd1M-5B6WKeFbdwfUrLyjFeh0xRe5y_EkpxUbMC9ZPBI5xbMwfZ1wCuTnfXrfr3uXBiUOgWaj9cqoK-nnJG_B/s320/IMG_1653.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">I skirt Leconfield following the old Driffield road and then take a footpath towards Bealey’s Beck. It's great to be back off the road. A Skylark rises and a Curlew calls, but I can't find it on the stubble of the fields. A Red Kite flies over moving up the valley, loosely chaperoned by the resident pair of Buzzards across their territory.</span></p></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju64I2kWxEvUru4FSfaKDk1cXf2fTFKh4L1gtrRCTopsKdj4Ithve4cDTY6294FVXmcHd2w6qWbaBBin8YSFwp21YDKR1udI-bJLM6HE5-ZZ6r5GFcWYJ5BxGpDoLzzZ3R7pdpyhRUOrCkPN_uRkg9-jgAWMAyRabh3sNurakaK4OXjA1GOIwgKztjd4iH/s4032/PXL_20240318_122534968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju64I2kWxEvUru4FSfaKDk1cXf2fTFKh4L1gtrRCTopsKdj4Ithve4cDTY6294FVXmcHd2w6qWbaBBin8YSFwp21YDKR1udI-bJLM6HE5-ZZ6r5GFcWYJ5BxGpDoLzzZ3R7pdpyhRUOrCkPN_uRkg9-jgAWMAyRabh3sNurakaK4OXjA1GOIwgKztjd4iH/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_122534968.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A spring, crystal clear water burbling from the chalky bottom. Its waters end up at Bealey's Beck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDi2qJNnuNnq4AzQmv6bnK31QXNVjcAsSgFGDbasfDCA_JaoABGIwoORvFI1U4ux9w26288vZNLAMz18L7rRYDY4mkvnrtUaitL8jN4NUpYG7FIlDUV1hRlQVFtsQLBu-fYng44jBe_anqWnRYA3Fu9VIiP8bzbWBjcjR17cZDg13WF2y5dWVi2cduVgb/s3024/1710757853131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDi2qJNnuNnq4AzQmv6bnK31QXNVjcAsSgFGDbasfDCA_JaoABGIwoORvFI1U4ux9w26288vZNLAMz18L7rRYDY4mkvnrtUaitL8jN4NUpYG7FIlDUV1hRlQVFtsQLBu-fYng44jBe_anqWnRYA3Fu9VIiP8bzbWBjcjR17cZDg13WF2y5dWVi2cduVgb/w400-h300/1710757853131.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many flowering Primroses along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I gasp when I come across the beautiful Bealey's Beck. I check the Ordnance Survey map and trace its meandering course upstream up to South Dalton, I can see the church tower spire in the horizon. The little valley is open wood pasture with small plantations and the beck appears to follow a mostly natural valley.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8yAC7d6V3Wt4fiTgzyd9Z_bcIm0JEd8MpXjCN_aLkDizRqD1cU2G2dX3oStpqfq-_TsIPq7cpfXuNQumM4CYWQXpjnZVTdRYvYfdBluEwLwTfwnPceSIPJrQiKdOhQe_Dqf0NdgFGgNucaIK03AIZuwWt3QghUEKFShymn1eDlNd28e1f-6AoSS04LJa/s4032/PXL_20240318_123243253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8yAC7d6V3Wt4fiTgzyd9Z_bcIm0JEd8MpXjCN_aLkDizRqD1cU2G2dX3oStpqfq-_TsIPq7cpfXuNQumM4CYWQXpjnZVTdRYvYfdBluEwLwTfwnPceSIPJrQiKdOhQe_Dqf0NdgFGgNucaIK03AIZuwWt3QghUEKFShymn1eDlNd28e1f-6AoSS04LJa/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_123243253.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The simple bridge crossing of Bealey's Beck.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf2ZKUbkAcYdePaFhfc2sRmkSb97yA7K0HufTz-6zE_DwuY53l_8FKAJHYNVwK7UgqcwISZZtzrOK72wqODS2JtUkshs1PONa_fQFyzLsOs22c0TaXEVHqWg1xSRQQKgeXqrKGZNaxne5EwI1M0cun5tI38hsWdMN0X1o-zysbJyj1AlF7S8pz0ZMxebS/s4032/PXL_20240318_125045639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf2ZKUbkAcYdePaFhfc2sRmkSb97yA7K0HufTz-6zE_DwuY53l_8FKAJHYNVwK7UgqcwISZZtzrOK72wqODS2JtUkshs1PONa_fQFyzLsOs22c0TaXEVHqWg1xSRQQKgeXqrKGZNaxne5EwI1M0cun5tI38hsWdMN0X1o-zysbJyj1AlF7S8pz0ZMxebS/w400-h225/PXL_20240318_125045639.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;">A Bridleway marker in the middle of a field.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8luKYen9Ysz3ylwv2kj-Qga9Sj-0NN7OpftN11YCijZ7ISSmcJkJORLorguwD5CcMybBPNCyaC-k6yiNb1pQZyLXWLSS4rka-W4D2dI_3z_fgxHmq7MbtpT-XwNZayGRDAke0H6EDAhTP3k482aTfsLbjeVXz9dEU74ZfFTOmVEDF-Mm5t11JMOAuqx5S/s3058/original_ac2b7a9c-2d07-41db-b06f-66ed06fd99ac_PXL_20240318_130605138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="3058" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8luKYen9Ysz3ylwv2kj-Qga9Sj-0NN7OpftN11YCijZ7ISSmcJkJORLorguwD5CcMybBPNCyaC-k6yiNb1pQZyLXWLSS4rka-W4D2dI_3z_fgxHmq7MbtpT-XwNZayGRDAke0H6EDAhTP3k482aTfsLbjeVXz9dEU74ZfFTOmVEDF-Mm5t11JMOAuqx5S/w400-h266/original_ac2b7a9c-2d07-41db-b06f-66ed06fd99ac_PXL_20240318_130605138.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Scorborough Beck by the Driffield Road. I can imagine beavers living here.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get to the bus stop on Driffield roat at Scorborough. Sadly, a roadkilled Hedghehog is the only wild mammal I've seen today.</p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Beavers</h3>Eurasian Beaver, <i>Castor fiber</i>, were widely distributed during the Ipswichian across England. Beavers are semi-aquatic, and live near water, not straying too far to feed. They graze aquatic plants and fell broadleaf trees to feed on the bark and leaves and to store these for the winter months. Felled trees, usually willow or aspen and birch, sprout from the stump, and this beaver coppicing means beavers have easy access to low browse forming ‘beaver pastures’. If the water is not deep, they use tree trunks and branches to build dams along rivers. Unlike other rodents, beavers form monogamous pairs that share a territory. Their young of the year (kits, often two) stay in the parental territory until they are two, so the groups is really a family of beavers. Beavers build lodges in the lake with an underwater entrance where they are safe from predators. They store vegetation inside the lodge to eat through winter and they also have their young in the safety of the lodge.They eat tree bark, twigs and leaves and also grass and aquatic vegetation. When the lake that forms behind the dam gets silted up, they form meadows, which are used by other herbivores. The beavers then move upstream and build a new dam, which forms a lake. Together with other herbivores, beavers contribute to create clearings in woodland and alongside rivers, they favour willow, which they effectively pollard so new growth is generated near the base. Beavers are regarded as ecosystem engineers and keystone species for their multiple effects on their environment and positive effects on biodiversity. Their lakes are ideal for some species of fish like pike, eel and carp, favouring slow water and the beaver meadows attract other megafauna. They slow the flow of water in the river basin. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkvLgY8DQLOpX7UcL03thpy6Nf65oGwE1RdHFz3m5AoqxzDuFwUX4AJWWopzf6my1T9otYQKm7_s19nPS1p2LGJTYeYVboAnZopNwwBAQ69mU4oqnTvkHx1klN9iM7lec-On0mMqNsxP3fXK9bLpy-ktt9EOGzTTNglBMUgLkAquoOnDB8OSl3r8jceWy/s2591/PXL_20240126_213520274%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1942" data-original-width="2591" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkvLgY8DQLOpX7UcL03thpy6Nf65oGwE1RdHFz3m5AoqxzDuFwUX4AJWWopzf6my1T9otYQKm7_s19nPS1p2LGJTYeYVboAnZopNwwBAQ69mU4oqnTvkHx1klN9iM7lec-On0mMqNsxP3fXK9bLpy-ktt9EOGzTTNglBMUgLkAquoOnDB8OSl3r8jceWy/s320/PXL_20240126_213520274%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beaver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: start;">Where can I see them?</b><br style="text-align: start;" />Beavers disappeared from Britain at the end of the last interglacial, when the last ice age started, but they promptly recolonised in postglacial times as trees returned to the landscape. There are many fossils in Yorkshire, including across Holderness. They appear to coexist with fisher-hunter-gatherer humans in the Mesolithic, when humans clearly benefited from the clearings created by beavers for hunting, and took advantage of their lakes for their plentiful fish. Humans are also likely to have used beaver dams as bridges and trees felled by beavers for their own purposes. Mesolithic humans even used beaver teeth and jaws as wood-working tools. It is likely beavers become extinct in East Yorkshire in the first part of the first millennium. Although there is a reintroduction program in North Yorkshire, with a family in an enclosure in Cropton Forest, it appears unlikely they will be introduced in East Yorkshire any time soon, but the little beck I visited today appears to be a suitable place.</div><div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Walk details</b>. Distance: 15 km. Terrain: mostly flat, steep steps to negotiate bridge and two footbridges. Some sections of public rights of way muddy and a PROW section across a planted field. Maximum height 27 m. minimum 9m. Start at Beverley Minster, finish at Scorborough Driffield rd. by Scorborough Beck. The start across Beverley town, then it becomes rural with arable fields and small copses with springs and a beck.</p></div><div><b>More information</b><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Phillips, L. Vegetational History of the Ipswichian/Eemian Interglacial in Britain and Continental Europe. New Phytol. 73, 589–604 (1974).<br />Coles, B.J. 2006 “Beavers in Britain’s Past” WARP Occasional Paper 19. Oxford: Oxbow. x+242 pages, 158 illustrations; ISBN 978-1-84217-2261, paperback.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Yalden, D. 2010. The History of British Mammals. Bloomsbury, 311 pp.</p></div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-45291285365005350512024-03-11T19:57:00.004+00:002024-03-11T19:57:23.271+00:00Wilberforce Wood, Foredyke Green and Noddle Hill<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI-uHd09R6aqfHovljmhdO7fsOodLRqwmUDW9tv2SBucllAiSVVJGst2Q1isiUPTpInimVXnJMzKQ6L9byl2cZ0Iuap7xiB9DPFQGDTUH8gOF9zpaZUHUjPkPNFy5rbDQJVBAe7hUJbVJB9iWqCEjE3SsfaetENNpLYZNsyanS5wMPLZN6IqrlzxfNu-7/s4032/PXL_20240311_123139937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNI-uHd09R6aqfHovljmhdO7fsOodLRqwmUDW9tv2SBucllAiSVVJGst2Q1isiUPTpInimVXnJMzKQ6L9byl2cZ0Iuap7xiB9DPFQGDTUH8gOF9zpaZUHUjPkPNFy5rbDQJVBAe7hUJbVJB9iWqCEjE3SsfaetENNpLYZNsyanS5wMPLZN6IqrlzxfNu-7/w640-h360/PXL_20240311_123139937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A gloomy day with a light, but cold breeze, I catch a bus to Kignswood. I potter around the car park, where a male Pied Wagtail sings and feeds. I walk towards Midmeredales. The path is very muddy and flooded and at some point by a ditch, the water is too deep for wellies, so I have to turn round and walk along Kesteven Way, popping into the woods by the entrances. A flock of 40+ Siskins feeds on Alders by the temporary pond, while Goldfinches nearby are on the Teasels and Burdocks. It is being an irruption year for Siskins, they are everywhere and I find some in every outing, they favour both Italian Alder, widely planted along avenues in the city, and Common Alder in more seminatural scrub. </p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The woodland is waterlogged or flooded. It was planted in the turn of the Millennium, I participated in a planting session around December 2008, where there were few trees. </p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZhO3MZ0AK76AsM0IgY_ixMDN8yCDnIVXCzznS9UNae9qkw1P1Vv2D2j-qyjRd-Dzkr0AxnbJO7x4OSk_FWfr28d6ZDDaOganerkZHCf4lIPOJRUQfz3QjqMc5qlFWAytaVdCVjO_ftfqH7cqy-QmdFwVhy0Wm18PoCgeoApvr_lv7UJurzJb7p9oKzUE/s5184/IMG_1191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZhO3MZ0AK76AsM0IgY_ixMDN8yCDnIVXCzznS9UNae9qkw1P1Vv2D2j-qyjRd-Dzkr0AxnbJO7x4OSk_FWfr28d6ZDDaOganerkZHCf4lIPOJRUQfz3QjqMc5qlFWAytaVdCVjO_ftfqH7cqy-QmdFwVhy0Wm18PoCgeoApvr_lv7UJurzJb7p9oKzUE/w400-h300/IMG_1191.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Running, singing and feeding Pied Wagtail.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The flooded young woodland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqDF9OnJRyiugjWj2Q5Tf4Xs9i8FVWjdEpya3okGwrii_mNoDs1Zm8rf-OOwyt4hC-FThnl49nl9I86FyCUyXd_CjHKtIUsoOopcDaKPFAymcs-eyUChC6BeVlOhkYhi5Iv_58KzAZh8BDdaA0HZ-bXPw5VTqdVgpUw0Wbu3sLy8mpupIty0c2Pt6CiPs/s4032/PXL_20240311_092424710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqDF9OnJRyiugjWj2Q5Tf4Xs9i8FVWjdEpya3okGwrii_mNoDs1Zm8rf-OOwyt4hC-FThnl49nl9I86FyCUyXd_CjHKtIUsoOopcDaKPFAymcs-eyUChC6BeVlOhkYhi5Iv_58KzAZh8BDdaA0HZ-bXPw5VTqdVgpUw0Wbu3sLy8mpupIty0c2Pt6CiPs/w400-h225/PXL_20240311_092424710.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1kEIY2EDp4vzFoy-SX37E0Pr0Nm0dS3T-DNyNJJOKrrYtXfOaYTClDyU4wC3dJTTKaZvEypQgdHZX_LNtAMKJgEhoktmSa43bxAFKYEZLlYr6ry-k9u8qsHL0lduP0Cc5Xt3bSHF4Usn8wZYVuQqmJuIV5lbiWou-Lx1owtMQlm-PjpiSonOeUGfvG4y/s4032/PXL_20240311_092740116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Temporary pond</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfXKcSz1h5Kbc-lFlKcTUiNeLjk1C31ojVHsoTYcr3R7bOfgBNA7JELC5HiFwFVa9mdxqhGecjopbF3_SRhdnmfevzMKifQEF0PYK4KUw9BcQsG0AFoSk6AlNdHhu-QgmsjC1B4wOjFgwPwOpaj8vzyDeeDpFHurIkL8Ie5NPjwNr7_qFa8IFVxdQoie2/s4032/PXL_20240311_101120298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfXKcSz1h5Kbc-lFlKcTUiNeLjk1C31ojVHsoTYcr3R7bOfgBNA7JELC5HiFwFVa9mdxqhGecjopbF3_SRhdnmfevzMKifQEF0PYK4KUw9BcQsG0AFoSk6AlNdHhu-QgmsjC1B4wOjFgwPwOpaj8vzyDeeDpFHurIkL8Ie5NPjwNr7_qFa8IFVxdQoie2/w400-h225/PXL_20240311_101120298.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Foredyke Green Pond, most of the perimeter path is flooded. </div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A dog walker tells me of a sighting of a Mink hunting a rabbit before Asda was built and how many nights, as he checks his front garden, a Barn Owl flies by, and turns its head to look at him as if saying good night.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn1Xn0AVgKl5gb4DrUWq74q3Vxm0OiGiYjbrDAuvVFmuV1TC0VtFIPrhOVUDN1hggFL7exESdulrGn_LMm4cX4J8nKA0JRQ0Zsr3vrn55ExNGrKKaZMvvuvoTZ5ZyTPe7m36_Y47enweDTOmdIhyaWCCMgMFSGDGL0tDjUmVlvI71Orl-LTk2nDDIAoj6/s5184/IMG_1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn1Xn0AVgKl5gb4DrUWq74q3Vxm0OiGiYjbrDAuvVFmuV1TC0VtFIPrhOVUDN1hggFL7exESdulrGn_LMm4cX4J8nKA0JRQ0Zsr3vrn55ExNGrKKaZMvvuvoTZ5ZyTPe7m36_Y47enweDTOmdIhyaWCCMgMFSGDGL0tDjUmVlvI71Orl-LTk2nDDIAoj6/w400-h300/IMG_1235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pair of Mallards were the only birds of note at Foredyke Green Pond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLs7An6Oj5iP5FeU_hohVJZ_BLEPp2hApag6Mv9qLSpsWomtpXXKvgxYjJ1Fz808i-uHjfqSyeqVlPtaJycHCbvpwcYJQvfSwzkkmARZshJBRQPx_Y0560awq80_a0UeYENhMcYatztEybgtOiLhdPRK4_zdK2Zx5oyunj_gbRP4EhY-wSwqd_h7MOT1Z/s4032/PXL_20240311_100919802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLs7An6Oj5iP5FeU_hohVJZ_BLEPp2hApag6Mv9qLSpsWomtpXXKvgxYjJ1Fz808i-uHjfqSyeqVlPtaJycHCbvpwcYJQvfSwzkkmARZshJBRQPx_Y0560awq80_a0UeYENhMcYatztEybgtOiLhdPRK4_zdK2Zx5oyunj_gbRP4EhY-wSwqd_h7MOT1Z/w400-h225/PXL_20240311_100919802.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rabbit field</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyE3f8PhEtH5p-s5FKvg106H7mcsX5SRlQUKEdSZvFPj6sEYhzXlR_a0lgeNYbl3QU8f2fb3STp6omIbaZZPQcUXJd6F-HAevLGyaSOZmw7OiSr6OkbclaAfr_bYKplIN_NHxlXZ600f4tKguEjEiOcEKlVQvP2oOweJaBAuiwkJqF2Dm3nSMz9vz2yz7/s5184/IMG_1257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyE3f8PhEtH5p-s5FKvg106H7mcsX5SRlQUKEdSZvFPj6sEYhzXlR_a0lgeNYbl3QU8f2fb3STp6omIbaZZPQcUXJd6F-HAevLGyaSOZmw7OiSr6OkbclaAfr_bYKplIN_NHxlXZ600f4tKguEjEiOcEKlVQvP2oOweJaBAuiwkJqF2Dm3nSMz9vz2yz7/w400-h300/IMG_1257.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">A lone Goosander at Noddle Hill fishing pond.</p>I walk up the Foredyke Stream. A mixed flock of gulls with some Lesser Black-backed Gulls are in the floods, but no Lapwings today. A Marsh Harried flies over quite low and I lose it quickly. I walk around the pumping station, the area has been flooded, but is now passable. At the top feeders, no evidence of Tree Sparrows or Yellowhammers, but I flush a Kingfisher at the Holderness Drain. I have my lunch by the pond feeders. Great Tits, Blue Tits, Dunnocks, Long Tailed Tits and a Robin keep me company. As I leave, I hear and see some Siskins on the Alders by the pond. They are indeed everywhere!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfEzGIr78q_yA2JGOyGqNfUs8WKr3htDK4tDh73yCvohggqUtHU29YKobhtJpp96M4mtMMfz4Uyoh3xOkmJcWQxBcbF-_2uoL_2ql0EYXM1IF-X5WGyuki1fUnGCFLmWWeFh1QdhOI-3FRPF7FSY9CYV0_UaegQ51xq94PkzAxe0eEIBkVtZzCV9QN0qA/s2268/PXL_20240311_132155834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2268" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfEzGIr78q_yA2JGOyGqNfUs8WKr3htDK4tDh73yCvohggqUtHU29YKobhtJpp96M4mtMMfz4Uyoh3xOkmJcWQxBcbF-_2uoL_2ql0EYXM1IF-X5WGyuki1fUnGCFLmWWeFh1QdhOI-3FRPF7FSY9CYV0_UaegQ51xq94PkzAxe0eEIBkVtZzCV9QN0qA/w400-h300/PXL_20240311_132155834.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Badger sculpture at the Foredyke Green.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-68081691012557621782024-02-27T17:21:00.003+00:002024-02-27T20:47:16.019+00:00Last interglacial coast trail. Stage 2: Cottingham to Beverley<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfve9vskg1GwPxkm4ziWNPOeuQIGI1AbEgL16kd6gNMVfI03_hldKUuo0uGK_y1VqBz-D-Q-KFpTMtxHpflElNhVGEcwiVQ7xQLxi6tzXsJdmysHbbN42Q2MSxW9tr0TE2-d-5-zSWw4lwMRyAmb8JVrwFkKO_AKnDPRfj7n57Adb_TwfgCSWzzVA7hVw/s5184/IMG_0637.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfve9vskg1GwPxkm4ziWNPOeuQIGI1AbEgL16kd6gNMVfI03_hldKUuo0uGK_y1VqBz-D-Q-KFpTMtxHpflElNhVGEcwiVQ7xQLxi6tzXsJdmysHbbN42Q2MSxW9tr0TE2-d-5-zSWw4lwMRyAmb8JVrwFkKO_AKnDPRfj7n57Adb_TwfgCSWzzVA7hVw/w640-h480/IMG_0637.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: left;">It is a very cold overcast day, but I take the bus to the start point of the second stage of the Last Interglacial Trail at Northgate, Cottingham. The first part of the walk follows Park Lane across Cottingham Parks. It is hard to discern any trace of a cliff on the ground, but the fact that ditches run steeply to the east indicates I'm walking near the bottom of the cliff, not on the chalky old cliff, which is too permeable for running water. Here the old sea cliff lays buried by till and other glacial deposits. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg72iBnW25Q1huwt44huu6lEiwf3wfLGf_NWWtbdHOK4TdMFVXOv2_0f7ORNWUrPepXyCGuXnfOflybCsz_7jWctPZaaoZTzLkxy9VFimPRL0RxdBgbkS-Iyi5exsLUHi6WIleqg2bQhiwtcNAqSINmRVmwHJyXUlzglRBWRQcosbvBDSwctgXbvP5fG4/s4032/PXL_20240227_091520249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg72iBnW25Q1huwt44huu6lEiwf3wfLGf_NWWtbdHOK4TdMFVXOv2_0f7ORNWUrPepXyCGuXnfOflybCsz_7jWctPZaaoZTzLkxy9VFimPRL0RxdBgbkS-Iyi5exsLUHi6WIleqg2bQhiwtcNAqSINmRVmwHJyXUlzglRBWRQcosbvBDSwctgXbvP5fG4/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_091520249.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A ditch near Cottingham Parks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After walking on the surfaced road by a series of greenhouses I get to Burn Park Cottages and then Burn Park Farm, with its gnarled walnut trees. A very confiding Kestrel greets me on the ground and then on the farm sign (above). Chaffinches sing from the hedges.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFv4D4AmW1hIXco0KgtfBhrzUqLy9piv2SDHCY1-yCNnedf-QM-ruSWr0A-bR1lOrlYasyA-rmXzwaN327b6zUEuKbdTOzv3dXEl3XgkN1Q_r-wR_HemAcL7UXfl2YyUmITXAzsl3DCeGD2ckDiLL0A3gqMtPBqH0otJzzjRYWdMEUEmKJMUsfx2eCDK4/s4032/PXL_20240227_093147767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFv4D4AmW1hIXco0KgtfBhrzUqLy9piv2SDHCY1-yCNnedf-QM-ruSWr0A-bR1lOrlYasyA-rmXzwaN327b6zUEuKbdTOzv3dXEl3XgkN1Q_r-wR_HemAcL7UXfl2YyUmITXAzsl3DCeGD2ckDiLL0A3gqMtPBqH0otJzzjRYWdMEUEmKJMUsfx2eCDK4/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_093147767.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Burn Park Cottages.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37MmXfgyavti-2IGcMIvxClfNEkqIBnTyoC6eh0o23SVwaJw8MBzhlu4vXZB-M1k087kqLsjZwurXhl2CN92BallkEC4DgzdwiQOZFfnJ7z-JTTeAmgYa5jVGN_Q87Byf44XDDXWNQMy_zmnAv3RWyAH0yHUdPFRX2O6K1-4r72K6INQ7J8M0C2X_zswl/s4032/PXL_20240227_094316933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37MmXfgyavti-2IGcMIvxClfNEkqIBnTyoC6eh0o23SVwaJw8MBzhlu4vXZB-M1k087kqLsjZwurXhl2CN92BallkEC4DgzdwiQOZFfnJ7z-JTTeAmgYa5jVGN_Q87Byf44XDDXWNQMy_zmnAv3RWyAH0yHUdPFRX2O6K1-4r72K6INQ7J8M0C2X_zswl/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_094316933.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Flooded field at Burn Park farm.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I find the first Dog's Mercury of the year growing by a ditch on the eastern side of Jillywoods, together with the abundant Cuckoo's Pint, remnant plants of the northern woods of Cottingham.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCpENpnVicSusCKoEVfFK8ZZRzkt0Yrh5y5DFMnnhJ-4nHe5ZJ8r-6uvNTp3ne3a0To31_VQOnFcS-7zeBjLHCxxo8CJubGKVRBXJ40CYKY8R93C3aXeWigdLH2iXhOukTp0TD6ArsqR7LCD1fWwhnfCsB-hccNyULKiDjd-tnCjUGmxdvfH1mG8xKZ0f/s4032/PXL_20240227_095300303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCpENpnVicSusCKoEVfFK8ZZRzkt0Yrh5y5DFMnnhJ-4nHe5ZJ8r-6uvNTp3ne3a0To31_VQOnFcS-7zeBjLHCxxo8CJubGKVRBXJ40CYKY8R93C3aXeWigdLH2iXhOukTp0TD6ArsqR7LCD1fWwhnfCsB-hccNyULKiDjd-tnCjUGmxdvfH1mG8xKZ0f/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_095300303.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A chalky path by Poplar Farm.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX82wY_9ZCjW6QC3kXECl4c85LrBu9yYjvhJ2DjXE-XusGkgxyuX7SkdPU3D6BurgnrrCN_67ptgyEz2Ua9msn6wC-vGROXzTuy2YJDk3z2q3JtkOJ-KfqmqTa3gZe2hyphenhyphenX0JMymBD45DoLHTwPF-b6Hokb2anY-K62aQsCVlLcVU9WKL1aGMYRTj8JhU6/s5184/IMG_0645.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX82wY_9ZCjW6QC3kXECl4c85LrBu9yYjvhJ2DjXE-XusGkgxyuX7SkdPU3D6BurgnrrCN_67ptgyEz2Ua9msn6wC-vGROXzTuy2YJDk3z2q3JtkOJ-KfqmqTa3gZe2hyphenhyphenX0JMymBD45DoLHTwPF-b6Hokb2anY-K62aQsCVlLcVU9WKL1aGMYRTj8JhU6/w400-h300/IMG_0645.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Poplar Farm, seven Pied Wagtails feed on a flooded field. The paths have been very passable, only one section by a flood more muddy.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A road bridge crosses the A1079. Skylarks sing. The area is known as Beverley Parks, as there was parkland and a hall, White Hall.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DS3vQOvoeX9QYPmgU_lSyLETZUnu2O4PhImLLaoxBkntIQ2pSsMTjiaQzrMtI1xYBt73QBcye7PJu_-epIgcupKdAsqObgRcoFZ-ZG89MpYYFoU7WXT4GqOUqY95F9N4JGAQlUOYaFVS6J8lGVKVVOsHXrJCgH_1tw4_l3avKbEc9tLKumRCG5DM6Hxs/s4032/PXL_20240227_103221175.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DS3vQOvoeX9QYPmgU_lSyLETZUnu2O4PhImLLaoxBkntIQ2pSsMTjiaQzrMtI1xYBt73QBcye7PJu_-epIgcupKdAsqObgRcoFZ-ZG89MpYYFoU7WXT4GqOUqY95F9N4JGAQlUOYaFVS6J8lGVKVVOsHXrJCgH_1tw4_l3avKbEc9tLKumRCG5DM6Hxs/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_103221175.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pond at Beverley Parks. There are scattered ponds in this area that are actually springs. I wonder if these springs would have been under the sea of the Ipswichian or exposed on the shoreline.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3NiL047RxJJ-cJoWzyiq4cZ-yUuXZdrW6wUaR-NgvmTvxPrksConDlJDYb-igGx_5Uz65lXY0ua4x3X0OYEfkjvXColTBlVssPL4G2BoEIurqRbzRZDpdKs00D7OCKubLD6DKDqU5xH3ASgPPJSpMWbla12iWAboHI14c01MAn0urNZO6iupBMy_y0XS/s4032/PXL_20240227_105415330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3NiL047RxJJ-cJoWzyiq4cZ-yUuXZdrW6wUaR-NgvmTvxPrksConDlJDYb-igGx_5Uz65lXY0ua4x3X0OYEfkjvXColTBlVssPL4G2BoEIurqRbzRZDpdKs00D7OCKubLD6DKDqU5xH3ASgPPJSpMWbla12iWAboHI14c01MAn0urNZO6iupBMy_y0XS/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_105415330.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lone oak on the last fields before Beverley by Sheperd's Lane. This is a very rapidly developing area, the new houses in the background.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCttH_vMYRZ2aSy3nY5t4_9YflEdrw49mGnfym6A70hDd9qsF9nzpkFAhSgOOT6VNmgp0Bf19qkHukJXONeA7E8ybqs2qhCbEozfTDn9oX3XABkRIWPrvYPhJxoZTTVTveoz7WriIGk73dJJu8OyFvWGhc5xzaCMW-1qtonPwu11Tc8GE7kIdvj9Z6goVC/s5184/IMG_0650.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCttH_vMYRZ2aSy3nY5t4_9YflEdrw49mGnfym6A70hDd9qsF9nzpkFAhSgOOT6VNmgp0Bf19qkHukJXONeA7E8ybqs2qhCbEozfTDn9oX3XABkRIWPrvYPhJxoZTTVTveoz7WriIGk73dJJu8OyFvWGhc5xzaCMW-1qtonPwu11Tc8GE7kIdvj9Z6goVC/w400-h300/IMG_0650.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A large flock of Fieldfares</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOg44DyUpyYMZxfenk0Ig7Il0TUIwbHMcAHS6OUcFUXOvZziMtS2genLgiBSIdaMHKUb291W_bHK3a_TZal8cR_yzRfud0Yb69RlMi30gv7tGgFrDO9WgRK3ucF5edqjw626WsyT0EwkfA4AdK9FjY55N-tH61Av9D1rerKLZ3uzYDlz94nbwHC5WT_4Z/s5184/IMG_0662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOg44DyUpyYMZxfenk0Ig7Il0TUIwbHMcAHS6OUcFUXOvZziMtS2genLgiBSIdaMHKUb291W_bHK3a_TZal8cR_yzRfud0Yb69RlMi30gv7tGgFrDO9WgRK3ucF5edqjw626WsyT0EwkfA4AdK9FjY55N-tH61Av9D1rerKLZ3uzYDlz94nbwHC5WT_4Z/w400-h300/IMG_0662.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rooks on roundabout on the edge of Beverley.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRSL_KSyMAS0CYbcucJGBkajajIbnbJN4WF50wbns82mVzxLhS3waDg2mU8j_EJVSbFT0eDedUYuuhs7LIwazpSaSwpBZYL6goHmjkkKmqBgSucuQOA_9kOFhmo-mFlksrnCdjI9GV821TjLprinHuuNpQHgGloKQjFuknT1S9rcFapKuPZmR-pciQsyY/s4032/PXL_20240227_113029492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRSL_KSyMAS0CYbcucJGBkajajIbnbJN4WF50wbns82mVzxLhS3waDg2mU8j_EJVSbFT0eDedUYuuhs7LIwazpSaSwpBZYL6goHmjkkKmqBgSucuQOA_9kOFhmo-mFlksrnCdjI9GV821TjLprinHuuNpQHgGloKQjFuknT1S9rcFapKuPZmR-pciQsyY/w400-h225/PXL_20240227_113029492.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Lane.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I arrive to the end of the walk at Beverley Minster, the bells ring midday (a few minutes early, all to be said!), and I make my way to a cafe for lunch before taking the bus back home.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In contrast to today's quiet and relaxing walk, an amble in this area in Ipswichian times must have been terrifying, not least by the presence of Cave Lions and the other large carnivore of the time: Cave Hyenas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dfb0eae3-7fff-bb58-3e3c-e6d8aa54d6e9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>No laughing stock: Cave Hyenas</b></p></span><p style="text-align: left;">Hyenas are an abundant and widespread component of the Ipswichian fauna. One of the key sites for British fossil hyenas is a Yorkshire site with outstanding archaeological and historical significance: Kirkdale Cave, near Kirkbymoorside. The cave was excavated in 1821 by Reverend William Buckland, having been alerted to the presence of fossils in the cave. An eccentric character, the first ever lecturer in Geology, and theologian from Oxford University, he approached the excavation and interpretation with sharp logic and innovative experimental approaches for the time. In a fascinating article on the cave, a brilliant example of paleontological analysis, he made a very good case that hyenas used the cave as a den, and the fragmented bones of a range of animals, including hippo, rhino, deer and elephant, amongst others, represented the remains of prey, having been gnawed by the powerful jaws of the hyenas. Buckland even made some experiments with a captive Spotted Hyena from a travelling zoo to test some of his interpretations regarding the fossilised faeces he found (he went on to coin the term ‘coprolites’ to refer to them). After feeding bones to the captive Hyena and examining its faeces he could conclusively determine that the coprolites belonged indeed to Hyenas. Hyenas had dragged hippo remains into their caves or the remains were found as part of their faeces.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehNERHObAL-_Fw4EfjWfrYKPS5psAvNCfRzEA6a9dkZWbXpBkmcbn2_41EB5PxuU8Y-ZNZOQphSq709Z-PysaS3FYIQYAz988Ql4J5YZTz5KSKdtGGIk4jnrGXE79c2axHYU979rfNUw4xZ8q8NbM2qOF5N7uIOkBeVxR37Sq_dI0k83s4B9eoIRgI5Yq/s3106/default.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3106" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehNERHObAL-_Fw4EfjWfrYKPS5psAvNCfRzEA6a9dkZWbXpBkmcbn2_41EB5PxuU8Y-ZNZOQphSq709Z-PysaS3FYIQYAz988Ql4J5YZTz5KSKdtGGIk4jnrGXE79c2axHYU979rfNUw4xZ8q8NbM2qOF5N7uIOkBeVxR37Sq_dI0k83s4B9eoIRgI5Yq/w299-h400/default.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A portrait of William Buckland. <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/c2wmvzpa/items" target="_blank">Public Domain</a>.</span></div><p></p></span>From Buckland:<br /><blockquote><span style="color: #073763;">‘It must already appear probable, from the facts above described, particularly from the comminuted state and apparently gnawed condition of the bones, that the cave at Kirkdale was, during a long succession of years, inhabited as a den by hyenas, and that they dragged into its recesses the other animal bodies whose remains are found mixed indiscriminately with their own; and this conjecture is rendered almost certain by the discovery I made, of many small balls of the solid calcareous excrement of an animal that had fed on bone’ </span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #073763;">‘I do not know what more conclusive evidence than this can be added to the facts already enumerated, to show that the hyaenas inhabited this cave, and were the agents by which the teeth and bones of the other animals were there collected’</span></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFD3ZMtndg1ylP2Z9VyRBuKJgfDy6C347hg7lAqKp5cxjBZmD5Btbs8ch5czp2wMnpcRb3MlvzIT2JXPDISMFJ27qQ5h2SfbMLbkw1LeBQBaeaH2aoZUdbN_lFCpnsWMso8Xxxs76MFDO7EV8ecZ-4addgblgaOtKl0i1NhxnZLuxy2y5R5NBIfIfXm-x/s2344/Kirkdale_Cave_Hyena_mandible_YORYM_G1201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2344" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFD3ZMtndg1ylP2Z9VyRBuKJgfDy6C347hg7lAqKp5cxjBZmD5Btbs8ch5czp2wMnpcRb3MlvzIT2JXPDISMFJ27qQ5h2SfbMLbkw1LeBQBaeaH2aoZUdbN_lFCpnsWMso8Xxxs76MFDO7EV8ecZ-4addgblgaOtKl0i1NhxnZLuxy2y5R5NBIfIfXm-x/w400-h310/Kirkdale_Cave_Hyena_mandible_YORYM_G1201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p><span><p></p></span><p style="text-align: center;">A Cave Hyena partial jaw from Kirkdale Cave at Yorkshire Museum, York. Yorkshire Museum Collection. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.</p><p>Another Yorkshire cave with Ipswichian deposits, and likely another hyena den at that time is Victoria Cave, near Settle. A similar fauna with Hyena, Hippo and Straight-tusked Elephants, and crucially, no evidence of humans. The time period where the deposits formed at Victoria Cave was dated by Uranium series to 120,000 years ago, similarly at Kirkdale Cave was dated as 121,000 ± 4000 yr BP, confirming their Ipswichian age. Modern hyenas den in burrows of other animals, that they enlarge, so the fact that they used these caves preserved a treasure trove of fossils of the fauna of the time. More exposed sites on plains and river terraces were subsequently erased by the last ice age.<br /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Hyenas are a highly intelligent, social species with females being dominant to males. They live in clans of related females and unrelated males, and hunt cooperatively. Recent studies on Spotted Hyena indicate that they are more likely to hunt than to scavenge and they frequently lose prey to lions, although they also steal prey sometimes from lions too. Cooperative hunting allows them to be able to tackle large prey. Hyenas can commute long distances between their dens and feeding grounds, round trips of 80 km have been documented. So a trip of the Kirkdale clan to the Wolds wouldn't be out of the question.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9CAAQT2mQ_rqDX1CDjVNvMZAHcpH2M09b6E9uNLUtwpmecLDWmh9f9YJ8EuLeftiux543ysjKox7h4NXm3UWQ_zEINkS1yj1cZd0Gr4CQ7-PGiZ7a2KQlnlxo__dZgkulxOTZkDA6MhujfS3NyXq4OTt6GIIaVvVD1edW7muvijVVzWRxTPIHQQ91aH8/s4608/IMG_8110.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9CAAQT2mQ_rqDX1CDjVNvMZAHcpH2M09b6E9uNLUtwpmecLDWmh9f9YJ8EuLeftiux543ysjKox7h4NXm3UWQ_zEINkS1yj1cZd0Gr4CQ7-PGiZ7a2KQlnlxo__dZgkulxOTZkDA6MhujfS3NyXq4OTt6GIIaVvVD1edW7muvijVVzWRxTPIHQQ91aH8/w400-h300/IMG_8110.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">One of the Spotted Hyenas at Yorkshire Wildlife Park by its den.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Where can I see them?</b><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Cave Hyenas (<i>Crocuta crocuta spelaea</i>) were a subspecies of the Spotted Hyena, which became extinct in Europe c. 29.000 BP. Spotted Hyenas are currently distributed in Sub Saharan Africa. A presumed Spotted Hyena cave painting at <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Spotted-animals-from-Panel-of-the-Panther-Chauvet-Photograph-by-J-Clottes-by_fig4_269514866" target="_blank">Chauvet Cave</a> has been deemed to be a skinny cave bear, although its legs look very hyena-like to me. A clan of Spotted Hyenas can be seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Cave Hyena fossils from Kirkdale can be seen at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough and the Yorkshire Museum at York.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>Walk details.</b> Distance: 8.3 km. Terrain: most of it flat, some on unsurfaced paths that can be muddy, the rest on tarmac. Maximum height 15 m, minimum 8 m. Start at Northgate, Cottingham, near Park Lane, end at Beverley Minster. A mix of town and rural landscapes, with arable and hedgerows and small wooded pockets and some ditches and drains.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><b>More information</b></p><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 28.3465pt; text-indent: -28.3465pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Buckland, W. Account of an Assemblage of Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and Sixteen Other Animals; Discovered in a Cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the Year 1821: With a Comparative View of Five Similar Caverns in Various Parts of England, and Others on the Continent. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">112</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, 171–236 (1822).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 28.3465pt; text-indent: -28.3465pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Barnett, R. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Missing Lynx: The Past and Future of Britain’s Lost Mammals</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019). 352 pp.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 28.3465pt; text-indent: -28.3465pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kruuk, H. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Spotted Hyena: A study of predation and social behaviour</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. (Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, 2014).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 28.3465pt; text-indent: -28.3465pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boylan, P. J. A new revision of the Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Proceedings- Yorkshire Geological Society</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">43</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, 253–280 (1981).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 28.3465pt; text-indent: -28.3465pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The discovery of the kirkdale cave. </span><a href="http://www.natstand.org.uk/kirkdale.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Natstand</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p></span></div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-28922402281987407202024-02-25T16:55:00.048+00:002024-02-28T18:58:19.819+00:00Alkborough Flats with Hull Nats<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPWri973lB7yeiMwFsOosbig-bkM9ahX9qtGBR4XE4tbsfAC4FkE_j6DQP5SWxF6xOm8JRC5Tw7NMdPLmp-TAQ9mT26exJ_jNyeG4q9iY9QL4Oc2gUb_3OhKISVsdbWM71yveZNkJ8m6Al36vnXIZmZsjj-4VEaPZvacKM7pSyG-yLw0t79ED0hjgK6O_/s4032/PXL_20240225_134201654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPWri973lB7yeiMwFsOosbig-bkM9ahX9qtGBR4XE4tbsfAC4FkE_j6DQP5SWxF6xOm8JRC5Tw7NMdPLmp-TAQ9mT26exJ_jNyeG4q9iY9QL4Oc2gUb_3OhKISVsdbWM71yveZNkJ8m6Al36vnXIZmZsjj-4VEaPZvacKM7pSyG-yLw0t79ED0hjgK6O_/w640-h360/PXL_20240225_134201654.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were extremely lucky with our monthly field excursion at the Hull Natural History Society on Sunday: long sunny spells and barely a breeze. We gathered at the newly resurfaced bottom car park, donning wellies in expectation of flooded paths. Soon, we ticked Cetti's Warbler, a very vocal male was on territory at the pond by the sewage treatment plant. A distant cream-topped Marsh Harrier added the second speciality of the site. Some members were lucky enough to hear a booming Bittern near the main hide. We wanted to do the circular walk along the Trent bank, but the flood was impassable even with wellies, so we decided to head towards Tower hide instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4cZfbrhMN_v9ECTTVEzSfEi3asKe6EU4Yk9WfN0qVsfcqEqiCAR8nqF5BcDMhShFg2AzEK8QNaRI6nnkAjWuNi3QClOI0XrzfiAYTSoQK_yk4AanXhKAUA0F-zfpNS8A7JWqNrm3cJtCToXFvBZBpKxIx2uM-W_JBzGUAvJShyUoomqHDt74CsejcNsE/s5184/IMG_0502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4cZfbrhMN_v9ECTTVEzSfEi3asKe6EU4Yk9WfN0qVsfcqEqiCAR8nqF5BcDMhShFg2AzEK8QNaRI6nnkAjWuNi3QClOI0XrzfiAYTSoQK_yk4AanXhKAUA0F-zfpNS8A7JWqNrm3cJtCToXFvBZBpKxIx2uM-W_JBzGUAvJShyUoomqHDt74CsejcNsE/w400-h300/IMG_0502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distant Marsh Harrier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIN1R56BvCZCV-eMQrzD1ByjjRsQta2woh21lMkmJDYM59zM4o45lkwSUFt8UK-Tv5Owuc_yMRdUNvM_GjPdYs2iz4pH0Q_mmFhutZ04UShABu0Q32cmjmxFgXp2ckKDCo0W7bPjBHPkSgTlVO570Zh8ehomS7GgGiOT8oGxXdr-0cu_Rinm1GaYPNN4T/s5184/IMG_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIN1R56BvCZCV-eMQrzD1ByjjRsQta2woh21lMkmJDYM59zM4o45lkwSUFt8UK-Tv5Owuc_yMRdUNvM_GjPdYs2iz4pH0Q_mmFhutZ04UShABu0Q32cmjmxFgXp2ckKDCo0W7bPjBHPkSgTlVO570Zh8ehomS7GgGiOT8oGxXdr-0cu_Rinm1GaYPNN4T/w400-h300/IMG_0514.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the highlights of the day was a large flock of several hundred Black-tailed Godwits, flushed by a Buzzard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JtEngx6ePvjPoEosIdkxnntg6YbuBV4h-_TpHP157opT5uhEwB6aBXm8zk-GoA0JEIspW4H0OkweqgJK8qU6k06DwvtdiXm3WcFIvRLCaxIrLKpzonOn4piNLhxNIYl-ScH2dzjneUfjey7XtNI4vm8cBesCWn_pVC-IT7Q0XhedVhwGA_H046NEplVP/s5184/IMG_0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JtEngx6ePvjPoEosIdkxnntg6YbuBV4h-_TpHP157opT5uhEwB6aBXm8zk-GoA0JEIspW4H0OkweqgJK8qU6k06DwvtdiXm3WcFIvRLCaxIrLKpzonOn4piNLhxNIYl-ScH2dzjneUfjey7XtNI4vm8cBesCWn_pVC-IT7Q0XhedVhwGA_H046NEplVP/w400-h300/IMG_0515.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The flock of Black-tailed Godwits later settled on the flooded fields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECUF91rEouxQWhDna3kvDtC_i7cDH5iGEZurBxTAcMOt1sa_EXZfNLuq8cP2Grt93F6nIX3MExVlcHAGWkdiUbgOGShBVQnJPBgdkkYVUh1B8rpvHAqtMpSvMHTiPq4Hg20yq2tMzLeCQFI2atNSP5pKDrs0jQa58ItU0lQfhyphenhyphenubTRe6mYSTNjX68zXv1/s5184/IMG_0518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECUF91rEouxQWhDna3kvDtC_i7cDH5iGEZurBxTAcMOt1sa_EXZfNLuq8cP2Grt93F6nIX3MExVlcHAGWkdiUbgOGShBVQnJPBgdkkYVUh1B8rpvHAqtMpSvMHTiPq4Hg20yq2tMzLeCQFI2atNSP5pKDrs0jQa58ItU0lQfhyphenhyphenubTRe6mYSTNjX68zXv1/w400-h300/IMG_0518.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distant Grey Heron and Little Egret. Later a Great White Heron was also spotted distantly from Tower hide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRoLe7GjkFsRWde2JF2Z2nBm-rkuArfgjsrnLwmqSoFnVP4VgPheLpc7U_D-udnQovYAVJRveRT_tkHl4sIyYX0aZtY2zRSdbiuM9rwoUFxw-4mormXCzbzBBHXuCl0G4__WWNW52SfUXXkLPBbbkCISSJefI4iBkoPf1KQylEjNe-FLNSWJismlo3k-e/s5184/IMG_0523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRoLe7GjkFsRWde2JF2Z2nBm-rkuArfgjsrnLwmqSoFnVP4VgPheLpc7U_D-udnQovYAVJRveRT_tkHl4sIyYX0aZtY2zRSdbiuM9rwoUFxw-4mormXCzbzBBHXuCl0G4__WWNW52SfUXXkLPBbbkCISSJefI4iBkoPf1KQylEjNe-FLNSWJismlo3k-e/w400-h300/IMG_0523.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of three Buzzards soaring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Stonechat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXaLsP_UCQu6cdNs-sdQC3oDFw0jW3Jg4jDY5eKThS5HpjWcGdCqb6HPfIhRJBOwULjJOOzU3pwQOYALvSvQhdH31-kz3x1NW0lU_neWUli8k9jOf5173qgPP4RIaVx-fZ44OqzCeeZeQbvxoMubJP_nORgfmYTQPKILWCv1T6oN0JgWC53FsoyKHxn4h/s4032/PXL_20240225_134918727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXaLsP_UCQu6cdNs-sdQC3oDFw0jW3Jg4jDY5eKThS5HpjWcGdCqb6HPfIhRJBOwULjJOOzU3pwQOYALvSvQhdH31-kz3x1NW0lU_neWUli8k9jOf5173qgPP4RIaVx-fZ44OqzCeeZeQbvxoMubJP_nORgfmYTQPKILWCv1T6oN0JgWC53FsoyKHxn4h/w400-h225/PXL_20240225_134918727.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of our party climbing the cliff, with the wonderful views beyond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uW79Nk2wuhYcHN8ScvBBpUt5u5TE_kbyzH3GXiDvsOtLjfwBIUZI2U5uo6GQ_xK-R1Gbvs-_BM4BQCGs9mL5mx4qOvN-VoGkIO2zjJpxQPYMjMqxijTlF6CD7sL6dHu9j0SWsc76ch2mGkFu8dXsViMxA2erIDujnXnPgh343iLBTrfPZHh2vwBrvXoG/s5184/IMG_0547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uW79Nk2wuhYcHN8ScvBBpUt5u5TE_kbyzH3GXiDvsOtLjfwBIUZI2U5uo6GQ_xK-R1Gbvs-_BM4BQCGs9mL5mx4qOvN-VoGkIO2zjJpxQPYMjMqxijTlF6CD7sL6dHu9j0SWsc76ch2mGkFu8dXsViMxA2erIDujnXnPgh343iLBTrfPZHh2vwBrvXoG/w400-h300/IMG_0547.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pair of Roe Deer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzAS_TfuIk_vnrMLXHVjRonNATMaPlgusvvtwyrNUrWaVU_5gktn_3RNxUIouopGaBf8hC9xuC9oAR4F7PRudgDK6rFdoEZ57_NnvD2risTpnzBqUbXWNC-taMo365VZRc_ury6crhHrJw6oLrq-oHPxoAFc9pA3YuAHTRbevNzeeZ23ROqOQLBLqH9Ju/s2352/IMG_0548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I was keen to tick the Water Crickets at Low Wells. Although present, they were in the form of tiny nymphs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those of us who stayed for coffee and cake at The Paddocks Tea Room were rewarded with wonderful views of a Barn Owl hunting along the floodbank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPZ0CAjX5f8rITq_p4DIn-qp-ZytGVwGOFU6Bvn0II2SJN8C9pWeQSa2CMyHkJsSbtA6-ohyphenhyphenzuiUe7VtjkN5QMOwGbmNsHT9O-u0HyVLsekasXl8Ca-hPnj18tNho0s9UTYV1GfIuYByI5R3OC1iU2826iabYdlceIQvsvYROzcQkjAx46PyJXY14_dFz/s5184/IMG_0559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPZ0CAjX5f8rITq_p4DIn-qp-ZytGVwGOFU6Bvn0II2SJN8C9pWeQSa2CMyHkJsSbtA6-ohyphenhyphenzuiUe7VtjkN5QMOwGbmNsHT9O-u0HyVLsekasXl8Ca-hPnj18tNho0s9UTYV1GfIuYByI5R3OC1iU2826iabYdlceIQvsvYROzcQkjAx46PyJXY14_dFz/w400-h300/IMG_0559.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Barn Owl.</div><br /><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-63976466902662699392024-02-19T15:36:00.001+00:002024-02-26T16:15:06.738+00:00A walk up the River Hull in February<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWzScSvE7biLkbn52U0H20YD7CNcqK1tc9d4IJtQ4rMkKlYYguC9JzcCKMqe49Tjv-6-jyOEWSG0Ta5Ua_e0FeuiGqrAw7hNVQkbLSKBHxi3L370ScZvY2dk7aqC-ACama0t-Xu1beMJGTlhwwrcEUC4LWzhj6YfOUtQg5qg082RvAKj6yQR7KJTPoHfe/s4032/PXL_20240219_114632997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWzScSvE7biLkbn52U0H20YD7CNcqK1tc9d4IJtQ4rMkKlYYguC9JzcCKMqe49Tjv-6-jyOEWSG0Ta5Ua_e0FeuiGqrAw7hNVQkbLSKBHxi3L370ScZvY2dk7aqC-ACama0t-Xu1beMJGTlhwwrcEUC4LWzhj6YfOUtQg5qg082RvAKj6yQR7KJTPoHfe/w640-h360/PXL_20240219_114632997.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A sunny but breezy day, I walk to Oak Road and then up the river Hull until Wawne. There is an uplifting chorus of singing birds, including SOng Thrush, Robin and Wren<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNymTjMugbcxnYq_diSTyHO1_16PLfcGAtklX3I6ZED4I1JyVz9o9wic3Jg8to5ls0HIUCMHgjzIabYr9AtWtM0YG-NpjCQFZ_gqAANWc1oNBjHEDioZ1bsQihhfoymh31iapIH1mggB9YV2CvNazQHy-ZISooD485ucTvpi-fmkOnJLbdGd7qoQMYKrt8/s5184/IMG_0229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNymTjMugbcxnYq_diSTyHO1_16PLfcGAtklX3I6ZED4I1JyVz9o9wic3Jg8to5ls0HIUCMHgjzIabYr9AtWtM0YG-NpjCQFZ_gqAANWc1oNBjHEDioZ1bsQihhfoymh31iapIH1mggB9YV2CvNazQHy-ZISooD485ucTvpi-fmkOnJLbdGd7qoQMYKrt8/s320/IMG_0229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Song Thrush.</div>At the lake, I'm pleasantly surprised to find that the lone cob has got a new partner. The pen looks in much better condition than last year's one, which ended up dying after the cygnets hatched. The cob has raised three cygnets to fledgling. Last time I was here, a couple of weeks back, he was encouraging them to practice flying along the lake. A local told me he chased the young off last week.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OMktnjW7HKrCVoSCij7x96iE-fZzDq3Xy8LxYL9j0GoXPl5N_d1TE79W1Q8oZeXk3ZxK5LRznoppSHE6iFDFUef92thJeN9Ro5FakT1FXRw_NKQeog3PzjQFNNlmAsjDcGlC0bUNlvgqTPHW-n32J2ZITQax9IPrUrW9OvSCfwqjt1KQrdc5A3JKBy_X/s5184/IMG_0235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OMktnjW7HKrCVoSCij7x96iE-fZzDq3Xy8LxYL9j0GoXPl5N_d1TE79W1Q8oZeXk3ZxK5LRznoppSHE6iFDFUef92thJeN9Ro5FakT1FXRw_NKQeog3PzjQFNNlmAsjDcGlC0bUNlvgqTPHW-n32J2ZITQax9IPrUrW9OvSCfwqjt1KQrdc5A3JKBy_X/w400-h300/IMG_0235.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The resident pair of Mute Swans at Oak Road Lake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAOt2uVVlVXViz9TG32pi8COevVVOC0Gq-3LEM_xS9xZD9oZeVvo4kMfXhCwBGMqYER61t4xE7sJd9eYsYslW5ef2UxdiFGlXtdTIQfnRoFal0MThZzib2QIPnvNVlyncuz-UB-5woejwVx0xJDVf4dXf_XuU_kgFHOOEpxHUeub9AcQyiU-JVykMfKdg/s5184/IMG_0233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAOt2uVVlVXViz9TG32pi8COevVVOC0Gq-3LEM_xS9xZD9oZeVvo4kMfXhCwBGMqYER61t4xE7sJd9eYsYslW5ef2UxdiFGlXtdTIQfnRoFal0MThZzib2QIPnvNVlyncuz-UB-5woejwVx0xJDVf4dXf_XuU_kgFHOOEpxHUeub9AcQyiU-JVykMfKdg/w400-h300/IMG_0233.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three Cormorants resting on one of the fishing platforms. It is not possible to walk around the lake if you are not wearing wellies, so this area has far less disturbance than usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBM7OjWdfgOBWHyURkcvTN-q_QLuEN2GcLfhTnnhD5L-yQsWIj6alwylpzGa5f-tP0mY1fZSJUAdT5M_0Xh1DF58IcuUuvZb1i2LOzONfZQEJDYTkxSChusA-lG4BuW5yR3qxezYzY1qqYIl-2bPjMtdMwuViuqup7dOc39xjkSXH4e4R4elBvZ93gyU6q/s5184/IMG_0250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBM7OjWdfgOBWHyURkcvTN-q_QLuEN2GcLfhTnnhD5L-yQsWIj6alwylpzGa5f-tP0mY1fZSJUAdT5M_0Xh1DF58IcuUuvZb1i2LOzONfZQEJDYTkxSChusA-lG4BuW5yR3qxezYzY1qqYIl-2bPjMtdMwuViuqup7dOc39xjkSXH4e4R4elBvZ93gyU6q/w400-h300/IMG_0250.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the north side of the lake there is a small group of Siskins, feeding low down on the birches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjuMWoBtkgwdDPcqcKiY-WW_hPuPps3vjZFbNnFn12JTZG0hlXocCtTzemNj_Nqh8b0jyzhdt2NoFOXmTilOv2VlNN36rpPXIFcyVKtNtEZx-hd311vCqk8iAPSFC0BUEyBqaepQrXgHuPIegL5pI2C4FDjV9GUnhPWnLoq7ul6HhSnEBugVaIytF1L59/s5184/IMG_0258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjuMWoBtkgwdDPcqcKiY-WW_hPuPps3vjZFbNnFn12JTZG0hlXocCtTzemNj_Nqh8b0jyzhdt2NoFOXmTilOv2VlNN36rpPXIFcyVKtNtEZx-hd311vCqk8iAPSFC0BUEyBqaepQrXgHuPIegL5pI2C4FDjV9GUnhPWnLoq7ul6HhSnEBugVaIytF1L59/w400-h300/IMG_0258.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three Buzzards are displaying high over Ennerdale. with some mewing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuiVV7kEEHBMgjzy429Lu7ryJ9C7BgaBXvX5PfLw3AwH1STNq8izN3PPZfBaFyoG6ghYwXZoW3AgF8kXEbGmtWaXEOQ6MJ5zQku8s8JYzvDssYzeOjaKIwekwEplsKVD_SdKNSz-Dp_h94cQ85kgjk-jqJJ5hWaP-OXyESXjFH-yh9rKtvz6TuBs8rQqL/s4032/PXL_20240219_100828041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuiVV7kEEHBMgjzy429Lu7ryJ9C7BgaBXvX5PfLw3AwH1STNq8izN3PPZfBaFyoG6ghYwXZoW3AgF8kXEbGmtWaXEOQ6MJ5zQku8s8JYzvDssYzeOjaKIwekwEplsKVD_SdKNSz-Dp_h94cQ85kgjk-jqJJ5hWaP-OXyESXjFH-yh9rKtvz6TuBs8rQqL/w400-h225/PXL_20240219_100828041.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usual horse grazing on the river bank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I check the reservoir. There are Shovelers in the distance. Little Grebes duet their little chortle. The usual assortment of waterfowl are present. It is after I carry on by the river when I come across this cormorant, which emerged from the water having captured an eel. The eel was putting some fight and the cormorant struggled to position it right for swallowing. In the third photo, the cormorant has thrown the eel into the air to catch it by its head, the threads of mucus between the eel and the cormorant are visible. Usually cormorants dive as soon as they see people on the bank, but in this instance it was too busy with the eel to pay me any attention. Once swallowed, it dived immediately. Nice to see there is still an eel population in the River Hull (despite the cormorants!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7mYeeda9YZweVv-uG-TYme8A30VEzrajXS3QtyN-Gt1EFBZyuzw2EO1Xl5V387MMXJrlXcZGERmsDQYO84GXwAxE5ylfGpOhcdhRTp-BlkNGxi73Tma7HmOwyeDsWPox0UcEstNybJvhyphenhyphenZ5mFRotuPTEYKPIUrk3A97CXydQYXclXPHcUeZavpU-Vwuu/s5184/IMG_0268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7mYeeda9YZweVv-uG-TYme8A30VEzrajXS3QtyN-Gt1EFBZyuzw2EO1Xl5V387MMXJrlXcZGERmsDQYO84GXwAxE5ylfGpOhcdhRTp-BlkNGxi73Tma7HmOwyeDsWPox0UcEstNybJvhyphenhyphenZ5mFRotuPTEYKPIUrk3A97CXydQYXclXPHcUeZavpU-Vwuu/w400-h300/IMG_0268.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriz9w6tjQU-z3GeWGGWkFmfa78Av3fFaGB_yBfB55shXm_tWM4lTZvp6CUP6o6MAh24En0d75u_n6k2OLC7IDfEp3wQBtqipBSmV3fcObwXjmHGAYNJvJX3gdC2OReCa7bljzEdVOCy3892GusHYnePEvH7Ds1wEgrguQWlUsmgGR56fpYzvIawKASnOt/s5184/IMG_0271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriz9w6tjQU-z3GeWGGWkFmfa78Av3fFaGB_yBfB55shXm_tWM4lTZvp6CUP6o6MAh24En0d75u_n6k2OLC7IDfEp3wQBtqipBSmV3fcObwXjmHGAYNJvJX3gdC2OReCa7bljzEdVOCy3892GusHYnePEvH7Ds1wEgrguQWlUsmgGR56fpYzvIawKASnOt/w400-h300/IMG_0271.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgXbZraXhHgDzEDI_a-ruaELEt-N-kmNvMC4dI6NpxtqWt6SHxcqz4HnROYcrbWA-PfhRzkq0ZmQ0OOXtJerUfYo-EXlwnobzMDn7ghwBifZIKwtb1QbIYL2nSB_iYpYgFlR-CDERQor-8trEXQz4Mxcw3MdDkG8R3shxXVvsSKR5bIzAOCitRnpQYMR8/s5184/IMG_0272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgXbZraXhHgDzEDI_a-ruaELEt-N-kmNvMC4dI6NpxtqWt6SHxcqz4HnROYcrbWA-PfhRzkq0ZmQ0OOXtJerUfYo-EXlwnobzMDn7ghwBifZIKwtb1QbIYL2nSB_iYpYgFlR-CDERQor-8trEXQz4Mxcw3MdDkG8R3shxXVvsSKR5bIzAOCitRnpQYMR8/w400-h300/IMG_0272.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cormorant with Eel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Soon after I cross Reigh Carter Way, I can hear the Skylarks singing from the fields. There is a lot of activity, with chasing between individuals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F4i2SsmwAfRcMqu1IHbh10oj_SOFk4IMcxNrqiSAQrhKwLdH7CHoICmyoTN9PaXNdV52FH_NwGsv8RCPklplEUzgZCMincLBog0rkQi9FiAoOMApkiPKax_EGA4TN4Vwz4rtfXYaYDCUqh4sbPTTg92foHBQm5zDivQSwtFGH3ahN4x8bzdqsxmBVUr0/s5184/IMG_0280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F4i2SsmwAfRcMqu1IHbh10oj_SOFk4IMcxNrqiSAQrhKwLdH7CHoICmyoTN9PaXNdV52FH_NwGsv8RCPklplEUzgZCMincLBog0rkQi9FiAoOMApkiPKax_EGA4TN4Vwz4rtfXYaYDCUqh4sbPTTg92foHBQm5zDivQSwtFGH3ahN4x8bzdqsxmBVUr0/w400-h300/IMG_0280.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Skylark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Rook.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXL9KTgFIMsOVZd5_tG2s6SU8bQEIeGqoT6M7F1CMuBhAvfSCmq-na2Y_CQlRSKoBGh56vuodrBZfdFIfBK_OMmRb85mblb8tcfIEOT2Ut7wle2kBEyzICHla_PBG6sW-lJx55orNoMaS87RSUyJ3Qn0yjfP-BXCVaDgWIo7vbkZmUwZ9uhbZA2Bd3tur/s5184/IMG_0325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXL9KTgFIMsOVZd5_tG2s6SU8bQEIeGqoT6M7F1CMuBhAvfSCmq-na2Y_CQlRSKoBGh56vuodrBZfdFIfBK_OMmRb85mblb8tcfIEOT2Ut7wle2kBEyzICHla_PBG6sW-lJx55orNoMaS87RSUyJ3Qn0yjfP-BXCVaDgWIo7vbkZmUwZ9uhbZA2Bd3tur/w400-h300/IMG_0325.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male Stonechat by river bank near Dunswell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64G3WWk9y9SUIUB0L7oZZbzYvPupPHbmqkhx7b6QSc6L7uv0ic3vUuNQUMNlBU_egUsw1pRqzwbNlgp3wjKtwEe_qz0UQakz8mvj4l1V47f3R6oyGf5Lu0Hm2yQzxaGXrKAyJHQka_MShEEONNRrR8CUE6GmigN7fVDsmGqltoiSh3e0LlWi1k8RJQ0ca/s4032/PXL_20240219_120653000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64G3WWk9y9SUIUB0L7oZZbzYvPupPHbmqkhx7b6QSc6L7uv0ic3vUuNQUMNlBU_egUsw1pRqzwbNlgp3wjKtwEe_qz0UQakz8mvj4l1V47f3R6oyGf5Lu0Hm2yQzxaGXrKAyJHQka_MShEEONNRrR8CUE6GmigN7fVDsmGqltoiSh3e0LlWi1k8RJQ0ca/w400-h225/PXL_20240219_120653000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The river arriving to Wawne.</div><p></p></div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-19270393798283104362024-02-05T18:45:00.003+00:002024-02-06T21:48:08.818+00:00Last interglacial coast trail. Stage 1: Hessle to Cottingham<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Wp6NFoR0MmB97x52WhJVPwrLWzgwthdjQ-D4aoAuh0kfOtKhUKsxr01WefnatcaGjwu02E1S0IG3zafoB41GbBynAc49nZ8dnL0oglv1Oha-smNJVLNIZXQCddier3h-htKOzRXgSidFnPCB-oyq11dkxEkYe_xk4SBsTT3_oIWD89FnZVCMxYc-dMo8/s4032/PXL_20240205_093349497.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Wp6NFoR0MmB97x52WhJVPwrLWzgwthdjQ-D4aoAuh0kfOtKhUKsxr01WefnatcaGjwu02E1S0IG3zafoB41GbBynAc49nZ8dnL0oglv1Oha-smNJVLNIZXQCddier3h-htKOzRXgSidFnPCB-oyq11dkxEkYe_xk4SBsTT3_oIWD89FnZVCMxYc-dMo8/w640-h360/PXL_20240205_093349497.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>A cloudy and windy morning, but I feel like I need to make a start on the trail. This is the first stage of a new trail I've planned for this year, which I called the <a href="https://wildathull.blogspot.com/p/the-east-yorkshire-ipswichian-coast.html" target="_blank">Last Interglacial Coast Trail</a>. For more info and background on the trail go to the linked page. I had planned to get the train to Hessle, as its station is linked to the topic of the trail, but there is strike action today, so I opt for the bus and walk to Hull Royal Infirmary to take bus 350 to the Humber Bridge. I get there just after 9 am. I'm keen to visit the visible cliff at Humber Bridge Country Park (top shot). This is the result of quarrying, but it gives an idea of the height of the cliff as it must have looked during the Last Interglacial. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZvDntd3SPa4PeBPWi4FCi6kvneYF-ACPf-DVropGV0Mk_EmEggYXcWPnGu8q5IBm7RuqGWdwxyfdMkXeL1jRzJuS5_jpdO2U_H69cGStriJjdb2VAoQdPLmxc_nvqg3vTp4YEZUKEAGHorlwR9gXrYvrDSjcDSzBQI2b0dxwA3hvMZTXCCFKoem6nC0f/s5184/IMG_0556.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZvDntd3SPa4PeBPWi4FCi6kvneYF-ACPf-DVropGV0Mk_EmEggYXcWPnGu8q5IBm7RuqGWdwxyfdMkXeL1jRzJuS5_jpdO2U_H69cGStriJjdb2VAoQdPLmxc_nvqg3vTp4YEZUKEAGHorlwR9gXrYvrDSjcDSzBQI2b0dxwA3hvMZTXCCFKoem6nC0f/w400-h300/IMG_0556.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some Wigeon squabbling by the Humber.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p>It has just been low tide and the wind is ruffling the Humber. As I walk under the Humber Bridge, a group of Wigeon on the shoreline are finding it hard to avoid the waves of pink-brown water. During the last interglacial, the Humber mouth was here. It was a clear estuary as there was no Holderness clay constantly feeding onto it as a result of erosion. It is likely that saltmarsh would have formed here, sheltering the cliff to some extent, although the cliffs would have been exposed to erosion at high tide and during storms. The cliffs are not as high as those in Flamborough, maybe just 20 m high, the low Lincolnshire coast visible across, and the open North Sea, the then Bay of Holderness looking east. I'm not going to see much of the sea until I get to Bridlington later in the trail, so I linger, despite the stiff wind.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SSV105_xEbrVrLbzw3XnLGmYivuWTgDz_Q3f01i-UvdzyohPjUKumh9Q5pJK_i_BwbFJzRVhqm2GvQS02dkwr4mtalfmfarLaAPyR3duOXMd1Si49V_Cyrnz2yGw8px0vLqdGtWjoYgiURP42SnzxkbTE9r1szz4Da_eqRW-XHgpiXDV0FjD9W6_cE_6/s4032/PXL_20240205_094252209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SSV105_xEbrVrLbzw3XnLGmYivuWTgDz_Q3f01i-UvdzyohPjUKumh9Q5pJK_i_BwbFJzRVhqm2GvQS02dkwr4mtalfmfarLaAPyR3duOXMd1Si49V_Cyrnz2yGw8px0vLqdGtWjoYgiURP42SnzxkbTE9r1szz4Da_eqRW-XHgpiXDV0FjD9W6_cE_6/w400-h225/PXL_20240205_094252209.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking under the Humber Bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxbJblPCmiHY_667lwS9MnpnpJxcE-AE7aK4YyxE2dfH02rxGpGqO7N9xXxXdRUvlnmItPxAVYv-nvEtsWqaE3cNb2VxfYNcpuGmWpO2tA8st6oz7gychnrjGkBPtqY8YnLdgP_7GW0PXPFsxsQVfHUlDFyFTAZ-ymcfsODLunMujH7dF1-BNMY9TfaGO/s4032/PXL_20240205_095327600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxbJblPCmiHY_667lwS9MnpnpJxcE-AE7aK4YyxE2dfH02rxGpGqO7N9xXxXdRUvlnmItPxAVYv-nvEtsWqaE3cNb2VxfYNcpuGmWpO2tA8st6oz7gychnrjGkBPtqY8YnLdgP_7GW0PXPFsxsQVfHUlDFyFTAZ-ymcfsODLunMujH7dF1-BNMY9TfaGO/w400-h225/PXL_20240205_095327600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hessle Exposure is on the left of the railway line by the bridge, now covered by thick vegetation. Hessle Train station is in the distance.</div><p>One of the two exposures of the buried interglacial cliff is the Hessle exposure. This is located by Woodfield Lane, just by the bridge over the railway line near the station. I make a stop to look from the bridge (above). The exposure was first noted in 1825. Excavations took place when the railway line and bridge were constructed and during further roadworks that exposed the cliff, the last in 1983, where the site was visited by members of the Hull Geological Society. Most of the mammal fossils collected at the buried cliff ended up at Hull Museums, but were sadly lost during the war. Horse was one of the most abundant fossils, which suggested that the fauna belonged to the end of the interglacial, when conditions had started to become cold again. The location of the Hessle buried cliff is shown in a diagram by Walton, limited by the chalk pits in the town, where the chalk is close to the surface at the top of the cliff, and the sands and gravels, that are present beyond the cliff, laid during the glacial and subsequent postglacial period. I have myself plotted the location of chalk pits to help place the western limit of the buried cliff to map the walk.</p><p>I carry on due north by Woodfield Lane, Hessle, slowly climbing in height. It is an affluent area, with large houses with long drives and mature trees. Much more wooded than the wider area. From the college there is an expansive view towards the East. It would have been all the blue open sea to the horizon, the smell of the seaweed on the strandline brought in by the breeze.</p><p>I cross Boothferry Road and then walk north along Jenny Brough Lane. The line of houses end at a farm, and the highest point in the stage, 40 m. A few horses are grazing on the paddocks, with Blackbirds and Redwings. The path turns east, following a boundary between the paddocks and some ploughed and fallow fields, with hedgerows protecting me from the wind. Two Skylarks sing and chase. A Buzzard flies up the hill, against the wind, mobbed by Crows. A man scans a field with a metal detector.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzalApYbsyo9gQIuuPOdx2lKH373No6mZcv1N0B_wvh09ZK0F0-bsnwaGADsdSYvxA-5xl0fKNTZML6K2eT6gabKyqYemAfHmpio0gOABfnNObVUxSwXjaWWyflFr9Xa-634Pn6msQYEMyY_ZOCABoqgSOsWYWFhC0b8AzQduDEniY2p6Iq0f0yLIbayD/s4032/PXL_20240205_102749125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzalApYbsyo9gQIuuPOdx2lKH373No6mZcv1N0B_wvh09ZK0F0-bsnwaGADsdSYvxA-5xl0fKNTZML6K2eT6gabKyqYemAfHmpio0gOABfnNObVUxSwXjaWWyflFr9Xa-634Pn6msQYEMyY_ZOCABoqgSOsWYWFhC0b8AzQduDEniY2p6Iq0f0yLIbayD/w400-h225/PXL_20240205_102749125.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvex3_gqruQQ083o-owTjJfz5J3Ex_EpR69lVzjwEhUGDcWNP57oqNg3AGku9SrJiKgLPUE639wXlZGg1rOfXsYGhI3qyYObsL8_JYt1hFNTil6eiBonTZtdkVDAzbrSupjQy-Lw1n3vWKCh1KngsQqzy6nVE8JXhd6eQP6osVv8kO3_ft_lfKck3StaTM/s5184/IMG_0569.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvex3_gqruQQ083o-owTjJfz5J3Ex_EpR69lVzjwEhUGDcWNP57oqNg3AGku9SrJiKgLPUE639wXlZGg1rOfXsYGhI3qyYObsL8_JYt1hFNTil6eiBonTZtdkVDAzbrSupjQy-Lw1n3vWKCh1KngsQqzy6nVE8JXhd6eQP6osVv8kO3_ft_lfKck3StaTM/w400-h300/IMG_0569.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buzzard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcD-z749lmjRcqAQN_20Y97dMRWRqrnuYzG5FTQlSb9tcwU2QTL4Q_vRTRSmNLOzVqdr74YtQbH3R8hsK1YOvxzmmHpN_Nig5vmlD3AGEdHii-lTRff_f5AgBXBpkqlYaWvD7xSEyZlq4Fb0-GRMYPRkSfmMQ5bihmIKqL61B83hHGtmXwrLVUTDUJebY/s5184/IMG_0575.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcD-z749lmjRcqAQN_20Y97dMRWRqrnuYzG5FTQlSb9tcwU2QTL4Q_vRTRSmNLOzVqdr74YtQbH3R8hsK1YOvxzmmHpN_Nig5vmlD3AGEdHii-lTRff_f5AgBXBpkqlYaWvD7xSEyZlq4Fb0-GRMYPRkSfmMQ5bihmIKqL61B83hHGtmXwrLVUTDUJebY/w400-h300/IMG_0575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spot the Skylark.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm getting now to Tranby Croft, which used to be a large country house and state. The tower building is most impressive. I walk along Tranby Ride and make my way to Kirk Ella by Woodland Drive, Mill Lane and School Lane. Soon, I am at St Andrews church, Kirkella. The area has many historic buildings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pY1e4NFgwBwcz1yAcLxCqqd2xI_Qs4hxjXO5EAULtBB_kyXkM1fZx_vTV5S0auvzUbjWuOuTcdQo-ZEicULNeGj9j4oo9QKJud5SIZGlFtQoFIaga9ZoF7mWZ5TttZVZYdEqOlV_mQY2YTI9lYuBQytlVSBec-1ZpwP0SHWIMT8ecOvk4AgQVntn19ZV/s4032/PXL_20240205_104604294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pY1e4NFgwBwcz1yAcLxCqqd2xI_Qs4hxjXO5EAULtBB_kyXkM1fZx_vTV5S0auvzUbjWuOuTcdQo-ZEicULNeGj9j4oo9QKJud5SIZGlFtQoFIaga9ZoF7mWZ5TttZVZYdEqOlV_mQY2YTI9lYuBQytlVSBec-1ZpwP0SHWIMT8ecOvk4AgQVntn19ZV/w400-h225/PXL_20240205_104604294.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tranby Croft Tower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdQ6ITnZZGwaD-Ljru9Y54hue2BKpCoa_ywvcaICi6-oB3ngeI7sE8EkajkKelAJtCioKe1334di8rWULiHoPL84AxpHgRiC4wiyi8RPfzaROp6BCUxb7wnpCPZuOmJk9mNdC5Ptm6dpawplCXozov6CRADstAnToayUKP-TOfKGQ4BTjIOZzwUkSRwnB/s4032/PXL_20240205_111534649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdQ6ITnZZGwaD-Ljru9Y54hue2BKpCoa_ywvcaICi6-oB3ngeI7sE8EkajkKelAJtCioKe1334di8rWULiHoPL84AxpHgRiC4wiyi8RPfzaROp6BCUxb7wnpCPZuOmJk9mNdC5Ptm6dpawplCXozov6CRADstAnToayUKP-TOfKGQ4BTjIOZzwUkSRwnB/w400-h225/PXL_20240205_111534649.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A historic building at Kirkella with a Giant Redwood.</div></div><p>I make a quick stop for a hot drink at Willerby. Jackdaws call from chimney pots. After a little while I read Willerby Low Road, a quiet rural road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg130LftyOpTNCREd6vhFOPVeIblqhsjVbYq1A6U6hLjnWOobL9i_R3a-FlbsmD0dAFClCC-SL0UT8lJjKhyOUaZTiPJ-N81KDu2SrWVqcM4sSHUa6ap1I_QYzfqt2aVe4MfcbdRzFwrVcGgS4T7kCo0vsf4PkHA-rJVMVYDTRREWisGTF1jY5xUy1X2cZe/s5184/IMG_0581.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg130LftyOpTNCREd6vhFOPVeIblqhsjVbYq1A6U6hLjnWOobL9i_R3a-FlbsmD0dAFClCC-SL0UT8lJjKhyOUaZTiPJ-N81KDu2SrWVqcM4sSHUa6ap1I_QYzfqt2aVe4MfcbdRzFwrVcGgS4T7kCo0vsf4PkHA-rJVMVYDTRREWisGTF1jY5xUy1X2cZe/w400-h300/IMG_0581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jackdaws.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi624-x88M770wpxgtgAXPYLOX6kWOaUkwnTfvGUXJwXv1Yr5km0MHuoCUvMXn8otTYp8kON6f85PRLHzfo4o3n2ra6Rj30PdUhkMFFHs98oaHaqfwNGLZDiCAEbUErfMtuZ91eC60I28VPUaeGz_TfxWVnu8eK4WxTioS2eH1aRvY5yrJfu3BIxmDupSzn/s5184/IMG_0588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi624-x88M770wpxgtgAXPYLOX6kWOaUkwnTfvGUXJwXv1Yr5km0MHuoCUvMXn8otTYp8kON6f85PRLHzfo4o3n2ra6Rj30PdUhkMFFHs98oaHaqfwNGLZDiCAEbUErfMtuZ91eC60I28VPUaeGz_TfxWVnu8eK4WxTioS2eH1aRvY5yrJfu3BIxmDupSzn/w400-h300/IMG_0588.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bullfinch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR_vgUMjOdDbmm7tC29r3vdgJkezrE34IR5b-9zK_tlCzfwzxvKHSQwzSjHBo-YGFWp9pQQbspZ1q7Lrtl2Q1NYow4Y1qD6oIJoH2XJBvoqF1f3yoNoRGpFE0-yO5-KFvR3z4atX4Y_zH_mxFl8T60gSskBHQgPlu7m7-UHwUCLm4Bwqb9DOKFK49_3z5/s5184/IMG_0593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR_vgUMjOdDbmm7tC29r3vdgJkezrE34IR5b-9zK_tlCzfwzxvKHSQwzSjHBo-YGFWp9pQQbspZ1q7Lrtl2Q1NYow4Y1qD6oIJoH2XJBvoqF1f3yoNoRGpFE0-yO5-KFvR3z4atX4Y_zH_mxFl8T60gSskBHQgPlu7m7-UHwUCLm4Bwqb9DOKFK49_3z5/w400-h300/IMG_0593.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A tractor flailing the hedges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QGKH7gxsxR0UChoK8v4mscS_2nZZDoPcUjWXPVDa-VgLYLsgSJDkn8Y06-AAx6Bx9yR-NCT9UYUswxchGsXtgss0xPby1uyGpHlosCnttdvOSJNdaNNGjUqOsJJ77zSSAEJOjECsXjRKuPfSYbyi2d9JEGyygMUqooerFp1jycnoDU59yHCVIZR4NLRA/s5184/IMG_0606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QGKH7gxsxR0UChoK8v4mscS_2nZZDoPcUjWXPVDa-VgLYLsgSJDkn8Y06-AAx6Bx9yR-NCT9UYUswxchGsXtgss0xPby1uyGpHlosCnttdvOSJNdaNNGjUqOsJJ77zSSAEJOjECsXjRKuPfSYbyi2d9JEGyygMUqooerFp1jycnoDU59yHCVIZR4NLRA/w400-h300/IMG_0606.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;">My first Fieldfare of the year, one of a dozen or so feeding with Starlings by Willerby Low Road near Cottingham.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: left;">The exact position of the coastline is known where borehole data has been obtained. One of these locations is at Harland Way, Cottingham. The steep incline of Harland Way, which is familiar to anyone who has cycled to Skidby Mill, is also a cue to the location of the cliff. Given the uncertainty, this is not strictly a 'coast' or a 'cliff-top' walk, given the location of the cliff line is imprecise. The low cliffs would have been 5 to 30 m high, but in some areas the bedrock would have been low-lying and covered by sediments or dunes or protected by saltmarshes, so a strict cliff may not have existed all the way. Ravines and rivers would have flowed to the bay and mudflats would have been exposed at low tide. </p><p style="text-align: left;">After crossing Eppleworth road and Cottingham Cemetery, I reach Harland Way, I walk to the bus stop to get bus 104 back home in time for lunch.</p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFtttiJJmemv5jsXbgsgbDezDUKFZaZ2P1wxCMYBEgFEGLo-NI6iiCK-9lTWe7QRqPfBRm0XtMl7C5EmP4pGxvkxu7zecLvlNGARsMn7krJorxUvuwbjomPtn1PS-M-EDZrjNX_BgwtoQcuIa-rlN_2snY2grHEw15ahccwJTJBAbmN2u-K55m0Hh4iVT/s2757/PXL_20240205_183745128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="2757" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFtttiJJmemv5jsXbgsgbDezDUKFZaZ2P1wxCMYBEgFEGLo-NI6iiCK-9lTWe7QRqPfBRm0XtMl7C5EmP4pGxvkxu7zecLvlNGARsMn7krJorxUvuwbjomPtn1PS-M-EDZrjNX_BgwtoQcuIa-rlN_2snY2grHEw15ahccwJTJBAbmN2u-K55m0Hh4iVT/s320/PXL_20240205_183745128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Displaying hippo.</div><p><b>Humber Hippos</b></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f2334a8-7fff-ba38-b166-d9ae3cda29f1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">It might be surprising, but the past existence of Hippopotamus in Britain is well documented, with fossils found in Wales and across southern England as north as Newcastle in several interglacial periods for the last million years. Eltringham put it quite graphically: ‘most of the rivers in southern Britain were swarming with hippos, much as the African rivers are today’. The hippos from the last interglacial belonged to the same species as today’s African river Hippo, <i>Hippopotamus amphibious</i>. They would likely have shared similar behaviour and habitat: they’d wallow in slow flowing water during the day in noisy herds, and emerge to feed on nearby grasslands at night, following well-trodden trails. Although hippo fossils from Trafalgar square are the most famous, Yorkshire fossils are surprisingly plentiful. They have been found in Kirkdale Cave, Sewerby Cliff, near Pickering, Leeds, and Victoria Cave, confirming that they did roam on all the major river basins in the region, including all the tributaries of the Humber. Both Kirkdale Cave and Victoria Cave were hyena dens, and the hippo fossils there, mostly teeth, belonged to young hippos, indicating that even this very large animal fell prey to hyenas (and likely cave lions too). The presence of hippo fossils in a site is a good indication of mild winters and warmer climate than we have today. </span>The Humber with its main tributaries the Ouse and the Trent, would have been a hippo hotspot. The Driffield area with its braided delta, and the lower reaches of the Gypsey Race by Bridlington would also likely have held some hippo schools.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmHZUFRz1-JsosMuwTGOt-oQ6gbuMP_A93LeVj76Jw3hzc8pepx7gwcP9Z34FC38muT7Lfm9J5mtOyiLlnnqwPi2KCadPjipV2cKgS0n3VaZWhU1vJCU1yBMR3J0cNtjDRZHAQSOwMZkfiHvY73fskQBdsNHKkvYvBoIFhNE6gU6qfQloX3kOVZjhJPgk/s3023/original_a39a5183-deec-4646-bd1f-8df5a9717a61_PXL_20231205_105558983.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3023" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmHZUFRz1-JsosMuwTGOt-oQ6gbuMP_A93LeVj76Jw3hzc8pepx7gwcP9Z34FC38muT7Lfm9J5mtOyiLlnnqwPi2KCadPjipV2cKgS0n3VaZWhU1vJCU1yBMR3J0cNtjDRZHAQSOwMZkfiHvY73fskQBdsNHKkvYvBoIFhNE6gU6qfQloX3kOVZjhJPgk/w400-h300/original_a39a5183-deec-4646-bd1f-8df5a9717a61_PXL_20231205_105558983.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">The Armley hippo.</p></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Where can I see them?</b></span></p><div><span>Hippos became extinct in Britain at the beginning of the last glacial age, but the same species lives now in Sub-saharan Africa, and hippos are <a href="https://www.goingonanadventure.co.uk/where-is-the-best-place-in-the-uk-ireland-to-see-hippos/">kept in many zoos in the UK</a>. At Armley, Leeds, remains from three or four individuals were found in gravels left in a previous river terrace by the river Aire, currently on the north side of the Armley Gyratory. If you would like to see original fossils the <a href="https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-city-museum/visit-leeds-city-museum/">Leeds City Museum</a> has a mounted partial skeleton of the Armley Hippo (above), and a modern hippo skull.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9515WtG-qnKrtQfOY8Rn0eAjRMlhR5EMyMd95AGMg_7idvukrRQYDmtnjKkatYmHU-fSng8kzZQzVfYgxTskR0WJKViH7SOU10LKBRbJJ02m4eGg3otMOydRLo_ezlsAJEIHaHZ3YaqlimYGD2GVjlG4Ob-BK0XSAYliz7VPWZIGVOpJvJnT86GS1N1h/s4032/original_d45b0056-46dd-46b9-a67d-7f4f01cdf3e1_PXL_20231205_105523443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9515WtG-qnKrtQfOY8Rn0eAjRMlhR5EMyMd95AGMg_7idvukrRQYDmtnjKkatYmHU-fSng8kzZQzVfYgxTskR0WJKViH7SOU10LKBRbJJ02m4eGg3otMOydRLo_ezlsAJEIHaHZ3YaqlimYGD2GVjlG4Ob-BK0XSAYliz7VPWZIGVOpJvJnT86GS1N1h/w400-h225/original_d45b0056-46dd-46b9-a67d-7f4f01cdf3e1_PXL_20231205_105523443.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Modern hippo skull at Leeds City Museum.</div></div><div><span></span><p style="text-align: left;">If you don’t want to travel far, how about a walk to Albany Street of Spring Bank, where you can pay your respects to a sculpture in honour of Bucheet? Bucheet was the first hippo that made it to Hull in modern times, and was one of the last exhibits as the zoo closed shortly after. London Zoo acquired a hippo in 1860 named "Bucheet" Bucheet was exhibited around the UK and spent a few weeks in Hull before being shipped via Liverpool across the Atlantic. It is regarded as the first hippo in North America. Bucheet had a short life, a young hippo when captured, he died in a Canadian circus in 1867. In the wild, hippos can live into the early 40s.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKfSDgEh01-b0fxmsI6Yp5nmd2UHeyATA2hO7DYJNemmmx_ZIl2DofT3RcbLq_2EfQ1tMwLfMd6c51kqmjnzUsRSqiCZyyKT22KHfvWtfX226eG8ZP_GgNklReAkau7Zyv4Y4E8lV50ZeQD3ksnFf46gJpV-rYfRc-fMbJ24IAQLfH6db_OtDFCqkXaiW/s4032/PXL_20231205_084211139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKfSDgEh01-b0fxmsI6Yp5nmd2UHeyATA2hO7DYJNemmmx_ZIl2DofT3RcbLq_2EfQ1tMwLfMd6c51kqmjnzUsRSqiCZyyKT22KHfvWtfX226eG8ZP_GgNklReAkau7Zyv4Y4E8lV50ZeQD3ksnFf46gJpV-rYfRc-fMbJ24IAQLfH6db_OtDFCqkXaiW/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_084211139.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><br /><b>Walk details</b>. Distance: 12.5 km. Terrain: light inclines, some steps at the country park, much of it flat, on tarmac. Maximum height 40 m, minimum sea level at Hessle Foreshore. Start by the Humber Bridge, Hessle, end at Harland Way, Cottingham. A mix of urban and rural landscapes, with arable and hedgerows and small wooded pockets.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><b>More information</b></span></p><div><span>Eltringham S.K.1999. The Hippos: Natural History and Conservation. Poyser 184 pp.<br /><br />Fenton, K. <a href="https://community.fortunecity.ws/greenfield/ecolodge/25/sewerby.htm">The Hessle and Sewerby Buried Cliffs</a></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Catt, J.A. and Penny, L.F. 1966 The Pleistocene Deposits of Holderness Proc.Yorks. Geol.Soc. 35: 375-420.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Walton, F. F. Some Sections in the Hessle Gravels. <i>Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc.</i> <b>12</b>, 396–407 (1894)</p></div></div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-66266324941184656552024-01-23T16:48:00.003+00:002024-01-23T16:48:29.529+00:00A walk to Southwoods, Cottingham<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR-V-N-ps9bDcr_81Y5ROT1pLwWX-kwVc8qhqcR6m6RqwWKLr6infYSENsliJHy2K6-dwd3ct42BhpqorBeKz3jO2sR1zuR-uip95h_A7SCuY_j1KssZzJWuOc1h-5-ned01LUKsQvYfuDAhwZq4geUt4s0Y-tDprBAgC4l8vgUXKsHF_zkJlja5WFcdV/s4032/PXL_20240123_092449701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR-V-N-ps9bDcr_81Y5ROT1pLwWX-kwVc8qhqcR6m6RqwWKLr6infYSENsliJHy2K6-dwd3ct42BhpqorBeKz3jO2sR1zuR-uip95h_A7SCuY_j1KssZzJWuOc1h-5-ned01LUKsQvYfuDAhwZq4geUt4s0Y-tDprBAgC4l8vgUXKsHF_zkJlja5WFcdV/w640-h360/PXL_20240123_092449701.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The walk name is a bit misleading as there is no wood to the south of Cottingham, although the evidence that there was a 'Southwood' is there on local names and old maps. The area is now ploughed and under cultivation, but there are plenty of uneven hedges, where some woodland plants, cling on. I walked along the Setting Dyke from home. Just as I walked on the Hull city council side south of Willerby Carr community orchard, a Reed Bunting, Greenfinches, Goldfinches and Siskin sit on the trees. </p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2tObPMDtm9W_gHCr7SPu60qwE6UQxyp4nQO6BEOMXGxK-8iEC1-6T1_wt_HB2NHpPCSNR0BlXyqfLt09IzSYcUnyeImrCvE50aguRLl6YIVwvknbCUYRpOzuhtwwji8IdiC4t6A3LlxOiJbKmT9gvm0rt2wcaqX5dN6dxSlmeAv9PTPdyPPmL29P7F3i/s5184/IMG_0080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2tObPMDtm9W_gHCr7SPu60qwE6UQxyp4nQO6BEOMXGxK-8iEC1-6T1_wt_HB2NHpPCSNR0BlXyqfLt09IzSYcUnyeImrCvE50aguRLl6YIVwvknbCUYRpOzuhtwwji8IdiC4t6A3LlxOiJbKmT9gvm0rt2wcaqX5dN6dxSlmeAv9PTPdyPPmL29P7F3i/w400-h300/IMG_0080.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flowering Lesser Celandine on the Setting Dyke banks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdLJrZlxuKPI-hG_jsIkw7gMiOnnsUKK-5IVAcX_C-ft9sKxB8fyQ1ALpPDnJ1zHtqmxPYjA-sXmWTgH7lDUF2K4JB-jB9r-781oDYhGiR1ruzH50IyCF6v5kq-TQY4XHpQhRnPqHydnddYugmbVqC4LB5Gimh3NGVwNAqjlkjyGPlEks9OBuikmUa3EI/s3636/IMG_0087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2727" data-original-width="3636" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdLJrZlxuKPI-hG_jsIkw7gMiOnnsUKK-5IVAcX_C-ft9sKxB8fyQ1ALpPDnJ1zHtqmxPYjA-sXmWTgH7lDUF2K4JB-jB9r-781oDYhGiR1ruzH50IyCF6v5kq-TQY4XHpQhRnPqHydnddYugmbVqC4LB5Gimh3NGVwNAqjlkjyGPlEks9OBuikmUa3EI/w400-h300/IMG_0087.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reed Bunting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVd3Kd8XSZjMZPTE_i_0sPozO4qURVPmOppxp1FwfdssHEyDDJlYWPWIwcN00ZZBbE5HJN44CqcTzP7HFUvQkhSOjyRDg7kU_NUT8wvjiOWwFaRy2fMJ540xkrxDT16eTEt13NHmz-_ojsg2GVme6txk1FIy9-J6hea10I9vJJuvCHjlY7mTABTtjHvK-Z/s5184/IMG_0097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVd3Kd8XSZjMZPTE_i_0sPozO4qURVPmOppxp1FwfdssHEyDDJlYWPWIwcN00ZZBbE5HJN44CqcTzP7HFUvQkhSOjyRDg7kU_NUT8wvjiOWwFaRy2fMJ540xkrxDT16eTEt13NHmz-_ojsg2GVme6txk1FIy9-J6hea10I9vJJuvCHjlY7mTABTtjHvK-Z/w400-h300/IMG_0097.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Siskin.</div><p style="text-align: left;">I rejoin the Setting Dyke and then walk around the flood defence reservoir (mostly empty) to start the walk proper. Just west of the reservoir a public footpath goes straight north towards Cottingham, via the grounds of Haltemprice Priory (top shot). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3E8Np-AhO0r_YpDezdb8p3s7df2hgLMRrzxsGqFOdsOlXWJDFOBrcU1ttBTDUD8gMY1BesKZZSPQljGfLUfhAyUhNC4hCIepg8aR5QykRvYXs1-TJvbzHfwQzJLGitNVRlUTzUPAGa3ZGt40OVOULZN44ZI72lm-7PTnjB2zbIlrp03f5EAwRfLpt-kk/s4032/PXL_20240123_090038098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-3E8Np-AhO0r_YpDezdb8p3s7df2hgLMRrzxsGqFOdsOlXWJDFOBrcU1ttBTDUD8gMY1BesKZZSPQljGfLUfhAyUhNC4hCIepg8aR5QykRvYXs1-TJvbzHfwQzJLGitNVRlUTzUPAGa3ZGt40OVOULZN44ZI72lm-7PTnjB2zbIlrp03f5EAwRfLpt-kk/w400-h225/PXL_20240123_090038098.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An entrance to a footpath by the Setting Dyke by Everingham Walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWLCsecZ_r8dZ9ygPTK8ISOJLQa1_jROf5d2PCQNDGLQ4yEwW9RQZNP0ivfi4qrfhQKYceS9CznjOGwsqbzkQcoSawBj6HJr6bnKT8c4C1-sgr2h8iamnxjAiaGAwisOpVivy2a88krY5sgsaZ4HHpDa3pLKU3lBoiyiT7ErfAyeyUkK5R0lH0FMRWsyF/s5184/IMG_0108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWLCsecZ_r8dZ9ygPTK8ISOJLQa1_jROf5d2PCQNDGLQ4yEwW9RQZNP0ivfi4qrfhQKYceS9CznjOGwsqbzkQcoSawBj6HJr6bnKT8c4C1-sgr2h8iamnxjAiaGAwisOpVivy2a88krY5sgsaZ4HHpDa3pLKU3lBoiyiT7ErfAyeyUkK5R0lH0FMRWsyF/w400-h300/IMG_0108.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A flock of Greylags and some Canada at Willerby Carr Farm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQ4OpfNkU-VyXWjkv2My38ku7FDL6Q-v0glzJs8zbKmAJTW3QB0_fOKMQrId-v0yCc41Xdu9wShJsbxQMk848bC83tg-9BnioREZqO-BObmsA3JRKKZsbG0MwAfWOAYm7KfbpI5hFcTtrwdz-vyU8-z_O7q1lkvbt0Xsl50xOcygDwHsK_VhefIT5Goz/s4032/PXL_20240123_091330754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULQ4OpfNkU-VyXWjkv2My38ku7FDL6Q-v0glzJs8zbKmAJTW3QB0_fOKMQrId-v0yCc41Xdu9wShJsbxQMk848bC83tg-9BnioREZqO-BObmsA3JRKKZsbG0MwAfWOAYm7KfbpI5hFcTtrwdz-vyU8-z_O7q1lkvbt0Xsl50xOcygDwHsK_VhefIT5Goz/w400-h225/PXL_20240123_091330754.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The reservoir had emptied since my last visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Atu1TkG0P7clGGVzu7XTsA6ZnBSjquBR6QRmFDkRNz0ETcUGGAdRyU88DL5Gh1m2jryXyGlsAL7awyLOMZos1X-wz1K3ZTNhSzexY1BN2GBo7d4Ohak3-yZKdJoBXGCZVIN2YvN0uUZBOMTgA2p71v2iqokv1UHhyphenhyphenkig1VPW_T8bqbmY4eKKHZUb4yZ3/s5184/IMG_0117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Atu1TkG0P7clGGVzu7XTsA6ZnBSjquBR6QRmFDkRNz0ETcUGGAdRyU88DL5Gh1m2jryXyGlsAL7awyLOMZos1X-wz1K3ZTNhSzexY1BN2GBo7d4Ohak3-yZKdJoBXGCZVIN2YvN0uUZBOMTgA2p71v2iqokv1UHhyphenhyphenkig1VPW_T8bqbmY4eKKHZUb4yZ3/w400-h300/IMG_0117.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A male Stonechat on Haltemprice Priory grounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4YMo_fLWATIBhj069rNRG1djC-JwYdXn1J_rdXhY7HZ8KK7VRcNm2CY5ScjNtLrF69NnU-Hh1hGqILRyGCMitZ6-p-vE82f2eU35ph0ObgK299Gv3w2myLMrWjFEbQ76m9uGPX2DOu_kk4BeEhRKiypcF7rIj0mlHnHKrRmOvRf5YV_0PCzUHOoSAUmo/s4032/PXL_20240123_093336316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4YMo_fLWATIBhj069rNRG1djC-JwYdXn1J_rdXhY7HZ8KK7VRcNm2CY5ScjNtLrF69NnU-Hh1hGqILRyGCMitZ6-p-vE82f2eU35ph0ObgK299Gv3w2myLMrWjFEbQ76m9uGPX2DOu_kk4BeEhRKiypcF7rIj0mlHnHKrRmOvRf5YV_0PCzUHOoSAUmo/w400-h225/PXL_20240123_093336316.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rough grassland at Haltemprice priory where the Stonechat was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWntKFqwi7L0-jZ0f4eypyYHPm2orTl1GJ0PT13GtwO05ZqPnMtlV06_BbH8yXZr0iz3QHNgWzwluXgBqfGyjNKlFppsG1-rV4MxidUtYr02UJpPjo9IffQLbPt8AEeYv-DuuaTfpTj0rPuq0Oa_Lp5cC3aUmcwbSMuEsdctBJAFvyfoVbhphy9-AXeLe/s4032/PXL_20240123_093637360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWntKFqwi7L0-jZ0f4eypyYHPm2orTl1GJ0PT13GtwO05ZqPnMtlV06_BbH8yXZr0iz3QHNgWzwluXgBqfGyjNKlFppsG1-rV4MxidUtYr02UJpPjo9IffQLbPt8AEeYv-DuuaTfpTj0rPuq0Oa_Lp5cC3aUmcwbSMuEsdctBJAFvyfoVbhphy9-AXeLe/w400-h225/PXL_20240123_093637360.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The path to Cottingham. The way crosses a couple of ditches, but the footbridges are good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKYbkYtHnXYfoCf-mDQ9UUMb1bZqR84MoUbseaYD23EmB18sbPwuFcJYNAkVzKgE3T4mpaSNm_y_kDq5mKFXSkVyfI1t7VWDR2Uobvw7ikMkL_mr56c79ZWLCUJU2CR6Dq6-me88UWnTFXA6-9WZ70iuAg2XRRZb7mht21jY_A73v9GHk1akX8tVlQr_g/s4032/PXL_20240123_095010021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKYbkYtHnXYfoCf-mDQ9UUMb1bZqR84MoUbseaYD23EmB18sbPwuFcJYNAkVzKgE3T4mpaSNm_y_kDq5mKFXSkVyfI1t7VWDR2Uobvw7ikMkL_mr56c79ZWLCUJU2CR6Dq6-me88UWnTFXA6-9WZ70iuAg2XRRZb7mht21jY_A73v9GHk1akX8tVlQr_g/w400-h225/PXL_20240123_095010021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just by Southwood Farm garden centre, a new wood has been planted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TOcF9Yxk0dFMUuHahmuoC9Y25xZax48uxu02F4jSzpN-L6eyh9v5yIww8EOxo7cfiBjLopLYws5tTjMbIaSnPLoo0TlFCxx4RXeDAnzY0osBQfwmxmw9cx5VRRK-ah6sJMBnRwFmDF8JtC45c-qA2ZIW455zB0Q4LHY9WT32cnyByz5wgoc1yegOCK3q/s3025/1706003174234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3025" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TOcF9Yxk0dFMUuHahmuoC9Y25xZax48uxu02F4jSzpN-L6eyh9v5yIww8EOxo7cfiBjLopLYws5tTjMbIaSnPLoo0TlFCxx4RXeDAnzY0osBQfwmxmw9cx5VRRK-ah6sJMBnRwFmDF8JtC45c-qA2ZIW455zB0Q4LHY9WT32cnyByz5wgoc1yegOCK3q/w400-h300/1706003174234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only woodland plant that reminds us of the lost Southwood this time of year is Cuckoo's Pint, <i>Arum maculatum</i>, surviving at the bottom of hedges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a break at the farm cafe before heading back home in the drizzle before storm Jocelyn hits.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-68117116100566411482024-01-22T16:52:00.001+00:002024-01-23T17:19:17.541+00:00A walk to East Park in January<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOceERzTLhnnLJiNwYrPPXh_FKa4sQaslPidM1pVKM5w_9WfrxMr20y4wwIalAwkbbEr_m1n_WzfkpXl6s9Md_n1h57y0T0NkKDqKXK35JUExXguNJzig_fsV53LtS1sc1lW__zVfPrlQpS7L6YXFOU41NgWuygrRNa2JeY45JEReEQryvePKVT7HIhfr/s3908/IMG_9990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2931" data-original-width="3908" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOceERzTLhnnLJiNwYrPPXh_FKa4sQaslPidM1pVKM5w_9WfrxMr20y4wwIalAwkbbEr_m1n_WzfkpXl6s9Md_n1h57y0T0NkKDqKXK35JUExXguNJzig_fsV53LtS1sc1lW__zVfPrlQpS7L6YXFOU41NgWuygrRNa2JeY45JEReEQryvePKVT7HIhfr/w640-h480/IMG_9990.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First walk of the year to East Park, as I arrive the squeals of a parakeet attract my attention. It's much easier to spot them in the winter, the poplar where they are sitting bare of leaves. It turns out that it is the Alexandrine Parakeet (top shot), accompanied by a Ring-necked. It's very handy to see both species together, the Alexandrine is much bigger, with a massive bill and a pink patch on the wing. The Ring-necked looks dainty by comparison.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh747Z0CE8QqOlc_CcSt9ItyMbAT88GZqnubruX7wFV9urmSEELn4kq23fZBJRV10ki-sTHM9nCawNVoKARPXL8rmKOYbRQNl9aQDehNKeAMRWNfchrOq49-Ya1ZPkJXdofwFxiwfZRuF_yWGHrgytSpNbvV-DiogU5V5kUFk9IKVEJUj-HqomalBh0mJSO/s5184/IMG_9983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh747Z0CE8QqOlc_CcSt9ItyMbAT88GZqnubruX7wFV9urmSEELn4kq23fZBJRV10ki-sTHM9nCawNVoKARPXL8rmKOYbRQNl9aQDehNKeAMRWNfchrOq49-Ya1ZPkJXdofwFxiwfZRuF_yWGHrgytSpNbvV-DiogU5V5kUFk9IKVEJUj-HqomalBh0mJSO/w400-h300/IMG_9983.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alexandrine Parakeet, a male with black and pink neck ring.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF9cUstBPm32JCq7SKdLtxJPibolbETPbyAav8mSEnscQgnFEl2U4HHq_U0Z5gY51VFi6KxyJRdKcoRFmXwRJAlI0-ikJS19XLrmAv0wxBtQCD2IrQJN8zwWkh-CICjxCEgv-ZQg17wZ5MhVZhtNZmMkB_BmNEUT_yXOJWeL5SLpmKmpy8nOliOTScWug/s5184/IMG_0061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF9cUstBPm32JCq7SKdLtxJPibolbETPbyAav8mSEnscQgnFEl2U4HHq_U0Z5gY51VFi6KxyJRdKcoRFmXwRJAlI0-ikJS19XLrmAv0wxBtQCD2IrQJN8zwWkh-CICjxCEgv-ZQg17wZ5MhVZhtNZmMkB_BmNEUT_yXOJWeL5SLpmKmpy8nOliOTScWug/w400-h300/IMG_0061.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ring-necked Parakeet female, lacks a neck ring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcuQdf_ZuwhhtnFruBKAPC8qEm6lIDl71Q1ENYgfu5UoEDkTg4JaKL3DZnU1m6isktJ1FEbxLDtsmFP20g0__ffhJmXWNqL8Cld8PVVO0wZn5dGY4CbvVpICoWGud_wKZ-jNUvzWsVaJ_Dh6RFkewOGlb2Txq1l6Fffk7xbC9GGGhC-RIO9vzXaERlYga/s5184/IMG_0065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcuQdf_ZuwhhtnFruBKAPC8qEm6lIDl71Q1ENYgfu5UoEDkTg4JaKL3DZnU1m6isktJ1FEbxLDtsmFP20g0__ffhJmXWNqL8Cld8PVVO0wZn5dGY4CbvVpICoWGud_wKZ-jNUvzWsVaJ_Dh6RFkewOGlb2Txq1l6Fffk7xbC9GGGhC-RIO9vzXaERlYga/w400-h300/IMG_0065.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ring-necked Parakeet female.</div><p style="text-align: left;">The usual assortment of wildfowl on the lake, which is fortunately not frozen over. Some Goosanders, a Cormorant, Tufted Ducks and two drake Pochard. A flock of Woodpigeons is flushed by a Sparrowhawk near the cafe. It sits on the ground for a few seconds after missing on a Blackbird.</p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpuGI8vF6FjbjYszMQrXgsAf2J9_oYgRYgobeHDo8L_J8pbbCFG216_Grr0VXHqdfaHwXAGBJ3ydQK9ocSZfhyglcOD7ulbaDFSn5amGZ8wlwT7yvAbMcCdSIeblcy-SGYIZQi5QDkHkjxCGOl9HNVj9czsRi_V9zGTji-XzV3I1jYDatR4mEWZ1k8I6M/s5184/IMG_9998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpuGI8vF6FjbjYszMQrXgsAf2J9_oYgRYgobeHDo8L_J8pbbCFG216_Grr0VXHqdfaHwXAGBJ3ydQK9ocSZfhyglcOD7ulbaDFSn5amGZ8wlwT7yvAbMcCdSIeblcy-SGYIZQi5QDkHkjxCGOl9HNVj9czsRi_V9zGTji-XzV3I1jYDatR4mEWZ1k8I6M/w400-h300/IMG_9998.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlGlM4joWclr5szJZ2V0SCweghL6PZ-buy5B88ypSwch03s7ZVbKzrdES_GYkBrr5r38nzX5-X5IjDIs9wuxLkps2ps-edRSMsgnvAXc1YMDt78jjYq8cLhhpe2HolDAZEgeIPccFSKnwCTXJxFAVumTFn9YnbGGu-DKsjatSxuaC0ECnmmHtNAQlyGRY/s5184/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlGlM4joWclr5szJZ2V0SCweghL6PZ-buy5B88ypSwch03s7ZVbKzrdES_GYkBrr5r38nzX5-X5IjDIs9wuxLkps2ps-edRSMsgnvAXc1YMDt78jjYq8cLhhpe2HolDAZEgeIPccFSKnwCTXJxFAVumTFn9YnbGGu-DKsjatSxuaC0ECnmmHtNAQlyGRY/w400-h300/IMG_0011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two pairs of Coots sorting out some territorial dispute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zJlYzn5kvoC-c2fsH3HNCAfpdXHX9nffHsmKbHrK3Pdy-OYZbS6rHsY4snsiv9BG5LnoZQfHMyPaRck5HdTfQDjzKt2D1X3-Ey3G1sUmrc8zpnlFgghO-5_2X2iJ57G9hxK0Lo8VFhOFM5GHfW-z_eq_YibAbs0oHqg-WHSI-zs6KaKn7WTm5kOLScd4/s5184/IMG_0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zJlYzn5kvoC-c2fsH3HNCAfpdXHX9nffHsmKbHrK3Pdy-OYZbS6rHsY4snsiv9BG5LnoZQfHMyPaRck5HdTfQDjzKt2D1X3-Ey3G1sUmrc8zpnlFgghO-5_2X2iJ57G9hxK0Lo8VFhOFM5GHfW-z_eq_YibAbs0oHqg-WHSI-zs6KaKn7WTm5kOLScd4/w400-h300/IMG_0022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pochard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0AmQ768YGCGj1_-9MpOmTlrHTmQWWmXIZIlEx9dDeOwyTReGcLRPAoPqZQLP-w1T9aW0GvctKoJwVJQsSfGv_Lw_NccpXfQZtpcpcggPoNlpMOZLlaZOQKYXL-MR4MCdyLvoJVmHoitLDZ_xYzPiOUXnGcg104rfamz4rgX4Wfc9hh4cvDi3K7tpmAD_/s5184/IMG_0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0AmQ768YGCGj1_-9MpOmTlrHTmQWWmXIZIlEx9dDeOwyTReGcLRPAoPqZQLP-w1T9aW0GvctKoJwVJQsSfGv_Lw_NccpXfQZtpcpcggPoNlpMOZLlaZOQKYXL-MR4MCdyLvoJVmHoitLDZ_xYzPiOUXnGcg104rfamz4rgX4Wfc9hh4cvDi3K7tpmAD_/w400-h300/IMG_0024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Gull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo0UnRETmXpWvWZ8zen2gp9BmJKuetHHyx5qZ532Hex5U5TzLb-FeTqKHx71w3Lqf-z-s1rTDNuCyT2aFXM5Jijb21nODSsp3cH91rONUaSczlFe_7nW4_GQ6yRcj4ThhqxzKSBEnMdBiYxWlvrW30sd4RYOj6UjXehTYULbEnX1Kwmzh6OEBsmPZmBwR/s5184/IMG_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo0UnRETmXpWvWZ8zen2gp9BmJKuetHHyx5qZ532Hex5U5TzLb-FeTqKHx71w3Lqf-z-s1rTDNuCyT2aFXM5Jijb21nODSsp3cH91rONUaSczlFe_7nW4_GQ6yRcj4ThhqxzKSBEnMdBiYxWlvrW30sd4RYOj6UjXehTYULbEnX1Kwmzh6OEBsmPZmBwR/w400-h300/IMG_0051.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before I leave I spot a group of Siskins with Goldfinches on the western side of the park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr160G34-qdjbWgNMrZzqIzpNlL2YPs8YfNUVpmhF5LsMKLCfEZMpraIgS1MXvJUeNV04reynMYm-j65xfcbb6qxuHbzKGjp2Fu3iXxqtWj2bH_v-km9oNFbM_1VC34uNFjoygjqEFwBw6vqIR4hyi0bG4sMBAQzPjODiDZy-dAw7gqS4Qw3SztRQ_9QVS/s4032/1705926888467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr160G34-qdjbWgNMrZzqIzpNlL2YPs8YfNUVpmhF5LsMKLCfEZMpraIgS1MXvJUeNV04reynMYm-j65xfcbb6qxuHbzKGjp2Fu3iXxqtWj2bH_v-km9oNFbM_1VC34uNFjoygjqEFwBw6vqIR4hyi0bG4sMBAQzPjODiDZy-dAw7gqS4Qw3SztRQ_9QVS/s320/1705926888467.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This made my day, evidence of Rabbit on the Sculcoates patch on the way back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41f9FiwvpJ61MzDfki9wWwfL-vz6BB4-z9iuOZ4HmE-_gpWuoISIu9iv-f-8unqXnP8W8Y0tKmkKXgJ7Gu3-g655AzVsRuWn2vROvfn2_jM0G8nnblKgpFp0lYZDsw7FULs31c7YeZg5izJ3q7Ivu-J0h-uX8SUAC2SchB50h1JK8NJA8N6cs4IlCfT_w/s4032/1705926941181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41f9FiwvpJ61MzDfki9wWwfL-vz6BB4-z9iuOZ4HmE-_gpWuoISIu9iv-f-8unqXnP8W8Y0tKmkKXgJ7Gu3-g655AzVsRuWn2vROvfn2_jM0G8nnblKgpFp0lYZDsw7FULs31c7YeZg5izJ3q7Ivu-J0h-uX8SUAC2SchB50h1JK8NJA8N6cs4IlCfT_w/s320/1705926941181.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-14392189996521082622024-01-21T17:32:00.053+00:002024-01-24T18:53:43.653+00:00January at Noddle Hill LNR<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUoih56BII2NJxxFCpzXQ1wyMrlJ5ad8GhNMqG9yWmwhKY2ct-Ln5pFhe-wYpCaogUZjpaGgR7HO8Zg0O3rNdLp5DdU29OF2O82tUbz2sUF5O3pMhIUE2w2wdCH9wVP-2LccyDKJvQxFHABmd4k3AeOe8gb4fjCjK7uN0uFhwZ9XvLyumrlr78-gEmDvY/s3666/IMG_9896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2749" data-original-width="3666" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUoih56BII2NJxxFCpzXQ1wyMrlJ5ad8GhNMqG9yWmwhKY2ct-Ln5pFhe-wYpCaogUZjpaGgR7HO8Zg0O3rNdLp5DdU29OF2O82tUbz2sUF5O3pMhIUE2w2wdCH9wVP-2LccyDKJvQxFHABmd4k3AeOe8gb4fjCjK7uN0uFhwZ9XvLyumrlr78-gEmDvY/w640-h480/IMG_9896.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;">A morning trip to Noddle Hill with friend Rob J. It feels mild after the hard frosts of last week, and there are long sunny spells. As we cross the bridge by the playing fields, we spot a Great White Egret, a first for Hull for both of us, and four Little Egrets, which is also the most I've seen in Hull. They fly to the path, but look keen to carry on fishing, the Large White and one of the Little Egrets make a neat comparison shot (top shot).</p><p style="clear: both;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SyJux67GxAW6K6W8lRZOjHkiHwwxxMJzGGlErOiZyP7zfbYX4FpLyomksCq1HJNSz5E_0hJoFhIDxY1lAP6ZeeUyWRPPuD6NgdaccggtlEFJW0sJ_ygblUwq128kgY2If1pbdLeMgtb3EE86QAqYFfbEKvA1MkDCZ8BMxKBcKd4beNLvCyS4-utPpSZ3/s5184/IMG_9894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SyJux67GxAW6K6W8lRZOjHkiHwwxxMJzGGlErOiZyP7zfbYX4FpLyomksCq1HJNSz5E_0hJoFhIDxY1lAP6ZeeUyWRPPuD6NgdaccggtlEFJW0sJ_ygblUwq128kgY2If1pbdLeMgtb3EE86QAqYFfbEKvA1MkDCZ8BMxKBcKd4beNLvCyS4-utPpSZ3/w400-h300/IMG_9894.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great White Egret at the Sutton Cross Drain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We head straight for the north side of the reserve by the road, and in the feeders there are a few Tree Sparrows and many Yellowhammers, more than 40, that come and go in flocks. A pair of Kestrels and a Buzzard are about, and a Stonechat shows briefly at the north fields too.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2l2JZxhW5xZV4ZOW2CtMtCuyGbUZYjIHyx-6tmr_aeEFrLWU87vwYex63GEJ6slDh_npUeS0pGMzwO4rGQYXj59SQ6Vm-pD8y-VgzGHCJBK99bRSjLNEdkdDJqUCqZtBpIraoG14KKngtSp1rmzhQSB6K2LZfxvjpWvc2NybQyq0RpaPg2mKdAcVDp8I/s5184/IMG_9913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2l2JZxhW5xZV4ZOW2CtMtCuyGbUZYjIHyx-6tmr_aeEFrLWU87vwYex63GEJ6slDh_npUeS0pGMzwO4rGQYXj59SQ6Vm-pD8y-VgzGHCJBK99bRSjLNEdkdDJqUCqZtBpIraoG14KKngtSp1rmzhQSB6K2LZfxvjpWvc2NybQyq0RpaPg2mKdAcVDp8I/w400-h300/IMG_9913.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tree sparrow at the feeders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE756q8gKrtp960X1RcVL0M0QywAEQhyphenhyphengNvaSpRErhdmqTeAf_Hiy2PWqXs8CzaOurOS419y3Tanz-FFzWmN3yZ13v543JmbXjJRE8mGNT4NF9uCThy1hPYTTl3q1I_l6cPVO_5SScQTPzomFdIJ8BgnjlgLRKWBIMrekS37uff6SM_FjHkfSqD9ZfGMnq/s5184/IMG_9914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE756q8gKrtp960X1RcVL0M0QywAEQhyphenhyphengNvaSpRErhdmqTeAf_Hiy2PWqXs8CzaOurOS419y3Tanz-FFzWmN3yZ13v543JmbXjJRE8mGNT4NF9uCThy1hPYTTl3q1I_l6cPVO_5SScQTPzomFdIJ8BgnjlgLRKWBIMrekS37uff6SM_FjHkfSqD9ZfGMnq/w400-h300/IMG_9914.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A new scrape has been dug on the north side of the reserve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDSKJuCjMW04BaRkZEIT5k6AkZDowpdFXpH0zF73ibqUG2r4QHVPpfdfxF8mMeaCbyzKXatioKGwdTz5E-b9blfa6cDkIocjM7nkJ8ngMS5j4bAY5pZu5OG-jV4ImWnRu9Q-Fbk9jmndBTRU_SmjTZdhP26dvihwsMG09DQjE5sfJE8thNG70E9GBDtC-/s5184/IMG_9929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDSKJuCjMW04BaRkZEIT5k6AkZDowpdFXpH0zF73ibqUG2r4QHVPpfdfxF8mMeaCbyzKXatioKGwdTz5E-b9blfa6cDkIocjM7nkJ8ngMS5j4bAY5pZu5OG-jV4ImWnRu9Q-Fbk9jmndBTRU_SmjTZdhP26dvihwsMG09DQjE5sfJE8thNG70E9GBDtC-/w400-h300/IMG_9929.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buzzard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYnh048oAw_0ZsmoxwPupZ-gS1p7vAmIxpsX0aN8OTw6YPkyfuQVjBXtOvDd1qyCg1xJlMOBddzg_AYPaScCeAPimaaD5N0rOSdkDucMZaCp4dipFRv3BeFdLyZQ6kPQn8xtN0EzDy_bp46ayiSunB-z8gYYsPI4kECJtfhtTE7CGTwERW3k5zn1cnb8-/s1949/IMG_9922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1949" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYnh048oAw_0ZsmoxwPupZ-gS1p7vAmIxpsX0aN8OTw6YPkyfuQVjBXtOvDd1qyCg1xJlMOBddzg_AYPaScCeAPimaaD5N0rOSdkDucMZaCp4dipFRv3BeFdLyZQ6kPQn8xtN0EzDy_bp46ayiSunB-z8gYYsPI4kECJtfhtTE7CGTwERW3k5zn1cnb8-/w400-h300/IMG_9922.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stonechat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7pJzz625KuQAfqrYX45aoHQxLEdEMYIwXs2dRhqI0omtCqUSTCpxZUckHvV7EXouXUEU59C7JqGlO-U4xRCEZnfS8hDle6Chs60dp6w3gJp5RAZodtyRDeT3u5jaoOSx5DRjS-3GA3gVOZik_SmvgLBrulwg9Gc7vqn0tFzNq5gIZmdCeM8HoIhOgZSf/s5184/IMG_9933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7pJzz625KuQAfqrYX45aoHQxLEdEMYIwXs2dRhqI0omtCqUSTCpxZUckHvV7EXouXUEU59C7JqGlO-U4xRCEZnfS8hDle6Chs60dp6w3gJp5RAZodtyRDeT3u5jaoOSx5DRjS-3GA3gVOZik_SmvgLBrulwg9Gc7vqn0tFzNq5gIZmdCeM8HoIhOgZSf/w400-h300/IMG_9933.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellowhammer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5mipRd2GYm5YTy-mcZGSYRgliht4-KiQqoY6gk0M2mB1bFPXuWlyQl5MS4K3Y2hmqsvsetiJFKUNaGVgBtayqDCXlDHwfhS8Q4Ak5prXaOIFlQOFLLkyWnytvxgRxa1SotPKF4z1lG0OnD7HQEHfRo0Ul9QcRlRgApXXME2ha3ATqmFzKM26ofarxzqY/s5184/IMG_9941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5mipRd2GYm5YTy-mcZGSYRgliht4-KiQqoY6gk0M2mB1bFPXuWlyQl5MS4K3Y2hmqsvsetiJFKUNaGVgBtayqDCXlDHwfhS8Q4Ak5prXaOIFlQOFLLkyWnytvxgRxa1SotPKF4z1lG0OnD7HQEHfRo0Ul9QcRlRgApXXME2ha3ATqmFzKM26ofarxzqY/w400-h300/IMG_9941.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">About 100 Lapwings on the fields by the solar farm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERLxrQAKBWub47BWUBAXwMxK4RYum_kzVHoiUkqcgkFP-Fwe-WCFr-svIMfawRFjEjIe-dkAgVBPZ7JvlA1XaLV2OPeuJ4paTVn1B-QBHFavQme2fQhehhCUGjoYICVQMUshBEQtsBbE_k3QFF-qMx1IxII-QtSVifY8r9Bj8ExqHhIjwMrwFxC8m4m07/s5184/IMG_9948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERLxrQAKBWub47BWUBAXwMxK4RYum_kzVHoiUkqcgkFP-Fwe-WCFr-svIMfawRFjEjIe-dkAgVBPZ7JvlA1XaLV2OPeuJ4paTVn1B-QBHFavQme2fQhehhCUGjoYICVQMUshBEQtsBbE_k3QFF-qMx1IxII-QtSVifY8r9Bj8ExqHhIjwMrwFxC8m4m07/w400-h300/IMG_9948.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Redwing.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-6381525036696791492024-01-09T15:05:00.005+00:002024-01-09T15:05:58.298+00:00A walk to Willerby Carr in January<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3wCbeu_SIPaJ1_yp969e003GDKCS8MDDbdlMgfo08t0-Vtss0EJPNjGq4E7Jq-_yVL7eiWD-w0Tr6_XSp-NPu9LgtXN7SXECPFECxYgGhOnwfoKIbzl6yK_o3NOl_pXyJ7gi1kdZCBlBw5MG64rNrsMJSS-JosPQ0L0tUECLtpfbZCPcO2m70tbQEtrJ/s4032/PXL_20240109_094252003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3wCbeu_SIPaJ1_yp969e003GDKCS8MDDbdlMgfo08t0-Vtss0EJPNjGq4E7Jq-_yVL7eiWD-w0Tr6_XSp-NPu9LgtXN7SXECPFECxYgGhOnwfoKIbzl6yK_o3NOl_pXyJ7gi1kdZCBlBw5MG64rNrsMJSS-JosPQ0L0tUECLtpfbZCPcO2m70tbQEtrJ/w640-h360/PXL_20240109_094252003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A walk along the Setting Dyke, Willerby Carr and Wood Lane, returning via Snuff Mill Lane. This is a good walk to bump up the bird year list. It has been very rainy lately and the Carrs and Ings are flooded, the Setting Dyke running gingerly. It was cold, but no wind or frost, which meant that the walk was quite muddy underfoot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg-bvVfsM9MfWFARa9f5w9BEESL7vPRjpKuoYLTeAl1TZgr6bIMQWmvZu8SchX9xwD-DZWSs9vY3dK8omr9X0G38uuudVpmp9rRj4l6ZPt5o7gGhtmZMPscq4TOU7rVEevfGZk9UnxfcAfWx8kc8bJl5OanNQbx8bwxHcPhaMzgutw0NfQnht3X5UTS5I/s5184/IMG_9299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlg-bvVfsM9MfWFARa9f5w9BEESL7vPRjpKuoYLTeAl1TZgr6bIMQWmvZu8SchX9xwD-DZWSs9vY3dK8omr9X0G38uuudVpmp9rRj4l6ZPt5o7gGhtmZMPscq4TOU7rVEevfGZk9UnxfcAfWx8kc8bJl5OanNQbx8bwxHcPhaMzgutw0NfQnht3X5UTS5I/w400-h300/IMG_9299.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Goldfinch feeding on Ash keys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsQ2lpBXkPF-qbKpoIBF2Hk18z-65SD7RdOVTDEOzm2m6GPZSyN5KLy3NehDwZYuEvILrTIINLkFUGU4nI60tIp8kyIaqHc1vGk8Io0kKfzF1PRSt4brDKbr9_Mz2IALmLkCC0RHS9NjQCOHWPH7zuvCqfXyoJq6NT3HXMZGVwW8DCpVVozwGYm9BWvxX/s5184/IMG_9311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsQ2lpBXkPF-qbKpoIBF2Hk18z-65SD7RdOVTDEOzm2m6GPZSyN5KLy3NehDwZYuEvILrTIINLkFUGU4nI60tIp8kyIaqHc1vGk8Io0kKfzF1PRSt4brDKbr9_Mz2IALmLkCC0RHS9NjQCOHWPH7zuvCqfXyoJq6NT3HXMZGVwW8DCpVVozwGYm9BWvxX/w400-h300/IMG_9311.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stock Dove, singing and displaying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYYUGXFi46wjZV3nPD35ASg7yrgkJLxKb5YjK2ctBXHCSXiEQ9KDrPDsS8S-Qj-NFcn1fjOsGCA2TP7jFGbfEOoomOMDWnqr-zpZYUZsqh0X6kKEHy3RH9CiPghoCB14LN2MYDsQ6i5S3Wt1D0t3ks3Jwbuv9MKHpji2IZYsbcs-0a9Rj4QX-aYeCh6Ix/s5184/IMG_9329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYYUGXFi46wjZV3nPD35ASg7yrgkJLxKb5YjK2ctBXHCSXiEQ9KDrPDsS8S-Qj-NFcn1fjOsGCA2TP7jFGbfEOoomOMDWnqr-zpZYUZsqh0X6kKEHy3RH9CiPghoCB14LN2MYDsQ6i5S3Wt1D0t3ks3Jwbuv9MKHpji2IZYsbcs-0a9Rj4QX-aYeCh6Ix/w400-h300/IMG_9329.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two Lapwing chasing and pirouetting at Willerby Carr. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76PxEVG-ozB1OuJBdB4n269B9IVSOHRZZqNjwlKu_TQaKP5VfQnhxxqlR5muEV8iwqRLxLgPUs3iVRe9Tn-V230nkOMIsinF4S9eKslfsZUhXUZ58jcljN-pw3IkArh3_c5wWpmg5MM1qqYsaykXpLrF1T06525aZissqMyTYjg1A-2WUWlWV4cXsvXXi/s4032/PXL_20240109_101444855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76PxEVG-ozB1OuJBdB4n269B9IVSOHRZZqNjwlKu_TQaKP5VfQnhxxqlR5muEV8iwqRLxLgPUs3iVRe9Tn-V230nkOMIsinF4S9eKslfsZUhXUZ58jcljN-pw3IkArh3_c5wWpmg5MM1qqYsaykXpLrF1T06525aZissqMyTYjg1A-2WUWlWV4cXsvXXi/w400-h225/PXL_20240109_101444855.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Willerby Carr and Derringham flood reservoir was as full as I've ever seen it. Some Mallard and a pair of Wigeon were on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69zTiEKtK6YlkGPR0eSWg_lzWvnMVdllJJRNiqiu2tqXdLj8SAKhvvhnlyXx3H_qnroOaAsJDZfkPx66KOJFrgdEKMUGoWwgaEGpdEDN_W-EisnmaG7fhvHWHSVUBvJJjymCTKRxNFfqD80WU8fHS9QEx53c6PP_G8UMc5IN-vZNfxk49f0OF0b4SJSMX/s5184/IMG_9337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69zTiEKtK6YlkGPR0eSWg_lzWvnMVdllJJRNiqiu2tqXdLj8SAKhvvhnlyXx3H_qnroOaAsJDZfkPx66KOJFrgdEKMUGoWwgaEGpdEDN_W-EisnmaG7fhvHWHSVUBvJJjymCTKRxNFfqD80WU8fHS9QEx53c6PP_G8UMc5IN-vZNfxk49f0OF0b4SJSMX/w400-h300/IMG_9337.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wigeon and Mallard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJszk3lpFQFtnhNpw62RnmyEhHU2emI1ocB9amMiTvbMQ0hH9wGNpi-l7X5Ak8OWccm4N9EdR9Oy4oT47BtWkcf6M_Y9Ip71Wn68GLJsW8xqaMueT7S5yylhFM_nnIHdfW5BSFRk0S3ubHbBt11HqoIegswNV-_RD_JdhZMbq8by9Hy7ld4VvKtpiNiF4/s5184/IMG_9343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJszk3lpFQFtnhNpw62RnmyEhHU2emI1ocB9amMiTvbMQ0hH9wGNpi-l7X5Ak8OWccm4N9EdR9Oy4oT47BtWkcf6M_Y9Ip71Wn68GLJsW8xqaMueT7S5yylhFM_nnIHdfW5BSFRk0S3ubHbBt11HqoIegswNV-_RD_JdhZMbq8by9Hy7ld4VvKtpiNiF4/w400-h300/IMG_9343.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Displaying Black-headed Gulls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8Hg9QNuQ7lmOTx2GRoyIPdqEOp_TmfOFKY8tc4A_JDAK9Fhzq7y4FPuClsyMIbPuV-7gY5Nrf5PPYkpqyHx5vMVKBxBVMKltyKYyiq40TYhyphenhyphenBZDO3iPY27UQ3zakdltryknVD7xh-_Es8q_ShnH-SJBU6Ubu6VjASDJvjvEfQ5iD14Y8nONUlPB5mP2m/s5184/IMG_9352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8Hg9QNuQ7lmOTx2GRoyIPdqEOp_TmfOFKY8tc4A_JDAK9Fhzq7y4FPuClsyMIbPuV-7gY5Nrf5PPYkpqyHx5vMVKBxBVMKltyKYyiq40TYhyphenhyphenBZDO3iPY27UQ3zakdltryknVD7xh-_Es8q_ShnH-SJBU6Ubu6VjASDJvjvEfQ5iD14Y8nONUlPB5mP2m/w400-h300/IMG_9352.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Teal and Wigeon on the flashes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjz7P5sJj-M5-ufZ9Z9ejkBj_FQiVTnFpepTLi5dUjoGQpugNZLEUjTAUnXtWsmm5GK2A9KY_qDVmcm8vGZWbiMWvWimT8Au1sgKYnrEcbcuV7rEbavWLT32KmwTCsCQhMwFe5b7dbfaUxVxc4KYToXgyBVc_Xq8jFitf2G7gOXDWselcNydRRE8vRL55/s5184/IMG_9357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjz7P5sJj-M5-ufZ9Z9ejkBj_FQiVTnFpepTLi5dUjoGQpugNZLEUjTAUnXtWsmm5GK2A9KY_qDVmcm8vGZWbiMWvWimT8Au1sgKYnrEcbcuV7rEbavWLT32KmwTCsCQhMwFe5b7dbfaUxVxc4KYToXgyBVc_Xq8jFitf2G7gOXDWselcNydRRE8vRL55/w400-h300/IMG_9357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I counted 66 Lapwing roosting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuBLr_GlyXx1mv3KLPV0OCci2V0uLQwjv-v9p1a5JPnbYOi5EEXiFGG_WC4r8SM2ia9vhcET_ZuQK8Fub6Z3vlStMwx3Uf_a-LFr1Xt16WdPXHNZnntdpOE5xWjExuNK0KtWodOFEk_uK-jFfOrhnssWuP6cE7IfNwKbgs3L0L9C17bHMSLPIDp0jDvjF/s5184/IMG_9367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuBLr_GlyXx1mv3KLPV0OCci2V0uLQwjv-v9p1a5JPnbYOi5EEXiFGG_WC4r8SM2ia9vhcET_ZuQK8Fub6Z3vlStMwx3Uf_a-LFr1Xt16WdPXHNZnntdpOE5xWjExuNK0KtWodOFEk_uK-jFfOrhnssWuP6cE7IfNwKbgs3L0L9C17bHMSLPIDp0jDvjF/w400-h300/IMG_9367.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pony grazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I scan the field margins with the binoculars and spot a fox. It looks most relaxed, scratching, rolling on the ground, running back and forth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y3gfMPE3YKRA1sz7mS7jx65pM0sf7Z9SSUmZBQqn7GNdvvz8YcVF8nsW5xe1m88qUIp0T1hPCUzXsDy32Y7NAkGrOhY2JxpFaYx3RI9qV2VhEA5N9gSHKvigwdBAjjYArhhyphenhyphenO3VwR9L4exEqsJP2n1HC5mKNLR3UxqOO3c9og7YTr52p0j-nTQFGHTKN/s5184/IMG_9373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y3gfMPE3YKRA1sz7mS7jx65pM0sf7Z9SSUmZBQqn7GNdvvz8YcVF8nsW5xe1m88qUIp0T1hPCUzXsDy32Y7NAkGrOhY2JxpFaYx3RI9qV2VhEA5N9gSHKvigwdBAjjYArhhyphenhyphenO3VwR9L4exEqsJP2n1HC5mKNLR3UxqOO3c9og7YTr52p0j-nTQFGHTKN/w400-h300/IMG_9373.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Fox.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoQNwZdpGQCrEBUdWrSRzErQU5FhoZc9awdIdqKkGUfgcL-q_Oo0c3zjayalBKrh95qag1fL00pvbvaaQEth0m2yN43SqFLRQCzdojBaWoz-WqwWSDgQFQuap0aq_Nwo80XYKDkNC874sjPH7BMI6tEHya9lG8u8oFcbYV0oEZG8n1hVSDRSEnWtejvrX/s5184/IMG_9382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoQNwZdpGQCrEBUdWrSRzErQU5FhoZc9awdIdqKkGUfgcL-q_Oo0c3zjayalBKrh95qag1fL00pvbvaaQEth0m2yN43SqFLRQCzdojBaWoz-WqwWSDgQFQuap0aq_Nwo80XYKDkNC874sjPH7BMI6tEHya9lG8u8oFcbYV0oEZG8n1hVSDRSEnWtejvrX/w400-h300/IMG_9382.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood Lane is very muddy, but not flooded. Near the north paddocks a Roe Deer sitting on the field looks at me over her shoulder. It follows me with its gaze, but doesn't move. A wonderful encounter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRQg1zqGO4Z2K92p4GiFKbOiXsDiZ26adrthui1rTqwTBXZpZV1zZscnpyBnua8LIzUs_wX8tL5nxSS2UyuqRFoluhZevHSBEJIswwMXGoqmm-KQcdRTXGlGwSUtgNADQa_hC2pbiWjCUVmlkhHGFvoKgslRnQ7J2iz0FIGzZ37mchSxWmz3fQskA8EGH/s5184/IMG_9387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRQg1zqGO4Z2K92p4GiFKbOiXsDiZ26adrthui1rTqwTBXZpZV1zZscnpyBnua8LIzUs_wX8tL5nxSS2UyuqRFoluhZevHSBEJIswwMXGoqmm-KQcdRTXGlGwSUtgNADQa_hC2pbiWjCUVmlkhHGFvoKgslRnQ7J2iz0FIGzZ37mchSxWmz3fQskA8EGH/w400-h300/IMG_9387.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmcb76fuOGwzZFuiZeTYFO8x2aQj0u-Sv2gH95c2t06eqcySCR1ia7_EMGyx8YZL9aXPbBua0TaxHoEMHIrASKSYEMC1a2N4GFkIZDGjTnL7govadyRvh9M6Z9K8xISekFpetYmT0MKLDnl_SN9z1lubZpY6QntC09CJHJ__bFCWkhM9p5XUF5yb-YMa1/s5184/IMG_9390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I catch up with the local pair of Ruddy Shelduck, feeding on the flash south of the crematorium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wgHnosy64I4HLTkBmmJq2Q6_x0PD6RxBuQISQTrj-dQljQoKercTWpGhzO-J8_9vCes1VHANg_lxR1Xc7H4mM1YCvNW88pJ72MvkWMJOvLOEUDWN3iQd_NUMQEO_worXKISkHmHIA7BNHs99sQusGeIeBVEhpJxHwLJHYnaaL46wPvaODaAdLVCE89A_/s5184/IMG_9400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wgHnosy64I4HLTkBmmJq2Q6_x0PD6RxBuQISQTrj-dQljQoKercTWpGhzO-J8_9vCes1VHANg_lxR1Xc7H4mM1YCvNW88pJ72MvkWMJOvLOEUDWN3iQd_NUMQEO_worXKISkHmHIA7BNHs99sQusGeIeBVEhpJxHwLJHYnaaL46wPvaODaAdLVCE89A_/w400-h300/IMG_9400.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLJ4i3a-xXlX9u4zyaFJgtmaX9IYOiM83Afk8bftw8fino0LwBmz6cB53sL2u8mWyTyIVKFDKg-SvuEJpTMtmzBHhM5GmwcV5_maP1O0xfe2UaSyETT2TYMI9XpK8MQnz7LwhfPIbrS6il_bPqj4lU0NUb7kGEQlRrpERpHf5CVYYv5UzngVOqThuOLwW/s5184/IMG_9411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk over the Avenues.</div><br /><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-14896708366275550372023-12-05T18:45:00.000+00:002023-12-12T18:46:19.593+00:00Train trip: Leeds City Museum<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH9JfLSspkVqmYBYLjtFhEok71Xb513CWN8XH3-CFB-ra0CAKVqALI18dbpc2DX8xnhKqKAaO2_vyHHQk_4i9Lyog3NyC99qnVRqAoqMSUrcYJfzu3C_oit-u_SWHjhJRiDLZqXO9PYxhAlVMgk2Y-T3L2mu3EJqeXR7uGsX7SJzkeULqzq2tlXyhqjTG/s4032/PXL_20231205_104400289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH9JfLSspkVqmYBYLjtFhEok71Xb513CWN8XH3-CFB-ra0CAKVqALI18dbpc2DX8xnhKqKAaO2_vyHHQk_4i9Lyog3NyC99qnVRqAoqMSUrcYJfzu3C_oit-u_SWHjhJRiDLZqXO9PYxhAlVMgk2Y-T3L2mu3EJqeXR7uGsX7SJzkeULqzq2tlXyhqjTG/w640-h360/PXL_20231205_104400289.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I travelled to Leeds to visit the <a href="https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-city-museum/visit-leeds-city-museum/" target="_blank">Leeds City Museum</a> to research an upcoming walk series. There is a limit in the number of walks I can do holding an umbrella, so I've decided to visit Yorkshire museums on rainy Tuesdays (most museums close on Mondays). The building is pretty impressive and I was very pleasantly surprised. The museum is conveniently a 10 minute walk from the train station. My focus was the Life on Earth exhibit, although the Collectors Cabinet had a lot to keep me interested too.<p></p><p>These are my five highlights:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxg8Poc4CdmdmO_nkWQZ2aKVAEFixiH-XspYF63CAGpuWnRDUSzjMqx_XHK8MSVXtwMlcZToSrFOH-f7a4bHrMucgUt20gjBlcqfwW1q18PAF5NlncF3WHum8zHb1ITV_LRZIzfDSYrXbtHIpe-HxFZb1tS8bH6LogpUFMneN6igzUM9cTVoWFZmito75D/s4032/PXL_20231205_105030083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxg8Poc4CdmdmO_nkWQZ2aKVAEFixiH-XspYF63CAGpuWnRDUSzjMqx_XHK8MSVXtwMlcZToSrFOH-f7a4bHrMucgUt20gjBlcqfwW1q18PAF5NlncF3WHum8zHb1ITV_LRZIzfDSYrXbtHIpe-HxFZb1tS8bH6LogpUFMneN6igzUM9cTVoWFZmito75D/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_105030083.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>1. <b>Giant Deer, <i>Megaloceros giganteus</i>. </b>A most impressive complete skeleton greets you from a high plinth in front of the entrance of the exhibit. It has been displayed at the Museum for over 150 years and it originates from Lough Gur, near Limerick in Ireland. Peat bogs in Ireland yielded many remains of this species, with complete skeletons regularly found. The species was distributed from Ireland to Siberia during the Pleistocene, and the last dated specimens lived 12000 years old in Germany and 7000 years ago in Siberia. The species became extinct shortly after.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpSgH9Q_4qM5xJiS3ofcllzoXa3Q47lMgRAs5OuR_LPp_S5U0sHNS0uK-NLHjR0JBTqwae3LLI1Z0xFoJPbrP1VrUyZeOsMX143LdkuP_X6nsSDcN6Rv6U3tOls3-4F7iBWpwgtJPl2rO6hOwt7-cUw6Y0UjUn-epJBoCC3aPNXF9T8mNgcQftNsJObrx/s4032/PXL_20231205_111239017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpSgH9Q_4qM5xJiS3ofcllzoXa3Q47lMgRAs5OuR_LPp_S5U0sHNS0uK-NLHjR0JBTqwae3LLI1Z0xFoJPbrP1VrUyZeOsMX143LdkuP_X6nsSDcN6Rv6U3tOls3-4F7iBWpwgtJPl2rO6hOwt7-cUw6Y0UjUn-epJBoCC3aPNXF9T8mNgcQftNsJObrx/w225-h400/PXL_20231205_111239017.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>2. <b>Heavy-footed Moa, <i>Pachyornis elephantopus</i>.</b> This magnificent skeleton is in the Collectors' Cabinet gallery of the Museum. Moas became extinct shortly after humans colonised New Zealand. The Heavy-footed Moa lived in the lowlands of the South Island and had a diverse vegetarian diet that included coarse vegetation. There were nine species of moa. Although thought to be related to the Emus, Casowaries and Ostriches and regarded as Ratites, the flightless, heavy bodies evolved through convergent adaptation to a cursory lifestyle and moas are now considered to have their own order, Dinornithiformes. Moas even lack the vestigial wings of other flightless birds.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSwjOiQ7Agyb0h9NLX9PM-DfRzOPzSBoDFDqxOPzwfbFJb9YhoTFvUnIimgL93SQuO_8RNaSNYhoNiw_tCrGKObEMz3qIi7wmxugMwU8Gu3CYq04bLkYiSUVK7nA4RpYzyB5FGVNf7xnN4coR1hoRDNSvKJhZox5pjbYcR1oMAw6d1ojH9jbVmcSvvUis/s2572/original_e37ee6fd-ca29-45e1-86c4-8ccef6027c3e_PXL_20231205_105138554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="2572" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSwjOiQ7Agyb0h9NLX9PM-DfRzOPzSBoDFDqxOPzwfbFJb9YhoTFvUnIimgL93SQuO_8RNaSNYhoNiw_tCrGKObEMz3qIi7wmxugMwU8Gu3CYq04bLkYiSUVK7nA4RpYzyB5FGVNf7xnN4coR1hoRDNSvKJhZox5pjbYcR1oMAw6d1ojH9jbVmcSvvUis/w400-h300/original_e37ee6fd-ca29-45e1-86c4-8ccef6027c3e_PXL_20231205_105138554.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><b>3. A Beaver skull from Wawne.</b> There is a Beaver exhibit which sadly it replaced the Thylacine one, that I was looking forward to, but to compensate the Beaver skull shown in the exhibit comes from the village of Wawne, just north of Hull. Beavers got extinct in the UK centuries ago, but they have been reintroduced, legally or illegally in Scotland and England, and regarded as key in various rewilding projects. The skull is a very tangible reminder that Beavers thrived in East Yorkshire before the area was drained and rivers embanked. A <a href="https://wildathull.blogspot.com/2020/07/migrants-way-stage-11-atwick-to-skipsea.html" target="_blank">Beaver dam preserved in peat</a> can be seen at Skipsea, regarded to be 10,000 years old. Beavers are also thought to have given their name to Beverley (=Beaver Lake).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseKMK-yG7xzik-ljsrOzBue3SNdwMH1w-o8RzX4SqqGl3xFV09u24q2jae6ffrq_ijwBkLo17ZEh0rQWFkrXw_KkUWrLDxLca86LCnUYxiF4ahOxsL0l2-EQtcCrHMBZapIiVLggb9omW1qAnkRFb1gbyho0nCJADobFB-IOGsGkBu4MJ39N19GHCl_mA/s4032/PXL_20231205_105050120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseKMK-yG7xzik-ljsrOzBue3SNdwMH1w-o8RzX4SqqGl3xFV09u24q2jae6ffrq_ijwBkLo17ZEh0rQWFkrXw_KkUWrLDxLca86LCnUYxiF4ahOxsL0l2-EQtcCrHMBZapIiVLggb9omW1qAnkRFb1gbyho0nCJADobFB-IOGsGkBu4MJ39N19GHCl_mA/w225-h400/PXL_20231205_105050120.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p><b>4. Dodo, <i>Raphus cucullatus</i></b>. Dodo remains are extremely rare, and there are no stuffed specimens or full skeletons, all display skeletons are composites of various bones. The display shows a partial skeleton. The white bones are casts from other existing bones, whilst the dark bones are the subfossils, so it is a very incomplete skeleton. The Dodo was an endemic flightless giant pigeon of the island of Mauritius, it became extinct in 1662 and subsequently became an icon of extinction. It's closest living relative is the Nicobar Pigeon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh8vZKfr5htCkZKYRzL2OI4eK5xeRY7EbdYO0IcWbqypp-LfJh5lLiVhxoyo6d15SfdyIjky90KMbPRLK1L6QqzG4WI35As5lv-OyvBQUbHjwDuLT6qr6bEYugCu29RpBJphs_9UYF1UrYyayiCUudyqeIq-HaD6hVM8_E73vEl2iKZnSgwQKbNeUy6qX/s4032/original_d45b0056-46dd-46b9-a67d-7f4f01cdf3e1_PXL_20231205_105523443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh8vZKfr5htCkZKYRzL2OI4eK5xeRY7EbdYO0IcWbqypp-LfJh5lLiVhxoyo6d15SfdyIjky90KMbPRLK1L6QqzG4WI35As5lv-OyvBQUbHjwDuLT6qr6bEYugCu29RpBJphs_9UYF1UrYyayiCUudyqeIq-HaD6hVM8_E73vEl2iKZnSgwQKbNeUy6qX/w400-h225/original_d45b0056-46dd-46b9-a67d-7f4f01cdf3e1_PXL_20231205_105523443.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This hippo skull , which appears to be recent, accompanies the mount of the Armley hippo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SXbccB1yfDBUUuv0DfqvXecdbCQRph0jdM3KSZBxMiK4cP5X2CRbKwce6NPjw-2Fy4rOJ_2BMI-YcAsH-warzC7ELJzz7ZexdAvvQjJf4VaYb8n1ooClpXBq1pX_nl8B_R2CYlrX2JUqVMHjqF3D8-DqN82r50OC22NlfG1-DpmfG8EtsdGllGa1YYMg/s3023/original_a39a5183-deec-4646-bd1f-8df5a9717a61_PXL_20231205_105558983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3023" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SXbccB1yfDBUUuv0DfqvXecdbCQRph0jdM3KSZBxMiK4cP5X2CRbKwce6NPjw-2Fy4rOJ_2BMI-YcAsH-warzC7ELJzz7ZexdAvvQjJf4VaYb8n1ooClpXBq1pX_nl8B_R2CYlrX2JUqVMHjqF3D8-DqN82r50OC22NlfG1-DpmfG8EtsdGllGa1YYMg/w400-h300/original_a39a5183-deec-4646-bd1f-8df5a9717a61_PXL_20231205_105558983.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b>5. The Armley Hippo, Hippopotamus amphibious.</b> In 1851, workmen digging clay at a brickworks near the river Aire, uncovered some very large bones. The bones were identified by Henry Denny, the then museum curator, as belonging to a Hippo. Denny collected more bones in the area, over two years. The bones appeared to belong to three or four individuals and some were in positions suggested that whole carcasses had been deposited on a bend in the old river. Hippos lived in southern Britain during the last interglacial, the Ipswichian, about 120,000 years ago, when the climate was regarded as warmer than today's.</p><p>Some other highlights include a pair of Huias, a New Zealand bird species where male and female had very different bill shapes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAaTay_Soozu37tR3MlzI7gD1hZuh8V5ObvXCC39R01L5PrTe4gUO-b5Mjmrie75y9fntOK3zE1Y2gZoatGsX0m85JoDhoSZavig1-G4YTKblMDp698gFLuT13XppYrXjNp8lCdjuckStczEXiGEZR0u8xibRFYWtgIS99RYnhhSmTEx8VVFCVk-bHxlb/s4032/PXL_20231205_104917349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAaTay_Soozu37tR3MlzI7gD1hZuh8V5ObvXCC39R01L5PrTe4gUO-b5Mjmrie75y9fntOK3zE1Y2gZoatGsX0m85JoDhoSZavig1-G4YTKblMDp698gFLuT13XppYrXjNp8lCdjuckStczEXiGEZR0u8xibRFYWtgIS99RYnhhSmTEx8VVFCVk-bHxlb/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_104917349.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Female Huia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qfwq-RG0nKma_qss-V2K5Wgp_rm5a1SgC9cxN-SKrQzG00H19nw_V6N24tMehXKQbmZQ4-nh6Gxr_ASl7RUN_LLuKFKtCKBSi_UqgEo0Y09qHhN2naycevRw7Huy58WtKdUYKyjBtR4tmtoCzo9dWdCcRoNGRbjK-84jHyj5mttwGZe-fko63jg6B6Vt/s4032/PXL_20231205_104929006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qfwq-RG0nKma_qss-V2K5Wgp_rm5a1SgC9cxN-SKrQzG00H19nw_V6N24tMehXKQbmZQ4-nh6Gxr_ASl7RUN_LLuKFKtCKBSi_UqgEo0Y09qHhN2naycevRw7Huy58WtKdUYKyjBtR4tmtoCzo9dWdCcRoNGRbjK-84jHyj5mttwGZe-fko63jg6B6Vt/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_104929006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male huia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB9W2Zvc2C6jW5UNkoTNEMiicMMkEouxyXgbrkwcOPaD3QgWvlikR08QVnDEh7TWDD4f3_4AdIWhM_D8Gt3HIjLwW_vDviVPPd-EQzIJI44O23Gdr_ZD6d8gq_IhhFxTWA28nl58_N5FwXHjACkCODG8ZN6tKR6-CYZC7OtPKXh3HQeI-pcci_ssm7jYc/s4032/PXL_20231205_112912172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB9W2Zvc2C6jW5UNkoTNEMiicMMkEouxyXgbrkwcOPaD3QgWvlikR08QVnDEh7TWDD4f3_4AdIWhM_D8Gt3HIjLwW_vDviVPPd-EQzIJI44O23Gdr_ZD6d8gq_IhhFxTWA28nl58_N5FwXHjACkCODG8ZN6tKR6-CYZC7OtPKXh3HQeI-pcci_ssm7jYc/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_112912172.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A display showcasing the diversity of mollusc shapes and sizes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoOJrR4WXRPvHb0Vwofzdgdsl_gm5xd96yEq9ry2sFAmp0QSgQpr1SrfRXmoNfIlwi7FgZ3HkhGZ7p4XlyHTfj-7T6GaRAt2j-8vnDkDwKImulH5oCALsZmLp8Oje95cXskO0oYDPEAj0XIsKOQvWj3sWrgO7FCKfsymTDkSwkpQNEVgCMStPV7LaYIIK/s3090/original_b8b7cfdf-22da-4329-8673-1226ca81673a_PXL_20231205_113134507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="3090" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoOJrR4WXRPvHb0Vwofzdgdsl_gm5xd96yEq9ry2sFAmp0QSgQpr1SrfRXmoNfIlwi7FgZ3HkhGZ7p4XlyHTfj-7T6GaRAt2j-8vnDkDwKImulH5oCALsZmLp8Oje95cXskO0oYDPEAj0XIsKOQvWj3sWrgO7FCKfsymTDkSwkpQNEVgCMStPV7LaYIIK/w400-h266/original_b8b7cfdf-22da-4329-8673-1226ca81673a_PXL_20231205_113134507.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lion skull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcH8E0JYOk8hfn6iq4r-UBgeJJftoDGrOESySToyngiXvTowoTwCmiy408sPPdbwRSSTTtAOnqfq4l1l4M7ocs69fMMV8Fr7bDT6q5O80vD8w6skzjkXkRUBKkvw__VpkfrEtPpcc32xRbUE7c7HDK5-eyHzawq3Td-_YHMrXTISV7ZmhbhQJGGhcWEh1/s4032/PXL_20231205_113056244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcH8E0JYOk8hfn6iq4r-UBgeJJftoDGrOESySToyngiXvTowoTwCmiy408sPPdbwRSSTTtAOnqfq4l1l4M7ocs69fMMV8Fr7bDT6q5O80vD8w6skzjkXkRUBKkvw__VpkfrEtPpcc32xRbUE7c7HDK5-eyHzawq3Td-_YHMrXTISV7ZmhbhQJGGhcWEh1/w400-h225/PXL_20231205_113056244.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Platypus.</div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-42109878349822981142023-11-28T20:57:00.005+00:002023-11-28T20:57:51.817+00:00Train trip: Bridlington North Beach<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq63d6Sj-IltQ2e2jDbMs94y3Q8-LotEwKbTYbmugnznBsitCddkqtZnEn_3gYgy9YkUwDptxi6Bwj3-NvpAdOlYHD6pkRILtHdFdIibHImthpp2BM1YN7oOKtYysE6780Z6hL555_lYlKvNXhz1X9XYBxmMaGCTp-xq0idVAq5d6jDArC7Ho1h_YGNoCX/s4032/PXL_20231128_110843256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq63d6Sj-IltQ2e2jDbMs94y3Q8-LotEwKbTYbmugnznBsitCddkqtZnEn_3gYgy9YkUwDptxi6Bwj3-NvpAdOlYHD6pkRILtHdFdIibHImthpp2BM1YN7oOKtYysE6780Z6hL555_lYlKvNXhz1X9XYBxmMaGCTp-xq0idVAq5d6jDArC7Ho1h_YGNoCX/w640-h360/PXL_20231128_110843256.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Blue sky, crisp frost and light breeze, I take the train to Bridlington, aiming to get to the Sewerby Steps and back. The Gypsey Race is in spate, I've never seen it flowing so strong.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzvVFUDLcxElTJX9eWBuzdTMXG1rnHLYVniepJcIqTHQlmDiAUt4BZcTzwVhZ3_CAqpL0y4IwhoH4VM0rPdTuqjlZ5mBH9Y171hGc8ambDQTHtPdNC-tOVd3RvRSi1fdX2lBkqTaAJ5WG1naAatjAK75IdxzO0uRIuCKkoOSUcrarZTPGm4EAr_nXRvnU/s4032/PXL_20231128_091832914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzvVFUDLcxElTJX9eWBuzdTMXG1rnHLYVniepJcIqTHQlmDiAUt4BZcTzwVhZ3_CAqpL0y4IwhoH4VM0rPdTuqjlZ5mBH9Y171hGc8ambDQTHtPdNC-tOVd3RvRSi1fdX2lBkqTaAJ5WG1naAatjAK75IdxzO0uRIuCKkoOSUcrarZTPGm4EAr_nXRvnU/w400-h225/PXL_20231128_091832914.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PlLp2jm0V7F42ZxkdbC7fAHe9aJZmkiwqzVCKyXeTTic63tO55h6D6fxKn4nT-7HmtUothZMhodPJ7ISik94r4uLo04TWVoxbk69ARP-1J_0_nPxG5-cPRMCTrWsTFIOqdC_j3XHQoMGtwcGAj52s88qApU0PPPkYw0OsIP6KD2TboMA5RHihTLECQ-4/s4032/PXL_20231128_091957021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PlLp2jm0V7F42ZxkdbC7fAHe9aJZmkiwqzVCKyXeTTic63tO55h6D6fxKn4nT-7HmtUothZMhodPJ7ISik94r4uLo04TWVoxbk69ARP-1J_0_nPxG5-cPRMCTrWsTFIOqdC_j3XHQoMGtwcGAj52s88qApU0PPPkYw0OsIP6KD2TboMA5RHihTLECQ-4/w400-h225/PXL_20231128_091957021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't help but to have a peek on the south side of the harbour wall before heading north. A Purple Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher are the highlights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22JBT6gyky_cLnoGB3kSZ6a92P-OK_IscJcb-OX1eBACiQ4q4TAjre4Kt6JOWfdfFOIqCvJRE42_a40-gTY4iviymihOXA6_b-JHYWxilo-skE8sJ1OHpnbO1GaHSHPVYJwG2Alvf6phqnuRas5w52U-yqpOR9BaHPBnUOCxz6nqtSDiAmcU6qTM6FM84/s2444/IMG_7481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="2444" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22JBT6gyky_cLnoGB3kSZ6a92P-OK_IscJcb-OX1eBACiQ4q4TAjre4Kt6JOWfdfFOIqCvJRE42_a40-gTY4iviymihOXA6_b-JHYWxilo-skE8sJ1OHpnbO1GaHSHPVYJwG2Alvf6phqnuRas5w52U-yqpOR9BaHPBnUOCxz6nqtSDiAmcU6qTM6FM84/w400-h300/IMG_7481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purple Sandpiper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_AE4e2lSyfBZED37MxL84jwc7_YS2M8LP57z8qNa0jonr8BiTtJI4D6NCpnjaDX60QwU8ZdcCHN8gv_6f1I7xuzxa6ebyT3J8ulSVoB8ybfS2ZTvfJMryLOKenSKkPliOOxzSxqtBmhO851BAvXJ6zk0kxvvARDS4hkeaMqzk0fmlubxRfNowBG_Vf-e/s4608/IMG_7486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_AE4e2lSyfBZED37MxL84jwc7_YS2M8LP57z8qNa0jonr8BiTtJI4D6NCpnjaDX60QwU8ZdcCHN8gv_6f1I7xuzxa6ebyT3J8ulSVoB8ybfS2ZTvfJMryLOKenSKkPliOOxzSxqtBmhO851BAvXJ6zk0kxvvARDS4hkeaMqzk0fmlubxRfNowBG_Vf-e/w400-h300/IMG_7486.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oystercatcher.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waves are strong on south beach, and there is a lot of mist in the air. I'm glad I'm heading north!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvxb8ub-x4C73jdaJJLckggyNy4bkFuBJEdL2KwoGz9asOcQMfEb-g_akoHpNQ2ne9Nl84Q4s76uDFSDuzgzGoaM75ZPjqQJ5wTiuE_dDMErunDStI1HLZmP-wV9sRQJkdONC0tUJJBfTBxhvqs5Lk0xg9TcaxYrB0zqX3EwQZRG7MqC7mXtvi_fG8Fz6/s4608/IMG_7488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvxb8ub-x4C73jdaJJLckggyNy4bkFuBJEdL2KwoGz9asOcQMfEb-g_akoHpNQ2ne9Nl84Q4s76uDFSDuzgzGoaM75ZPjqQJ5wTiuE_dDMErunDStI1HLZmP-wV9sRQJkdONC0tUJJBfTBxhvqs5Lk0xg9TcaxYrB0zqX3EwQZRG7MqC7mXtvi_fG8Fz6/w400-h300/IMG_7488.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cormorants on the South Beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the harbour there is a flock of Dunlin bathing. It's almost low tide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wgkBxxb89ALxRnecZ3Dw5MOWijT0qykPDfl6piWZT82MlksbrszykEXm8Eb8EpDMPiUIw3dF6dfGotoLAP_KHsjZBhQ7tB3b3BS9Cybh3Mh6ElCYQr_HVUEX7bw2GgBqibRYFwrMurFNhz_96i_Bok8uRMnDq4iQzqgruv7c5iAbDEA8PimU4VmbzLvC/s4608/IMG_7491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wgkBxxb89ALxRnecZ3Dw5MOWijT0qykPDfl6piWZT82MlksbrszykEXm8Eb8EpDMPiUIw3dF6dfGotoLAP_KHsjZBhQ7tB3b3BS9Cybh3Mh6ElCYQr_HVUEX7bw2GgBqibRYFwrMurFNhz_96i_Bok8uRMnDq4iQzqgruv7c5iAbDEA8PimU4VmbzLvC/w400-h300/IMG_7491.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dunlin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I move onto the north promenade. A pair of Turnstones are squabbling for a dead crab, but a crow arrives and picks it for a bit, before leaving it again to the Turnstones. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn33aFy7yeVCLVgwLka535MA_cJSHcyqd9mmolkuBqYmnnZ9VXRykBHxo0n9pKU0rQahekXTmrlAsdIeCT_ct16hFAbTlXd3DhRYY_Hzzd0ft6aQA0kDbOMQsInMqr_NzRkys7cJSKcuS_EyvAgOZccTnYykJ6ofwV8V8gPnUUmKTk0SZHXxs10ys_6EV/s4608/IMG_7507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn33aFy7yeVCLVgwLka535MA_cJSHcyqd9mmolkuBqYmnnZ9VXRykBHxo0n9pKU0rQahekXTmrlAsdIeCT_ct16hFAbTlXd3DhRYY_Hzzd0ft6aQA0kDbOMQsInMqr_NzRkys7cJSKcuS_EyvAgOZccTnYykJ6ofwV8V8gPnUUmKTk0SZHXxs10ys_6EV/w400-h300/IMG_7507.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_NkxXySLdVP18hoA6I60aOm6ExKCx0KRbs0nVcDcQgS22lmdtvioTsgU9E2Bs6JDgbWKz9a1XZ-v7UJVmbGBv3HvMDgFgFol277HDKn_IANOBPlfL5NmsUQUyjvwkbCT9s9f_bIA0d7Y1s6XJ3FUiI6So5nyapuVOTWoJGcIYjFqKerxsCLnYANIVRkS/s4608/IMG_7510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_NkxXySLdVP18hoA6I60aOm6ExKCx0KRbs0nVcDcQgS22lmdtvioTsgU9E2Bs6JDgbWKz9a1XZ-v7UJVmbGBv3HvMDgFgFol277HDKn_IANOBPlfL5NmsUQUyjvwkbCT9s9f_bIA0d7Y1s6XJ3FUiI6So5nyapuVOTWoJGcIYjFqKerxsCLnYANIVRkS/w400-h300/IMG_7510.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are many freshwater seepages and streams across the beach and a group of gulls are having a bath on one of them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf6e7j5yNIRK2n9bQL-ED4uQs6te7_BZ-m7UCQQVeaIHWxG6HgLj63-_kzcQxr_lPsTYDdmeec2Yy1VWln6iGJxSKV-9dDHybND42gH4KjJKY38CGduNI19G6dcdYgx0QasJ0hjgrHC8Mjh64DkzzCqyTMIL1UzTx4pPXXkEiWAUG9PIqB6uqazO07NYJ/s4608/IMG_7522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf6e7j5yNIRK2n9bQL-ED4uQs6te7_BZ-m7UCQQVeaIHWxG6HgLj63-_kzcQxr_lPsTYDdmeec2Yy1VWln6iGJxSKV-9dDHybND42gH4KjJKY38CGduNI19G6dcdYgx0QasJ0hjgrHC8Mjh64DkzzCqyTMIL1UzTx4pPXXkEiWAUG9PIqB6uqazO07NYJ/w400-h300/IMG_7522.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_nlliX4FqW0A-9BQ8xY6UOII6rsv6XswUoi8mgfN3whn_kidj5m7FbTmLY6MxcJdZ5Heq613MJ66XhBHx8eS9xa-WiWGcwRVrMAmdvq2TZrHkFS35d7mQlo1POgGcKHZxQhnzNmpZrd4gp0rl7HS16995U4BpCHkagY91IO4iTbq3-KszYh1H0t1G_Xf/s4032/PXL_20231128_103456133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_nlliX4FqW0A-9BQ8xY6UOII6rsv6XswUoi8mgfN3whn_kidj5m7FbTmLY6MxcJdZ5Heq613MJ66XhBHx8eS9xa-WiWGcwRVrMAmdvq2TZrHkFS35d7mQlo1POgGcKHZxQhnzNmpZrd4gp0rl7HS16995U4BpCHkagY91IO4iTbq3-KszYh1H0t1G_Xf/w400-h225/PXL_20231128_103456133.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a seepage on the soft cliff, where the deposits from the water have hardened sand into some kind of sandstone. The water flows over it and the sandstone has rims holding the water in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T5XfbT2Y0iCsVtZGPtLeA6QPhDrqYX-lUgoxlZUASt0i37JQ8pSq3rdHtxvpfVyklfMP-4tVZVIly8DJBLvg0m2i6Yesur6HSh8YA5IK4iQdNsbSdbYxf3VvI3fdY-VNZrrvY0qvEifuzuO4J7M8US_Wq70qCoG5CqQvkIE0M7ZuZ9VaLDCSS8n5cumN/s4032/PXL_20231128_103946279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T5XfbT2Y0iCsVtZGPtLeA6QPhDrqYX-lUgoxlZUASt0i37JQ8pSq3rdHtxvpfVyklfMP-4tVZVIly8DJBLvg0m2i6Yesur6HSh8YA5IK4iQdNsbSdbYxf3VvI3fdY-VNZrrvY0qvEifuzuO4J7M8US_Wq70qCoG5CqQvkIE0M7ZuZ9VaLDCSS8n5cumN/w400-h225/PXL_20231128_103946279.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is tufa stone, the deposits have hardened around horsetail stems. There are a lot of horsetails on this area of the cliff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbKlu-a5_yashBYuD-uS5KDaHiThysLLpAbHE_79mHCchKVw29za95yZcFuzGWF05WjGv6gYyONDHA4_Qh4LtJOglqDwMnaySolKKo7KNN0nbh3psiT56XEb8Wdo6XtHhVcETi1hYwJUfTmmMTk6_RrS5s0R6zMKmxUmI_OA3M1XN9laKKw2S77q9Uu4F/s4608/IMG_7545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbKlu-a5_yashBYuD-uS5KDaHiThysLLpAbHE_79mHCchKVw29za95yZcFuzGWF05WjGv6gYyONDHA4_Qh4LtJOglqDwMnaySolKKo7KNN0nbh3psiT56XEb8Wdo6XtHhVcETi1hYwJUfTmmMTk6_RrS5s0R6zMKmxUmI_OA3M1XN9laKKw2S77q9Uu4F/w400-h300/IMG_7545.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now the cliff looks like a conglomerate of gravel. One of the holes near the top is the best rabbit burrow in Yorkshire: south-facing, with wonderful sea views and safe too atop the cliff (plenty of grass on clifftop)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9WkMNFRDd8erVGqL6QrI7qgwLzQAw5L23QAg_MK4qqUmo8OzfM5iCfJpYursmIJKk19BCokCiG2dARGEfFl0Om2AFn4Y2SsXocE6r1UN54f4MerZXtZDUGN5bC7R9KbxrZOA4fGIP9I8IEc09ZvxRdQcgeOObxkP3FB-hB9lA1Meo_1D913m-HrlS_ae/s4608/IMG_7568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9WkMNFRDd8erVGqL6QrI7qgwLzQAw5L23QAg_MK4qqUmo8OzfM5iCfJpYursmIJKk19BCokCiG2dARGEfFl0Om2AFn4Y2SsXocE6r1UN54f4MerZXtZDUGN5bC7R9KbxrZOA4fGIP9I8IEc09ZvxRdQcgeOObxkP3FB-hB9lA1Meo_1D913m-HrlS_ae/w400-h300/IMG_7568.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were many Robins on the cliffs, two of these were chasing, but they they settled for a few minutes and got my first photo of three Robins!</div><p style="text-align: left;">I get to the Sewerby buried palaeobeach, where the cliff line goes under the glacial till. There is little to see today as there has been recent till falls onto the chalk edge.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufFLIuMKoBycabB93xMv0zuIPRnLbm-FEM64ycOsUNDfO0HHjXp5m8QoDUp4aSTfH4_DEX7EsL9v9_DOsISBDzBqkK_CgZ-xl5e3iwmCBumUVUIdZmRm641sjUQRew9Nau3TdQQjqT9eU7zC0lbTPmlirQUkB5VVum2TdHn-chj1BZXRUOYGYWoT-DTP8/s4032/PXL_20231128_110223330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufFLIuMKoBycabB93xMv0zuIPRnLbm-FEM64ycOsUNDfO0HHjXp5m8QoDUp4aSTfH4_DEX7EsL9v9_DOsISBDzBqkK_CgZ-xl5e3iwmCBumUVUIdZmRm641sjUQRew9Nau3TdQQjqT9eU7zC0lbTPmlirQUkB5VVum2TdHn-chj1BZXRUOYGYWoT-DTP8/w400-h225/PXL_20231128_110223330.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDULfKHLoXLrjmw0WdR-AcBxHVS_bwRLY03hFQJM0PD2cFs12GHmnEDhELFDKqCvaTYgoGREL9lDNLTwhRXJNx4ENByLpfNfAp__MwQeAMCXqFj6FbktMfqdDRPO3UvyZASuFndOMja89H0Ncbzg6YKiWgczf7jFjQzHrtnRLs9baDxxG7c1EimuBeAo9h/s4608/IMG_7583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDULfKHLoXLrjmw0WdR-AcBxHVS_bwRLY03hFQJM0PD2cFs12GHmnEDhELFDKqCvaTYgoGREL9lDNLTwhRXJNx4ENByLpfNfAp__MwQeAMCXqFj6FbktMfqdDRPO3UvyZASuFndOMja89H0Ncbzg6YKiWgczf7jFjQzHrtnRLs9baDxxG7c1EimuBeAo9h/w400-h300/IMG_7583.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pair of House Sparrows came down to the beach to feed on seaweed. I've seen this behaviour before, maybe seaweed has some minerals that are lacking in their more terrestrial diet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXCzVspurM1yCxoHIs2kSjVR0Dx4VJGVCw2abasuhV7PTMaeMfmlD4iGmuCHOutiR9Hygs-sm8GyXDfaYIVwtLqLa7jy4dPgioB3CtNhUOBtHrJIhu9D25ORDelfAQgdOeyQqRV8ub9zGNGHBBOVIXgIaW9B92eYKaEP2sE8hBGhXO5ksGDz6JvOlWMOM/s4608/IMG_7585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXCzVspurM1yCxoHIs2kSjVR0Dx4VJGVCw2abasuhV7PTMaeMfmlD4iGmuCHOutiR9Hygs-sm8GyXDfaYIVwtLqLa7jy4dPgioB3CtNhUOBtHrJIhu9D25ORDelfAQgdOeyQqRV8ub9zGNGHBBOVIXgIaW9B92eYKaEP2sE8hBGhXO5ksGDz6JvOlWMOM/w400-h300/IMG_7585.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, a Rock Pipit near the Sewerby steps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5sZqNp_9nh0yb7rUlHtFlwafTK2IUYXQqk8riYjHC_syb5FqQss5MCLT7PaMDq0nYswGBbipQ01n2MgMxSTMWbEGL6ZSkWWLqY6lG1VRg_PsKfvts63IQa7vkeirahL-DmYxVcV6B3XREUsAXL3Odu_0nWsMJrrIdopLvUWaHQK-MNGJkoqeNL8TNDXs/w400-h300/IMG_7618.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a lot of Redshanks in the harbour looking ready to roost.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-14148287970787817802023-11-21T19:58:00.002+00:002023-11-21T19:58:14.694+00:00Train trip: Scarborough Harbour and Rotunda Museum<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOwWSyOck2kTp9mlFlzKLAVtuZvfShvaiPcs2uId65Dre4wkg8CUB6JA69ahYuTrPawEOhL126DUWKOSBm0EehVldSyeb0qJulHHnlvNvB8EoGcsDJMUB2bEtt-NZt_w6yja45KOfam0mW-hPOuxQlguuaABUOzhfV5TmmEUEVUqBWe8hRqIfz8eUXdzd/s4032/PXL_20231121_100313564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOwWSyOck2kTp9mlFlzKLAVtuZvfShvaiPcs2uId65Dre4wkg8CUB6JA69ahYuTrPawEOhL126DUWKOSBm0EehVldSyeb0qJulHHnlvNvB8EoGcsDJMUB2bEtt-NZt_w6yja45KOfam0mW-hPOuxQlguuaABUOzhfV5TmmEUEVUqBWe8hRqIfz8eUXdzd/w640-h360/PXL_20231121_100313564.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;">I wanted to visit the Rotunda Museum to see some of its Pleistocene fossils for an upcoming walk, so I took the 8:21 train and was at the Rotunda for its opening time at 10:00. I spent a very interesting hour looking at the collections and cabinets. An addition since the last time I visited is the Walrus skull found at Reighton Sands in 2018, which now takes place of pride in the museum gallery.</p><p style="clear: both;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWZfQ32cHt-yfb5VVxgk9kb_5s68LSgxAqTmB5GjCvoSY8WpXa1Vst27iao6IJyrYIbNZ5X2af7XZtVSc59ZsrwXMJ8SkLtfJsCW2FtfpZ0HJeW31CiduzMdzyQHEwv4gEbO0FXSF0VvgvdWDJC8Xo6koQAi3qH3gDDnjwUD9st3qnlJy2ntUVQIy5KQM/s4032/PXL_20231121_134304107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWZfQ32cHt-yfb5VVxgk9kb_5s68LSgxAqTmB5GjCvoSY8WpXa1Vst27iao6IJyrYIbNZ5X2af7XZtVSc59ZsrwXMJ8SkLtfJsCW2FtfpZ0HJeW31CiduzMdzyQHEwv4gEbO0FXSF0VvgvdWDJC8Xo6koQAi3qH3gDDnjwUD9st3qnlJy2ntUVQIy5KQM/w400-h225/PXL_20231121_134304107.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The stunning building of the Museum in its scenic setting from the Spa Bridge.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrKvCHAE-QYnx-CAQbbOGZbmBxacjxpf6w-8bkBLtYp5fH6RvqeYCHP2sfgk8uNvu2idilffs97bKONdlu4b6lVH04ITJKwehdb0H6WKCHKCScm59z4f142IYOR1I9FMWXAdu9koXZGuuHkJuVax-ZkvBo_sT4ruARB2HB00fG8yAMtXoAAGYHgn-3l1U/s4032/PXL_20231121_101145117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrKvCHAE-QYnx-CAQbbOGZbmBxacjxpf6w-8bkBLtYp5fH6RvqeYCHP2sfgk8uNvu2idilffs97bKONdlu4b6lVH04ITJKwehdb0H6WKCHKCScm59z4f142IYOR1I9FMWXAdu9koXZGuuHkJuVax-ZkvBo_sT4ruARB2HB00fG8yAMtXoAAGYHgn-3l1U/w400-h225/PXL_20231121_101145117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bone harpoons and stone axe and flint arrowheads. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMuNLcYr34xo84hgCYnmCtBcIevRIDlnVUvL9B2hvp6Jvx9xxX9XzBecdLDGGBz2Lb5BV8fcbEbW-uL6pEtt8F-pTMyFrwNZbwxRkNLfcVexG8VFUR_WpntJdzOi3rkePzskjb3rYxdf7CxOdMLbrUZbnoSxBVg4DDkTM9yJIeu4Nm-EhvOnnZh2e0mol/s2685/PXL_20231121_102055083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="2012" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMuNLcYr34xo84hgCYnmCtBcIevRIDlnVUvL9B2hvp6Jvx9xxX9XzBecdLDGGBz2Lb5BV8fcbEbW-uL6pEtt8F-pTMyFrwNZbwxRkNLfcVexG8VFUR_WpntJdzOi3rkePzskjb3rYxdf7CxOdMLbrUZbnoSxBVg4DDkTM9yJIeu4Nm-EhvOnnZh2e0mol/s320/PXL_20231121_102055083.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Reighton Walrus skull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJeydotfiedAOe8o1hcY47RCkAGAbWoZwO4o5rwqxeKMlDwZieWrzpIwxw4hSk6CV5etICbSowj5dx-LNhHW0c4czvKKP4xmuTUsdL3uT4IBa1YsbAqZ9ERLdFBU-hKFp3BaNpaMaJ3kcHHO9f-svcl0jU_BmMVyqn9VUWZca2jJwkws27bqsI4Wq-c2v/s4032/PXL_20231121_102347569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJeydotfiedAOe8o1hcY47RCkAGAbWoZwO4o5rwqxeKMlDwZieWrzpIwxw4hSk6CV5etICbSowj5dx-LNhHW0c4czvKKP4xmuTUsdL3uT4IBa1YsbAqZ9ERLdFBU-hKFp3BaNpaMaJ3kcHHO9f-svcl0jU_BmMVyqn9VUWZca2jJwkws27bqsI4Wq-c2v/s320/PXL_20231121_102347569.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rotunda ceiling.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a stiff northerly wind, but it's sheltered in the Harbour. I soon spot a Great Northern Diver. The Great Black-backed Gull gives an idea of its size. There are sunny spells and it's not ideal to photograph the diver against the light, so I move to the Lighthouse pier, where the views are much better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlfVrUMrDlWT_ccDvNI33kcEdArl0lS3UWd-yy6_9KOUjFGe-NNSfgNDo0uq0KRhEgqKAAUC22YHeun-ZIHkC0ByK8zjR9-h-sUZNeqtf3i-5GeESW9Fw6G5FgRHZqNG3KP26U7sOFvqf-cWjH5Ib4tTSET4-nfkwnuMe6M3vSBNrOCTOaiXQrun3xUH_/s2104/IMG_7088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2104" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlfVrUMrDlWT_ccDvNI33kcEdArl0lS3UWd-yy6_9KOUjFGe-NNSfgNDo0uq0KRhEgqKAAUC22YHeun-ZIHkC0ByK8zjR9-h-sUZNeqtf3i-5GeESW9Fw6G5FgRHZqNG3KP26U7sOFvqf-cWjH5Ib4tTSET4-nfkwnuMe6M3vSBNrOCTOaiXQrun3xUH_/w400-h300/IMG_7088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>There are two GN Divers, an immature, which has a beautifully patterned, fresh plumage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qscXiR7E1CXAINQuGJGxXWlPCuQ2iEXr8xMyktZnSwMHkn8bAN0LzXYmIf2HxbXmGbz7thVHGLo3D6a7s2Z1LfIW31BFl1JaKrYOwVnjv3mKPa8GuUslGZiJ6Q9_5bkfhvTQWSrzSFD-7cVYAZaQXe8OQBm3ubQbjHKNNdNUVEfy2OYus-G2S0FwHbGK/s2340/IMG_7117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="2340" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qscXiR7E1CXAINQuGJGxXWlPCuQ2iEXr8xMyktZnSwMHkn8bAN0LzXYmIf2HxbXmGbz7thVHGLo3D6a7s2Z1LfIW31BFl1JaKrYOwVnjv3mKPa8GuUslGZiJ6Q9_5bkfhvTQWSrzSFD-7cVYAZaQXe8OQBm3ubQbjHKNNdNUVEfy2OYus-G2S0FwHbGK/w400-h300/IMG_7117.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Immature GN Diver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi14kPdtJZM6iM9SK6GAjepMrKLVdwbf2r2cM-Ivf5DjDVdz2E6ah0GAYlOSMFlHzdQyt6WDWcvP4_wuHAcEcOCVeEP8F8PUJEi9iB4L_WUxufGWg8cL1Yx14eB_bjuDLsIbo9_Cg6G8NNYVfFMPNBn5mesWe0gt8IrS31AQVR-sgK1fdYdr3YKX9xmSRh/s4608/IMG_7147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi14kPdtJZM6iM9SK6GAjepMrKLVdwbf2r2cM-Ivf5DjDVdz2E6ah0GAYlOSMFlHzdQyt6WDWcvP4_wuHAcEcOCVeEP8F8PUJEi9iB4L_WUxufGWg8cL1Yx14eB_bjuDLsIbo9_Cg6G8NNYVfFMPNBn5mesWe0gt8IrS31AQVR-sgK1fdYdr3YKX9xmSRh/w400-h300/IMG_7147.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Immature GN Diver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67u3bp0IJIOLr5_9dwBsjJ9zIlaFf4gXYXOSYBSM1PZ1yMBLt8x9iNUc6bk1dwIuJz1JP8CMM9MSt4MorifHQdx7FCatON1vdE8Lq2I-QbS00h1KEzQ_dMTwEMWMBG190YOUJXE3Cth9LZ02RxoxfWYr94qeK9eIHjHi6Htj8OBLBWJc55szyE8T4JE4G/s3116/IMG_7136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2335" data-original-width="3116" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67u3bp0IJIOLr5_9dwBsjJ9zIlaFf4gXYXOSYBSM1PZ1yMBLt8x9iNUc6bk1dwIuJz1JP8CMM9MSt4MorifHQdx7FCatON1vdE8Lq2I-QbS00h1KEzQ_dMTwEMWMBG190YOUJXE3Cth9LZ02RxoxfWYr94qeK9eIHjHi6Htj8OBLBWJc55szyE8T4JE4G/w400-h300/IMG_7136.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adult GN Diver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TODcNu9qu8ToG-RlZaDUnJLqRiWoMj7J0hrq3fgqTa8pGKwV-oihLBpQdTxGsUg6m9tKHgWUViiGf4pWdL-Ieyokfp0wVbwRWfeKlXIr4N1lZik7mq4hhJKZRgpRHvtRcZjvDYAukX6Tyu-LVVCi3FHu34U4MkPw7UnIO2dloC4-xOLNr6W4q4bQ8qgY/s4608/IMG_7123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TODcNu9qu8ToG-RlZaDUnJLqRiWoMj7J0hrq3fgqTa8pGKwV-oihLBpQdTxGsUg6m9tKHgWUViiGf4pWdL-Ieyokfp0wVbwRWfeKlXIr4N1lZik7mq4hhJKZRgpRHvtRcZjvDYAukX6Tyu-LVVCi3FHu34U4MkPw7UnIO2dloC4-xOLNr6W4q4bQ8qgY/w400-h300/IMG_7123.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the adult, which is moulting into its winter plumage. It got a crab and is about to swallow it after removing all the legs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I got a very nice surprise, a Black-necked Diver. A few birdwatchers have told me it was about, but it surfaced just under the pier, really close, so I got brilliant views, and a lifer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVyX-s8itUQP7gHGH9j6uozz5Q3MBp1TRAImN961ZUqtnnwZ8nsxxK4BGSjRBLhKBJfW1xgJS_OkQfa4_-aeyHmZBMzXbqOeEpVfQhbnXPOd3Nwiir1HHdyhOP1psz3Mzw_R3RR7MbLn-Ub4CAESURjxSUw-O8vv1oA5qH7hTn5NaA-9E8VxY5CZk7eOx/s3069/IMG_7125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="3069" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVyX-s8itUQP7gHGH9j6uozz5Q3MBp1TRAImN961ZUqtnnwZ8nsxxK4BGSjRBLhKBJfW1xgJS_OkQfa4_-aeyHmZBMzXbqOeEpVfQhbnXPOd3Nwiir1HHdyhOP1psz3Mzw_R3RR7MbLn-Ub4CAESURjxSUw-O8vv1oA5qH7hTn5NaA-9E8VxY5CZk7eOx/s320/IMG_7125.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Black-necked Diver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu6Bv_U8l-pePAVdqbd6HtbSr76SHHFNG7CLk_u_UB3Gau-hz-okmPUoWsug7wYk-1nmb7wDbRZ-Hlb9t9j75XeGww5DTHvvumt5qQDwl-1iu9OD7tuVsP3sDL_2v3B-wzq6rhQdDHJpuW8Rhqfd0CL2RMN_O5fKmMlxrRL-Zxvpv8CM0zjQ4DzEdmnY9/s2161/IMG_7129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2161" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu6Bv_U8l-pePAVdqbd6HtbSr76SHHFNG7CLk_u_UB3Gau-hz-okmPUoWsug7wYk-1nmb7wDbRZ-Hlb9t9j75XeGww5DTHvvumt5qQDwl-1iu9OD7tuVsP3sDL_2v3B-wzq6rhQdDHJpuW8Rhqfd0CL2RMN_O5fKmMlxrRL-Zxvpv8CM0zjQ4DzEdmnY9/s320/IMG_7129.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Black-necked Diver. It headed to the entrance of the harbour and it was soon lost from view.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOJmhc1vFch82qm64CtezgbSBwD21l6uxg5TK2_1ENQ6glzg1KWRV9W8k27Mkm0b9_MEvj8DqPHqozss6acGxzv5DyccAPiy1G4eBSRxSzb3vkNI58x9IM9iH9wXl7e4GSIDifSoDARxATFMC7s8yqcoZTWaIlqzKHYbQ1FsTi1Qf4jxQ8TTuG3ntASRv/s4032/PXL_20231121_115101942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOJmhc1vFch82qm64CtezgbSBwD21l6uxg5TK2_1ENQ6glzg1KWRV9W8k27Mkm0b9_MEvj8DqPHqozss6acGxzv5DyccAPiy1G4eBSRxSzb3vkNI58x9IM9iH9wXl7e4GSIDifSoDARxATFMC7s8yqcoZTWaIlqzKHYbQ1FsTi1Qf4jxQ8TTuG3ntASRv/w400-h225/PXL_20231121_115101942.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lobster Pots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPCblUdy9YKLcZfr8RbIU5ocTrHCxeS3YVucZ3K6DRbmkhvVXQSL4LkhBUqp-LFR9oS0CeNz92oiaOGMbHbpmfURlfQsfDQII-LQ2z5VnqkL7wr_UZ7fR6KhQQOHxARwHfXrqlrMsGIxfV0G5XtOkYhHACSzo3nLvOCQ-6WrO0cXtBZIpYHDmw2Of7Apl/s2896/IMG_7100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="2896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPCblUdy9YKLcZfr8RbIU5ocTrHCxeS3YVucZ3K6DRbmkhvVXQSL4LkhBUqp-LFR9oS0CeNz92oiaOGMbHbpmfURlfQsfDQII-LQ2z5VnqkL7wr_UZ7fR6KhQQOHxARwHfXrqlrMsGIxfV0G5XtOkYhHACSzo3nLvOCQ-6WrO0cXtBZIpYHDmw2Of7Apl/w400-h300/IMG_7100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">House Sparrow. They love the lobster pots.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVgIkl8VJW2i453doiHakLJaWvzSkBU-ro8-fN0GeD4Z6owVp4GCX7FK0Cm1EkHNJaABLNXeTJ_ir3HV0Y33tYvSXFE8ol4WnxBkjM4hpW91StTvTLOP6-rfe1Q9lgPqu4iSwfxdOszej_sod1q3AlkN8ZeNZO1ignh9HP3Wd778x_OmG468WgBC9m-JW/s4608/IMG_7156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVgIkl8VJW2i453doiHakLJaWvzSkBU-ro8-fN0GeD4Z6owVp4GCX7FK0Cm1EkHNJaABLNXeTJ_ir3HV0Y33tYvSXFE8ol4WnxBkjM4hpW91StTvTLOP6-rfe1Q9lgPqu4iSwfxdOszej_sod1q3AlkN8ZeNZO1ignh9HP3Wd778x_OmG468WgBC9m-JW/w400-h300/IMG_7156.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Grey Seal on the surf.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLrh6I1aMoIz0OzdiWt48Ba0tSMauH5I5PfnkyJr1mAgnqU4HtyKtXP-stWxj9TFQOA1oDDQEII848Yjr62nFdUe2rhaTW4dwTt1IzoOvRMcipfDN0NjaTLpRksOI2Mb0D7OIGy9yAop90q2_lD3zGnHxAsvyZmu2c_nk2ZmTklFLGHP_BGUPx718kB4q/s4608/IMG_7176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLrh6I1aMoIz0OzdiWt48Ba0tSMauH5I5PfnkyJr1mAgnqU4HtyKtXP-stWxj9TFQOA1oDDQEII848Yjr62nFdUe2rhaTW4dwTt1IzoOvRMcipfDN0NjaTLpRksOI2Mb0D7OIGy9yAop90q2_lD3zGnHxAsvyZmu2c_nk2ZmTklFLGHP_BGUPx718kB4q/w400-h300/IMG_7176.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lunch the divers got a bit sleepy and went together out of the harbour for a snooze.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwftK8ko4bGZkWIqZil-RP-BZVo_X8rr7slK5gBD5llzhLY6YgRtwGbObX-glnjF8welGFagMkNTMxaKSIgEu0Dhj4mHbWjfdKSREfZn0nmtN4rSD28yc1w6JJ737GWa210ap58V8Q8M-xf9yyuxmHPu4AldbprMgH73Pxfkvb0nn1SeAsTtTC4atGdJNd/s4032/PXL_20231121_134135945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwftK8ko4bGZkWIqZil-RP-BZVo_X8rr7slK5gBD5llzhLY6YgRtwGbObX-glnjF8welGFagMkNTMxaKSIgEu0Dhj4mHbWjfdKSREfZn0nmtN4rSD28yc1w6JJ737GWa210ap58V8Q8M-xf9yyuxmHPu4AldbprMgH73Pxfkvb0nn1SeAsTtTC4atGdJNd/w400-h225/PXL_20231121_134135945.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of Scarborough South Bay from Spa Bridge.</div> <p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-51319024594745425622023-11-20T19:24:00.000+00:002023-11-20T19:24:07.241+00:00A walk on the south of Beverley <p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3j0rlZIvFwxNjZVCipc49ta0al4bPJcDDyFy8FtbWmZMKp2jMZQHioWlrK0jIdxYDnLW4KnArSmE_wgnDLDDg59Z2GiKW_zsP16xS-IPVyJI0Fb7zilw3t4jetOlH-mQZg-BrsHfLS8WNqPS5D9OdvwhAQ1yeLUVpgUoTWqT82EkZd9_wsGEcecnnGzG/s4032/PXL_20231120_112016074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3j0rlZIvFwxNjZVCipc49ta0al4bPJcDDyFy8FtbWmZMKp2jMZQHioWlrK0jIdxYDnLW4KnArSmE_wgnDLDDg59Z2GiKW_zsP16xS-IPVyJI0Fb7zilw3t4jetOlH-mQZg-BrsHfLS8WNqPS5D9OdvwhAQ1yeLUVpgUoTWqT82EkZd9_wsGEcecnnGzG/w640-h360/PXL_20231120_112016074.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took the bus to Beverley and started my walk at Victoria Road by Normandy Av and weaved my way along green lanes towards Willow Lane. This was a walk of the wet side of Beverley, including various springs, becks, drains, Beckside and the River Hull.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsu7q4-QCQkV73daPZrp4UGvCiawBkZPtfbnVmVrBXcOGT28K6133Y4NapIQbeJiNQyAZjMl0A_0loKoQI0NJ3AaXEMGaiE3EiKMm_3Q3Ki_wsF6w28KcMbIOAMQSZYHeOVMRo-Cy6WIN86gnHFrP3DooePU7TzktBfCin_jOVc9DGUgfU5oUENd7PaM7/s4608/IMG_6972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsu7q4-QCQkV73daPZrp4UGvCiawBkZPtfbnVmVrBXcOGT28K6133Y4NapIQbeJiNQyAZjMl0A_0loKoQI0NJ3AaXEMGaiE3EiKMm_3Q3Ki_wsF6w28KcMbIOAMQSZYHeOVMRo-Cy6WIN86gnHFrP3DooePU7TzktBfCin_jOVc9DGUgfU5oUENd7PaM7/w400-h300/IMG_6972.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A Chiffchaff was calling from the bushes and I managed a record shot.</span>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUqUgpKECTfBHrzq6T3w6Wg7d7rLNKnrJxyGm1XRpGslyeObB8y_5-cgw7dTzFOTwD3w3sFd7ycxHvybGRg0Wg_TmMRkupUDUvOD75jG1AdZMiJs7yprK5Z6Q3PBZbLjEubqrl2iTl7A7kzlPRBJRqNcOtDTjDw5iAxp77YcsE0oYRCaD3xpX1Je5wj18/s4032/PXL_20231120_094528169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUqUgpKECTfBHrzq6T3w6Wg7d7rLNKnrJxyGm1XRpGslyeObB8y_5-cgw7dTzFOTwD3w3sFd7ycxHvybGRg0Wg_TmMRkupUDUvOD75jG1AdZMiJs7yprK5Z6Q3PBZbLjEubqrl2iTl7A7kzlPRBJRqNcOtDTjDw5iAxp77YcsE0oYRCaD3xpX1Je5wj18/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_094528169.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a spring at Keldmarsh, the water bubbling from the sandy bottom in various places. I follow the stream along Willow Lane, there are still several mature White Willows along it and large patches of Water Startwort. There is a lot of house building in this area, making the OS map quite obsolete. I carry on via Long Lane until the Minster, and then make a stop at Flemingate.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG1rmf_UgknIG3AWZvZ8iWG1D66VTN8TVonnvikPTlRXZuaCNLux_m6ORSNf0IgCP7e_4MEuCaVikgGdw_H9AHeKFYP8JRvadvRadMn9BQl27wbTJa3ewF7d1TUIHOMJm3V-LgpSqX3xP3M1r9cq-PwhQFobSsv-RBO_FLMqIqvuBMozn4fNXfZTup0ZC/s4032/PXL_20231120_094611626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG1rmf_UgknIG3AWZvZ8iWG1D66VTN8TVonnvikPTlRXZuaCNLux_m6ORSNf0IgCP7e_4MEuCaVikgGdw_H9AHeKFYP8JRvadvRadMn9BQl27wbTJa3ewF7d1TUIHOMJm3V-LgpSqX3xP3M1r9cq-PwhQFobSsv-RBO_FLMqIqvuBMozn4fNXfZTup0ZC/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_094611626.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Keldmarsh beck along Willow Lane.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNaKe-H8rDrlTmJLYSXPFcGInrlN9utcE7wajZkbm9BlUg5QdrsyxCOi6eYWnSbX70zLGTzHm-8KFM5W6IKqefenso57FB88ptE57aYiGRsgjiwSlVzzpImBhpm2lLiliOQxFdU8Ala3kte33SF2UXXob7qvgCh__4LgLkGfw2g6y5fUIpxR-DHcybqlQ/w400-h300/IMG_7000.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Water Starwort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTS3AFLkKObGzrYrPb3HWe_uVSq1SFPDlPMxyCqvMzEt1RNB92lgdgxNlFXMhRq0dVMIFSLo6LtRt0Zo3YyLPX5hhyphenhyphenr29q5Qje_UWVlmxquoJUTg2HDixTeLzzu6yfgSiyvoL8cDcdG4XaR8_hAv6Kj3pmYsU2yYqZwyh1euAeLJXgYfwTKlsKCYVZKWt/s4608/IMG_7003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTS3AFLkKObGzrYrPb3HWe_uVSq1SFPDlPMxyCqvMzEt1RNB92lgdgxNlFXMhRq0dVMIFSLo6LtRt0Zo3YyLPX5hhyphenhyphenr29q5Qje_UWVlmxquoJUTg2HDixTeLzzu6yfgSiyvoL8cDcdG4XaR8_hAv6Kj3pmYsU2yYqZwyh1euAeLJXgYfwTKlsKCYVZKWt/w400-h300/IMG_7003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moorhen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-EivrQsGHlRhoIQCyw-A7fQN8unsOevds1LWemETypGJMYiHWlgRx2zprUHS5xpqyt7HS1F1Cvsc-FZ56z2_J848ayRY8HKKcAYMOeokPl12X7cFNVf86uKHpv-vdt96dbpePo9kfHJSHfnU6gErn9JcZnbR6Ob1ZWwQoaq2XhLYJRrFgUgt3gtlHNI4/s4032/PXL_20231120_101143234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-EivrQsGHlRhoIQCyw-A7fQN8unsOevds1LWemETypGJMYiHWlgRx2zprUHS5xpqyt7HS1F1Cvsc-FZ56z2_J848ayRY8HKKcAYMOeokPl12X7cFNVf86uKHpv-vdt96dbpePo9kfHJSHfnU6gErn9JcZnbR6Ob1ZWwQoaq2XhLYJRrFgUgt3gtlHNI4/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_101143234.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beverley Minster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaI3DJMejoLK0MVnXjo9uhFxBeUJl_-4_A0wbMx53G1QglpnQCYVz_-K9NAbLZueUvdWVvs0JFMn3rVbYGwag1WQB1hP5GYbNQ56Q27Y67dVvi1_YrD9fB4YDghVCqkcNV9tpGCz_1h1fQfdxqNY_H7n8nAK5XqJ78N3awQCgItreTQ3XW4lJHqFvU-zv/s4608/IMG_7013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaI3DJMejoLK0MVnXjo9uhFxBeUJl_-4_A0wbMx53G1QglpnQCYVz_-K9NAbLZueUvdWVvs0JFMn3rVbYGwag1WQB1hP5GYbNQ56Q27Y67dVvi1_YrD9fB4YDghVCqkcNV9tpGCz_1h1fQfdxqNY_H7n8nAK5XqJ78N3awQCgItreTQ3XW4lJHqFvU-zv/w400-h300/IMG_7013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Jackdaw inspects under a gutter, but then moves some leaves out of the way and gets a morsel it had probably cached there before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAiEIZKY-95Nv0OdeyOArxVqs6PArF9c1xXjdrbWLabIptH2opwSNToLDIlKNwT4PYD3LzKkVmUZGCY3CjIYVmRVd26bvBfb-kLgcPBbLseGyy-6WcVNPlEwwoAATzcELnJDx_IEAUAsH9Ct_FMPv4KVaW1WH1_oMdpjasjc3jvudrZeFjnhhy_gJtC2G/s4608/IMG_7014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAiEIZKY-95Nv0OdeyOArxVqs6PArF9c1xXjdrbWLabIptH2opwSNToLDIlKNwT4PYD3LzKkVmUZGCY3CjIYVmRVd26bvBfb-kLgcPBbLseGyy-6WcVNPlEwwoAATzcELnJDx_IEAUAsH9Ct_FMPv4KVaW1WH1_oMdpjasjc3jvudrZeFjnhhy_gJtC2G/w400-h300/IMG_7014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a hot drink and a snack I continue along Flemingate towards Beckside. I had never walked this western end of Beckside. I continue, checking the information panels about history and heritage of Beverley Beck.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dpKda-q2F5yIGLEfUVSckbj1Czu2So4Pjxjks1cZOt_GoQao-8ggB6x7vfEKIV0BdqhVbHYKZ8-W5uPW5ZRpmVenivXlp-Ve678_cr8eXVFiKF5ziwDGShpc_W4cpNzOaaMqu7iQB16f6XtjbEIrgvdRzve34qvzNdngE6xwZsnTABZEix7GB-jYgNg9/s4032/PXL_20231120_110350427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dpKda-q2F5yIGLEfUVSckbj1Czu2So4Pjxjks1cZOt_GoQao-8ggB6x7vfEKIV0BdqhVbHYKZ8-W5uPW5ZRpmVenivXlp-Ve678_cr8eXVFiKF5ziwDGShpc_W4cpNzOaaMqu7iQB16f6XtjbEIrgvdRzve34qvzNdngE6xwZsnTABZEix7GB-jYgNg9/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_110350427.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old restored barges at Beckside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVc0bMiGgx_ljBOJLI-SIwYAWSST_MuEiArW-BnbLZlbF1W1qLmYsYTxDs31T43sNooXhfV_ughtwrBIDZT3grENIAQBIE85oeZpr9kXKhrOmUXDWbyqeXDninRq-KnH1bd57GUH6KK3fH5fd-puhHsO_Tc2v2HDTvkFJy5TPTQingNb6cn1JAErglRxE/s4032/PXL_20231120_110754551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVc0bMiGgx_ljBOJLI-SIwYAWSST_MuEiArW-BnbLZlbF1W1qLmYsYTxDs31T43sNooXhfV_ughtwrBIDZT3grENIAQBIE85oeZpr9kXKhrOmUXDWbyqeXDninRq-KnH1bd57GUH6KK3fH5fd-puhHsO_Tc2v2HDTvkFJy5TPTQingNb6cn1JAErglRxE/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_110754551.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crane and anchor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTahdKiFk-WBsHa9N28glbOfqZaYEemQbdZjwu2rAnV9EpZupW3cjUXxvFXz-LFTcN4TYcQHtPGD9xjwYqp_GKs6V96k1PaVDF4Ryv_E4UKFoUjBsyYPGEGxbeaDR9RlkNm5sQQFsv4_iYW1vy4fEgooC5x_dzNTMDhQW4iu0HKe5gCXbvlb6y805Hji-n/s4608/IMG_7027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTahdKiFk-WBsHa9N28glbOfqZaYEemQbdZjwu2rAnV9EpZupW3cjUXxvFXz-LFTcN4TYcQHtPGD9xjwYqp_GKs6V96k1PaVDF4Ryv_E4UKFoUjBsyYPGEGxbeaDR9RlkNm5sQQFsv4_iYW1vy4fEgooC5x_dzNTMDhQW4iu0HKe5gCXbvlb6y805Hji-n/w400-h300/IMG_7027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mallard at Beverley Beck.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iH0lpbTYEUaQHLnSW9y8FYRgMlXfG3Bhxn50sgk3x8WPi0oN1tKAZQ9VLAJcLexJsiHlloEYaMA3x25mTabfNEY4i8AEVg55V9Aj1t85jbewLre6jjZQZwt3WVusOik08Tee4pB6qZr2o2qSx2gZZrroZ1i5hyphenhyphen0qEdBu1heuOHZ90wMJJ-JF7h9zmliL/s4608/IMG_7025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iH0lpbTYEUaQHLnSW9y8FYRgMlXfG3Bhxn50sgk3x8WPi0oN1tKAZQ9VLAJcLexJsiHlloEYaMA3x25mTabfNEY4i8AEVg55V9Aj1t85jbewLre6jjZQZwt3WVusOik08Tee4pB6qZr2o2qSx2gZZrroZ1i5hyphenhyphen0qEdBu1heuOHZ90wMJJ-JF7h9zmliL/w400-h300/IMG_7025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blackbird feeding on crab apples.</div><p>I cross under the road bridge. It has been cloudy, mild and still, but now it started to drizzle. A Kestrel is flying around Figham Common calling loudly and flushing the Starlings and Goldfinches. It eventually lands atop a tree. The Beck looks more wild now (top shot), but it is straightened and embanked, it was probably very marshy in the confluence of the river Hull and the Beck before the embankment was built.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSC-J2HZVXhJXWUd39gVRXEFfDDuA3_eGrUy8A1x-EKxcRsUbyMye-pTJ8Ueu55hMnGv_37wSb_u-7zwBcU4Kl2Fg-P7b8QBAxywh9ysq483lgQOa77vgrJ6u2UeJxisqlM9S8hRYIFDvj9v5GeAXDykiSrxyHVVD1-lApPFdAcohUHmzlY-x_XCWF5wno/s4608/IMG_7036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSC-J2HZVXhJXWUd39gVRXEFfDDuA3_eGrUy8A1x-EKxcRsUbyMye-pTJ8Ueu55hMnGv_37wSb_u-7zwBcU4Kl2Fg-P7b8QBAxywh9ysq483lgQOa77vgrJ6u2UeJxisqlM9S8hRYIFDvj9v5GeAXDykiSrxyHVVD1-lApPFdAcohUHmzlY-x_XCWF5wno/w400-h300/IMG_7036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Rook</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I get to the lock between Beverley Beck and the river Hull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KrCziDFIkGLpA62dTQHpgKFO00HFK4yM4WJnEujUGJfQ63dfxBa7mPS_cY9dqc_8qAng1cwc5OSm4sVp_5U66ILJv570zJ1PgsKEG0xivK1oQybuPitPQg1zBjjhQCvwlPOuLQfAHwI-tGWgKREtJMEsBp1JnkxTbRiGYYLqCLkj6giYdPORyL6AB4Wo/s4032/PXL_20231120_115821642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KrCziDFIkGLpA62dTQHpgKFO00HFK4yM4WJnEujUGJfQ63dfxBa7mPS_cY9dqc_8qAng1cwc5OSm4sVp_5U66ILJv570zJ1PgsKEG0xivK1oQybuPitPQg1zBjjhQCvwlPOuLQfAHwI-tGWgKREtJMEsBp1JnkxTbRiGYYLqCLkj6giYdPORyL6AB4Wo/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_115821642.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I find some Water Soldier plants in Beckside. They are more plentiful near the lock, but I find another near the start of the canal. There are old records of this native species in Beverley, but it hasn't been seen for a long time. It will be interesting to see if it comes back next year. It might just be a release, as the plant is sold as a pond ornamental.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-4yG6tPtejkiLWqdk2Xtwau-0HDDEOq1s_6PioU9pGdkHx-RCklKgn2yeJaZR8lmb9jUFyAo8773QO7dQvONaCdflZD4WRNR9keH5AkhkmA4bdPoSDIOLjjPv68j5goZOuJwvt0fX__BtGsmaYHifn6Qr62uqWmdlpLo_MYKg9Yi7L69n-1SOvMPI8bg/s4032/1700481796497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-4yG6tPtejkiLWqdk2Xtwau-0HDDEOq1s_6PioU9pGdkHx-RCklKgn2yeJaZR8lmb9jUFyAo8773QO7dQvONaCdflZD4WRNR9keH5AkhkmA4bdPoSDIOLjjPv68j5goZOuJwvt0fX__BtGsmaYHifn6Qr62uqWmdlpLo_MYKg9Yi7L69n-1SOvMPI8bg/w400-h225/1700481796497.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Water Soldier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrSBLgYQkOytNGFLxvyowHE_Zvo7LmatPJCSV6Dej_f2JAKEaXAanvpiVFL4E-n3XBjS3hMTJOt7ZYZrYYeLwrlSEB2IvcGrKHk2ioz1Wd1E9lVbpCVQGF1GTkh654f3VazRkRDIe5B3W5SpooND52WNhGhw8hezZC40qSZSPjf3FvuUiH0HizKy1g-8O/s4032/1700481728775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrSBLgYQkOytNGFLxvyowHE_Zvo7LmatPJCSV6Dej_f2JAKEaXAanvpiVFL4E-n3XBjS3hMTJOt7ZYZrYYeLwrlSEB2IvcGrKHk2ioz1Wd1E9lVbpCVQGF1GTkh654f3VazRkRDIe5B3W5SpooND52WNhGhw8hezZC40qSZSPjf3FvuUiH0HizKy1g-8O/w400-h225/1700481728775.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUqn1omhEJHMj09fxuV8LLDt-SJK3ypIECjR5fApnPtwaXFjNZbxFsOZKFUUeMVbF5gOJEnqmv8RpqTFNjJjcFbfwI6IWvTrr2BVjUE-gv5IAg60hHlstbAAV7Z5FXWfV8CHQHWmKWAgFCFu4TCFx7CZLuWYfBGmsbV4B5evmIeVh5F9ysuNZ0Kq29f8_/s4032/PXL_20231120_121036363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUqn1omhEJHMj09fxuV8LLDt-SJK3ypIECjR5fApnPtwaXFjNZbxFsOZKFUUeMVbF5gOJEnqmv8RpqTFNjJjcFbfwI6IWvTrr2BVjUE-gv5IAg60hHlstbAAV7Z5FXWfV8CHQHWmKWAgFCFu4TCFx7CZLuWYfBGmsbV4B5evmIeVh5F9ysuNZ0Kq29f8_/w400-h225/PXL_20231120_121036363.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beverley Beck.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-7396708220802199962023-11-15T19:30:00.001+00:002023-11-15T19:30:15.131+00:00Train Trip: North Ferriby to St Andrews Quay<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9j6s1IZ4gmsftzU902VpHWvlxwLOe3NjNx0rhi4duPN_cCtMia4Ha6QageqOel_qzsXXx_xaUB0N-jDMd1jzM_HHwMW9VhJtp5ZpQDMJ6Ieb5CFzX-JwmXCPgGiAZ39tWW2vcFLl5rrsz-Vh_aInyAxKvkzYxDVLQ8v2BN7Bc1tRGYRsMFO6dH2iK9lC3/s4032/PXL_20231114_092336778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9j6s1IZ4gmsftzU902VpHWvlxwLOe3NjNx0rhi4duPN_cCtMia4Ha6QageqOel_qzsXXx_xaUB0N-jDMd1jzM_HHwMW9VhJtp5ZpQDMJ6Ieb5CFzX-JwmXCPgGiAZ39tWW2vcFLl5rrsz-Vh_aInyAxKvkzYxDVLQ8v2BN7Bc1tRGYRsMFO6dH2iK9lC3/w640-h360/PXL_20231114_092336778.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today's was a familiar walk I've done before, from North Ferriby to St Andrew's Quay, but the conditions made it into a wonderful day, very different from my previous experience. I took the train to North Ferriby and walked straight to the Humber shore, then following the coastal footpath (shared by the Trans-Pennine Way and Wolds Way) east. The first stretch is on the foreshore itself. The tide had been high a couple of hours prior and much of the shore and mudbanks were exposed. Wigeon and Redshank were dotted all along the walk feeding near the waterline. The top of the foreshore was easy to walk on and I could explore the little patches of saltmarsh without disturbing the birds. It was mild and still, the Humber a mirror reflecting the bridge, quite a dramatic change with yesterdays stormy weather. Overhead, Pink-footed Geese calling as they crossed the Humber towards Lincolnshire.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcQN9HxSKsSMGwqp9PFM3nydw-b-vptegRquu8goieKyemauVgZULr2OcrlXRS-LjjUQMYPLJs7MQU3hol_6lmpaff2E8loYIqS_HPg811lMBNIKJlDrUIwBwEUZPuIOJUen5npcILn9lMCj3HD6kqtsqV-fnfqZ19_Fu0a0A42L9C5Dm1lbP4HvWxWIF/s4608/IMG_6545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcQN9HxSKsSMGwqp9PFM3nydw-b-vptegRquu8goieKyemauVgZULr2OcrlXRS-LjjUQMYPLJs7MQU3hol_6lmpaff2E8loYIqS_HPg811lMBNIKJlDrUIwBwEUZPuIOJUen5npcILn9lMCj3HD6kqtsqV-fnfqZ19_Fu0a0A42L9C5Dm1lbP4HvWxWIF/w400-h300/IMG_6545.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goldfinch on Alders on the way to the train station.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoW2tojj6Ks0pRCGU-uK4U6dFgXdB5M8QV0x6bTaMcPW9oE6pTZuriASGy8JnguS72VkP0Uykvk6KS_LCVkLw0fWgRgZ4Pl8eHe8bdZy80O0N3cmrYipuFkkY1ZG7KFEQjQT60CwKukMchyphenhyphenC2_SG9hermJ0EMe1MBT-kSCBX2dcc1siYUDXVh2sQmwENq/s4608/IMG_6554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoW2tojj6Ks0pRCGU-uK4U6dFgXdB5M8QV0x6bTaMcPW9oE6pTZuriASGy8JnguS72VkP0Uykvk6KS_LCVkLw0fWgRgZ4Pl8eHe8bdZy80O0N3cmrYipuFkkY1ZG7KFEQjQT60CwKukMchyphenhyphenC2_SG9hermJ0EMe1MBT-kSCBX2dcc1siYUDXVh2sQmwENq/w400-h300/IMG_6554.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Woodpigeon gorging on cotoneaster berries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNJag3RT4MmCDv0nHHYqjoOdKQY8bggSPUSk44H4cMAgyUd6k9vtyvxK8Sm6L8yAXFy3y53yZ1y2o2Taqf0okqRlLFPB-_UmoaqhUNfgYhBtfkJuwT4lWItgl0g1qpx-ykPM2DB9bb53QvpOuZ6-e-4ypxMggg8aFYB03AXgXaKUnB8ms7CZJE7P9xong/s4608/IMG_6558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNJag3RT4MmCDv0nHHYqjoOdKQY8bggSPUSk44H4cMAgyUd6k9vtyvxK8Sm6L8yAXFy3y53yZ1y2o2Taqf0okqRlLFPB-_UmoaqhUNfgYhBtfkJuwT4lWItgl0g1qpx-ykPM2DB9bb53QvpOuZ6-e-4ypxMggg8aFYB03AXgXaKUnB8ms7CZJE7P9xong/w400-h300/IMG_6558.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wigeon on Ferriby foreshore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGUlQaNedqEME_449arMHxwnL4JilEd73v4ax5MXvDe-2TyvYH5lpB2AhSD8JfGBpWSarqUTLrKcKw6P7jMFxP5U52AU8NId64C_xs2ne5RHkEEdcI-nCfTsWdDnVGiXoEUnBvtS9z_90j4e96yg8c0i0ibqlpZfowkoR_h1VnsDLPfn49EIRB8yf0b57/s4608/IMG_6562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGUlQaNedqEME_449arMHxwnL4JilEd73v4ax5MXvDe-2TyvYH5lpB2AhSD8JfGBpWSarqUTLrKcKw6P7jMFxP5U52AU8NId64C_xs2ne5RHkEEdcI-nCfTsWdDnVGiXoEUnBvtS9z_90j4e96yg8c0i0ibqlpZfowkoR_h1VnsDLPfn49EIRB8yf0b57/w400-h300/IMG_6562.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pink-footed Geese.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I climb the sea wall and look at the reedy pond. Just a Moorhen is visible, but a Water Rail calls, and a runner flushes a Green Woodpecker from the path. The paddocks are covered in birds: Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Chaffinches, Starling and Pied Wagtails. There are two Meadow Pipits, one of them stopping to scratch constantly. I continue on the top footpath and at some point walk down to the beach again to explore the saltmarsh.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGKkIQd4b1WZNzo3NidwtMv7R7sp12eeNjTB3RWkz12YagcYdxeZhKh0tvUfF47CwEEyC57OT9Q4hHMwbv-U2DHQXkH89bgM8xADfiOnChZf4RO9fkz2Jz4N9BHW-9VAIPUWEBniVmWSTFOe9sOViczwbu_NQR8GXz_NmsMtbYmlemdSe2gses8wgEfbb/s4608/IMG_6571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGKkIQd4b1WZNzo3NidwtMv7R7sp12eeNjTB3RWkz12YagcYdxeZhKh0tvUfF47CwEEyC57OT9Q4hHMwbv-U2DHQXkH89bgM8xADfiOnChZf4RO9fkz2Jz4N9BHW-9VAIPUWEBniVmWSTFOe9sOViczwbu_NQR8GXz_NmsMtbYmlemdSe2gses8wgEfbb/w400-h300/IMG_6571.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goldfinches and Greenfinch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoG1QNllSaAW4mzT70wXaopqhmHA5wjGgExwOvEAO81w1iS26jNv9-RKv_A714hWlRZDgB23yIVAn4zF4LJLHt-b49iZBsG2xjEu7zN7YvbLAVDp9HvkOjTaBF8haRlkKN9AnixCvUQ8g5CWf3FA-IFmwMDhFj0eqLI4llbFAdohzZK8WRQ2NLWzHiNi4/w400-h300/IMG_6587.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mallard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Nes19XxET6uKjuKHNs-MypmdZLUGmcc2kNPX8HtfvUow4PAhwkJk271JjWeR9mXAkO6nkcT1Dp_OPSV4of20QacApWkyQzY0UJOQGVUCunGXk7hWXuPqWwXELtYSNKkxfFB45jBaLvw1CERxOLrKLvcTvehruGo1I2MqLMv64TaARojFZ6fkuN2_AN7_/s4032/PXL_20231114_100833864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Nes19XxET6uKjuKHNs-MypmdZLUGmcc2kNPX8HtfvUow4PAhwkJk271JjWeR9mXAkO6nkcT1Dp_OPSV4of20QacApWkyQzY0UJOQGVUCunGXk7hWXuPqWwXELtYSNKkxfFB45jBaLvw1CERxOLrKLvcTvehruGo1I2MqLMv64TaARojFZ6fkuN2_AN7_/w400-h225/PXL_20231114_100833864.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Humber Bridge from the seawall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ_G7e7vQ9GMv0AWYkSOEjRgY68C-UFfYjqUCMGHeeX10BQ9UkLaqc9G4xBkIWQPceSMuEmpxrZCkJBgmqmVWZBH-ZB5lidgTzaZEjdArZ3NPYbH5gv2-ZfN8-e1SlpoOaODWmKtT8SbXpIAbYHR2Ez5rf7AMtPMJKCpSe5UdaCeW-HG0kZ0usnmiDo_o/s4608/IMG_6608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ_G7e7vQ9GMv0AWYkSOEjRgY68C-UFfYjqUCMGHeeX10BQ9UkLaqc9G4xBkIWQPceSMuEmpxrZCkJBgmqmVWZBH-ZB5lidgTzaZEjdArZ3NPYbH5gv2-ZfN8-e1SlpoOaODWmKtT8SbXpIAbYHR2Ez5rf7AMtPMJKCpSe5UdaCeW-HG0kZ0usnmiDo_o/w400-h300/IMG_6608.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Curlews, three of a flock of 17.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXagnmV5pTcNScA0hEOSP9Yp13pac2GtcCX7rhplkXBMIKOnoxz2HVzvRoJ3sJoldbiPNrFVrOrG6tYhs7YL1jS0rACC4iMkn9ctsmDFp_wWXL4QwJqDwBSiNZOcOe-y-8Sfb9PXIgIvS0CHkAiYjZ8MdjyFM_XHtq-lCvF61ZXiEGUzTKf4jOICpNfKT5/s4608/IMG_6615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXagnmV5pTcNScA0hEOSP9Yp13pac2GtcCX7rhplkXBMIKOnoxz2HVzvRoJ3sJoldbiPNrFVrOrG6tYhs7YL1jS0rACC4iMkn9ctsmDFp_wWXL4QwJqDwBSiNZOcOe-y-8Sfb9PXIgIvS0CHkAiYjZ8MdjyFM_XHtq-lCvF61ZXiEGUzTKf4jOICpNfKT5/w400-h300/IMG_6615.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Dun Sentinel was one of my target species, it is a saltmarsh specialist that can be easily found feeding after high tides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBtw0-sGDxcoxNQAb-iFd6404tkoKlBHP3Wq9ozPMJN6I-GuHNkFNsAZz5BDtwxR_bwhmRXdZ3vxomMuJfxMXgTMD1M3e4SSt90gRTo4ua_ItrD99JjnIw1X72ZsmbKmPW7cOi-9OCN3bSJxXLSTslq35ndYZcsBHFZJc81g_upPubEiqCq0usUobfde5/s4032/PXL_20231114_105739028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBtw0-sGDxcoxNQAb-iFd6404tkoKlBHP3Wq9ozPMJN6I-GuHNkFNsAZz5BDtwxR_bwhmRXdZ3vxomMuJfxMXgTMD1M3e4SSt90gRTo4ua_ItrD99JjnIw1X72ZsmbKmPW7cOi-9OCN3bSJxXLSTslq35ndYZcsBHFZJc81g_upPubEiqCq0usUobfde5/w400-h225/PXL_20231114_105739028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A patch of reeds with the dead stems marking the highest reach of the previous tide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc4gq8W7i_XNzLhhw8njkK_Td4B9LzI6Vt7LFeRuO8kUWWo3oKP9uMucLZpFQizXbS0iMOKJxctFWdkCIntxPiZw0L1edvFENJUZcTNDT5__LrefpI6Kvc9sN3-YWK1Rhwoj9v-FM1olE9QA2pF9V8G-1TqExvWO5oZZX8WOMfyTUZQyfqyaPVWXc8SNu/s2069/IMG_6618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="2069" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibc4gq8W7i_XNzLhhw8njkK_Td4B9LzI6Vt7LFeRuO8kUWWo3oKP9uMucLZpFQizXbS0iMOKJxctFWdkCIntxPiZw0L1edvFENJUZcTNDT5__LrefpI6Kvc9sN3-YWK1Rhwoj9v-FM1olE9QA2pF9V8G-1TqExvWO5oZZX8WOMfyTUZQyfqyaPVWXc8SNu/w400-h300/IMG_6618.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was my favourite finding of the day <i>Lekanesphaera</i> sp. they are small isopods, relatives of the terrestrial woodlice, of estuaries and they live under rocks and logs, and dig into mud. As their name suggests and is shown in the photo, they have the ability to roll into a ball and that gives them another common name: sea pills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUlBNQX4ipU7HAmDhW3mCSwcBD7kluaaZnNSHtc4Fbh0r18eOcEVnOz99o4NAVvhaMJpPmvH0Wb-oKKmatu7d0uFo0hrv2HnultFlNyI2WRcHOHW5bjXbEtCa1xXT5wamBN_qy9bEUTGSxoej_4qZH50_rt_b6Xi7t1VsSg58h4THqF257LDsx0hxtxRU/s4032/PXL_20231114_110413834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUlBNQX4ipU7HAmDhW3mCSwcBD7kluaaZnNSHtc4Fbh0r18eOcEVnOz99o4NAVvhaMJpPmvH0Wb-oKKmatu7d0uFo0hrv2HnultFlNyI2WRcHOHW5bjXbEtCa1xXT5wamBN_qy9bEUTGSxoej_4qZH50_rt_b6Xi7t1VsSg58h4THqF257LDsx0hxtxRU/w400-h225/PXL_20231114_110413834.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A large log lodged on the top marsh. This is an area of obvious erosion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwW3S9_v_TRK46M13z7MNUnMavFrTnvZA1P5mBDxo7w6JHxAYncobO3JXsdbDeZZKrdNib6eo7et0fYAFXKSRkVQRJnooy3GtZpnWm0DdD3tJl0sJMmdF7ChTJMc7bHhRFY-uvgC59y-0w5FlsT6FFdf14IdMgoI_Y8JOJlYAmttgwXWXOtQZpNsY9jNW2/s4608/IMG_6619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwW3S9_v_TRK46M13z7MNUnMavFrTnvZA1P5mBDxo7w6JHxAYncobO3JXsdbDeZZKrdNib6eo7et0fYAFXKSRkVQRJnooy3GtZpnWm0DdD3tJl0sJMmdF7ChTJMc7bHhRFY-uvgC59y-0w5FlsT6FFdf14IdMgoI_Y8JOJlYAmttgwXWXOtQZpNsY9jNW2/w400-h300/IMG_6619.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Gull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gGXkZIxJ_kqbA2oDRskuKBYBIQoNtR1_jUcn_MbLDdgo5TKQrV1xi27QEpBZcrlcmC3UKg-2uF60GCvthN61-hRvLfhMT7rSr3B6ORK9mK3fipW6ofgGI1uInuRp6OO6xyMdNEtvF4XVI8ZKiiBepfykFqe43ZtWxipmX-noaSuaYSHd5HnMU5EVo8h_/s4608/IMG_6624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gGXkZIxJ_kqbA2oDRskuKBYBIQoNtR1_jUcn_MbLDdgo5TKQrV1xi27QEpBZcrlcmC3UKg-2uF60GCvthN61-hRvLfhMT7rSr3B6ORK9mK3fipW6ofgGI1uInuRp6OO6xyMdNEtvF4XVI8ZKiiBepfykFqe43ZtWxipmX-noaSuaYSHd5HnMU5EVo8h_/w400-h300/IMG_6624.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Redshank.</div>I'm getting close to Hessle and I stop for an early lunch at the Country Park. Then I carry on following the Trans-Pennine Trail up Hessle Haven and around the car warehouses, then returning to the Humber foreshore.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WIhTOef_i3zddKAgN1ltjfiGF8SLc2oQj4KYL54Kxr0w7JzrujbdU7lnbcIarthCgyB_VpM5aVw6Qb1DIWwKIOZv8H-apQ58PqPAjlor2Js3HG9i_jKQGoZ8zzbDtYz6olkD47GnayW9VuJS9LUaP0xxTsEUVeCXwmkQwlxHA9FyVkfy-DnDy8EYis1F/s4032/1699960385942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WIhTOef_i3zddKAgN1ltjfiGF8SLc2oQj4KYL54Kxr0w7JzrujbdU7lnbcIarthCgyB_VpM5aVw6Qb1DIWwKIOZv8H-apQ58PqPAjlor2Js3HG9i_jKQGoZ8zzbDtYz6olkD47GnayW9VuJS9LUaP0xxTsEUVeCXwmkQwlxHA9FyVkfy-DnDy8EYis1F/w225-h400/1699960385942.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sea Aster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEyqTRNsxvnz1XR3nPcFq_-T3WtK4-OKzpDcGUbZUadtmvZtwqWf3tKGotwyTauucRo-97uxAwi_5-t6qQuwahjZym3E7bQHKWlUJxg1e4B9z8gCQv4aJ2sjzD3wabTcWFKEUkKF1z_27U-5fL5EkDuCLo2K-aMv6VHYaFHPEN3DnrHQbZJtcgzhOmHLR/s4608/IMG_6629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEyqTRNsxvnz1XR3nPcFq_-T3WtK4-OKzpDcGUbZUadtmvZtwqWf3tKGotwyTauucRo-97uxAwi_5-t6qQuwahjZym3E7bQHKWlUJxg1e4B9z8gCQv4aJ2sjzD3wabTcWFKEUkKF1z_27U-5fL5EkDuCLo2K-aMv6VHYaFHPEN3DnrHQbZJtcgzhOmHLR/s320/IMG_6629.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Redshank.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hDv6hhecyLS3Li0hlzWoBBKjF_GBR2ErvNSXykMvNB1IX8tUhyxVeWfjyzKHf9GNXzAxjBNFwS4cw0JPCKuYzmfV_4-uxAnun7lVuzQiAa7tB0MupquzQgEMOJ4JoOQW0gcZ-TJ4gHl59o6kMaCE4hFAjLNWrgsl06Q5c7brsSlFEmxUio7V_I_388RM/s4608/IMG_6632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hDv6hhecyLS3Li0hlzWoBBKjF_GBR2ErvNSXykMvNB1IX8tUhyxVeWfjyzKHf9GNXzAxjBNFwS4cw0JPCKuYzmfV_4-uxAnun7lVuzQiAa7tB0MupquzQgEMOJ4JoOQW0gcZ-TJ4gHl59o6kMaCE4hFAjLNWrgsl06Q5c7brsSlFEmxUio7V_I_388RM/s320/IMG_6632.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Woodpigeon with a serious case of avian pox. If the bird can feed, recovery is possible as the lesions can regress after a few weeks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLC5VM063McYCYTLcm3opiBP2P1UIPFCmg11cZF26ENgHNyYBhyphenhyphenALZE3q-Yz20brFNm5_Wm7SgkodgurHS2sUhjSQCCa9G6uhYh2lIl4_bbi-h8MPuqHstFtBLJbQjXkezfGBOF2Y_J_Bjg1k0bsRvUJfFe_Nmspbl_w8SWSCz5bBP4G2q94nz48wEyEB/s4032/PXL_20231114_113010331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLC5VM063McYCYTLcm3opiBP2P1UIPFCmg11cZF26ENgHNyYBhyphenhyphenALZE3q-Yz20brFNm5_Wm7SgkodgurHS2sUhjSQCCa9G6uhYh2lIl4_bbi-h8MPuqHstFtBLJbQjXkezfGBOF2Y_J_Bjg1k0bsRvUJfFe_Nmspbl_w8SWSCz5bBP4G2q94nz48wEyEB/s320/PXL_20231114_113010331.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back to North Ferriby. The foreshore is mostly chalk pebbles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgR7s_zly-jCkjiq5aK-o8o_IycmhSrbzzX1pHLRtR4hZD_6VF2g7VC8OmUW8bdVjPMK54r581fUypClte4lpKDi-2CJbd9L4VmA0Qqt3SjFX5-UxZfTQKxx5REJpwswi10E3GOAurzXKEaZYA4r1dbOsZjWQa6oMo26eYwl1Yj7CvOSReJCJ29aVKg-l/s4608/IMG_6662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgR7s_zly-jCkjiq5aK-o8o_IycmhSrbzzX1pHLRtR4hZD_6VF2g7VC8OmUW8bdVjPMK54r581fUypClte4lpKDi-2CJbd9L4VmA0Qqt3SjFX5-UxZfTQKxx5REJpwswi10E3GOAurzXKEaZYA4r1dbOsZjWQa6oMo26eYwl1Yj7CvOSReJCJ29aVKg-l/s320/IMG_6662.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another favourite sighting of the day. This Great Black-backed gull had found some food, maybe a flat fish? and was mostly happy to share with the Carrion Crows. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAtPSJ6qXbpzFXxeCam23e5H91ndxm59u-D4h0Qj3iJikHXJBSpYrjWXiKSy8G5cklJu_-86Ei-syQUkUriR5NIlq1Q6ak8nzHix6tP0vfPgLVCYIF3x1rPaRgLbwt4y6Eb0fOtG9Uh1qlAIst_LSp3PmLEcSJEmBTJAOBQh6G4i3CjucVUDWfwcSMU8b/s4608/IMG_6668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAtPSJ6qXbpzFXxeCam23e5H91ndxm59u-D4h0Qj3iJikHXJBSpYrjWXiKSy8G5cklJu_-86Ei-syQUkUriR5NIlq1Q6ak8nzHix6tP0vfPgLVCYIF3x1rPaRgLbwt4y6Eb0fOtG9Uh1qlAIst_LSp3PmLEcSJEmBTJAOBQh6G4i3CjucVUDWfwcSMU8b/s320/IMG_6668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day was so mild that bumblebees and hoverflies were foraging. Here, a Buff-tailed Bumblebee feeding on White Dead-nettle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JnkFupRMfZjqQWKnj6IHJqNpALwkJbKgVlGLsXo2H87OC6vv6SWS5-0k4K9DdjhUHhV-ecbMsDklgA-op7uw7bG58VrMF10lD3yzE_YtQvLBuH5_0T89lsZYK0dWrlpG-qcXT92OtFmopubWQOnrNIYAJSOQdglpLtDUw1eMDa78TGkYkUi_2qmbN0u5/s4608/IMG_6678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JnkFupRMfZjqQWKnj6IHJqNpALwkJbKgVlGLsXo2H87OC6vv6SWS5-0k4K9DdjhUHhV-ecbMsDklgA-op7uw7bG58VrMF10lD3yzE_YtQvLBuH5_0T89lsZYK0dWrlpG-qcXT92OtFmopubWQOnrNIYAJSOQdglpLtDUw1eMDa78TGkYkUi_2qmbN0u5/s320/IMG_6678.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a hoverfly, <i>Eupeodes luniger</i> feeding on Bristly Ox-tongue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQESnwRmJxjjR5aTy2AszWls0839KzwwZnxPy7W8wDiF12lcd0xjoV-YuRA3snl1zl1iwz6qdmWvcjpvLuUdtDbsXXgNTq-LeKkujHrNXW8pLVRWNwZul11PxbFT4Aqq1DQc-3JVQdpN9kobqOsN5wKOfGjuGhE8f0znD1wL7_D0agJkrzfr-XGBMd2rgq/s4608/IMG_6689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQESnwRmJxjjR5aTy2AszWls0839KzwwZnxPy7W8wDiF12lcd0xjoV-YuRA3snl1zl1iwz6qdmWvcjpvLuUdtDbsXXgNTq-LeKkujHrNXW8pLVRWNwZul11PxbFT4Aqq1DQc-3JVQdpN9kobqOsN5wKOfGjuGhE8f0znD1wL7_D0agJkrzfr-XGBMd2rgq/s320/IMG_6689.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Grey Heron fed on a shallow area between sand banks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwwrX4zAfcFg863agRZ4Dzqib5fdxXev7NCWFEAfat8BYUsrYE8vef5YTfRZLioQsNfDNVcJCC7sA4sXbVlXQJOHkAsXGltwZx2zuNu8HaQ3okTFyYxskXdvnrO_9yB58-vbszM-zY1NtJfsF1z_mbfVN2hQS7B5H1U1kOC4Y6YA4hhjkVpFsWcHgKetG/s4032/1699967523835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwwrX4zAfcFg863agRZ4Dzqib5fdxXev7NCWFEAfat8BYUsrYE8vef5YTfRZLioQsNfDNVcJCC7sA4sXbVlXQJOHkAsXGltwZx2zuNu8HaQ3okTFyYxskXdvnrO_9yB58-vbszM-zY1NtJfsF1z_mbfVN2hQS7B5H1U1kOC4Y6YA4hhjkVpFsWcHgKetG/s320/1699967523835.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reedbed fringe by the sea wall.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a long walk, a total of 23 km, after St Andrews Quay I pressed home, passing by the Rawlings Way rowans where I had Waxwings a few years ago. Plenty of berries but just Blackbirds enjoying them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAXNSSk8xYiNiRkPtk5dyZB3Y4B0ubmgG3nGQ7uQenivVEF24Ktp_-id-Q6_IBiHp8aC76_iy4iKaaVSdoJD4ns2updqPKTHQVzV6FVUCLO-MyMk9-iRbwC_u2VpbGMVB-4EdWEiuE2nw5aEsPhPhmrm_PUfho9JgW3gBn5T4Z3AifHwDofjaN3TLZjKi/s4608/IMG_6726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAXNSSk8xYiNiRkPtk5dyZB3Y4B0ubmgG3nGQ7uQenivVEF24Ktp_-id-Q6_IBiHp8aC76_iy4iKaaVSdoJD4ns2updqPKTHQVzV6FVUCLO-MyMk9-iRbwC_u2VpbGMVB-4EdWEiuE2nw5aEsPhPhmrm_PUfho9JgW3gBn5T4Z3AifHwDofjaN3TLZjKi/s320/IMG_6726.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-81063782647591008252023-11-11T15:56:00.061+00:002023-11-12T20:24:45.513+00:00Tophill Low in November<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbLoC0iIAdGFNIWRMiddRE1hm2SIfjMEDfgi4U9-mMGnPiZGt-FHl-sQgLTHwJv1YD3s-W0ug9stqsTa755w-uZW1lwIbiRZtj7uWpH9Jkn2OzdRGb7p-TkIzLRMkO6pDQ14du3BdZV_6qB0Os5qR5xfRleG-NlrjVQbE3dNaw0NVmhOtB6allkh545F7/s4608/IMG_6352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbLoC0iIAdGFNIWRMiddRE1hm2SIfjMEDfgi4U9-mMGnPiZGt-FHl-sQgLTHwJv1YD3s-W0ug9stqsTa755w-uZW1lwIbiRZtj7uWpH9Jkn2OzdRGb7p-TkIzLRMkO6pDQ14du3BdZV_6qB0Os5qR5xfRleG-NlrjVQbE3dNaw0NVmhOtB6allkh545F7/w640-h480/IMG_6352.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A trip to Tophill Low on a calm and sunny day with the Hull Natural History Society. We get to the car park by 10am and have a quick look at D res before heading to the south of the reserve. Amy tells us about the new grazers in the reserve: sheep, pigs, goats and cattle now are the grazing team, it's like Tophill Low is the Yorkshire Knepp! A big pull for me was the Ring-necked Drake that had been reported at O-res, which we ended up missing. We walk south along the new path enjoying the new additions to it like the large reconstruction of the Roos Carr carved figures found in Holderness, now standing in their own bog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxkm6-Xf3v9_Es8kWWPwrZV923oJAFyf9C-SGgRDt9XZyLGJe3s0rGCQl9pioQRosO75jdtamSARuiJKybfr7Gy2B9fmtgKdFYB3VV_bZH68FGfPao3wrLHhEhduiv_4Jx1AA21k1X6Gy7RIW9KpuB_kRviATvf6pGaIw6RTDtUHt_ISpvUYtG3NqmNy4/s4032/PXL_20231111_105453886.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxkm6-Xf3v9_Es8kWWPwrZV923oJAFyf9C-SGgRDt9XZyLGJe3s0rGCQl9pioQRosO75jdtamSARuiJKybfr7Gy2B9fmtgKdFYB3VV_bZH68FGfPao3wrLHhEhduiv_4Jx1AA21k1X6Gy7RIW9KpuB_kRviATvf6pGaIw6RTDtUHt_ISpvUYtG3NqmNy4/w400-h225/PXL_20231111_105453886.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roos Carr figures reconstruction.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm6nD-AdMugMhq7Q_YFFMNwlg8_koB2mIlRPWljI6Yy50E9fncY2JEtX_edewxXh_UVndLDweT856jRsweEQbl4aA27lqatQ4eQsdS7gcTFGrzLcNMgSKCTTH7D2tkxZurmwBZmDSHGjxrwDZJm7Qz8dikK3QBnoYHI8BDNVe1Yh0lga9hJV91OPPVHpe/s4608/IMG_6321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm6nD-AdMugMhq7Q_YFFMNwlg8_koB2mIlRPWljI6Yy50E9fncY2JEtX_edewxXh_UVndLDweT856jRsweEQbl4aA27lqatQ4eQsdS7gcTFGrzLcNMgSKCTTH7D2tkxZurmwBZmDSHGjxrwDZJm7Qz8dikK3QBnoYHI8BDNVe1Yh0lga9hJV91OPPVHpe/w400-h300/IMG_6321.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Darter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we got to O-res, we quickly found the Red-necked Grebe. The light wasn't the best to search for the Rong-necked Duck, and a birder there with a telescope hadn't seen it either. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgandYjA1qRpnKaYhVPmctklFI4fKuKjh3FX9kIE4bPHCNRvxse2Xmm-9ptJbwnGcg9opy3w-EyPkK5864ZrYhVL0NrMKeRhDNQ9pCwTHIYy3qt-jKFVqjg70LOggw9DcsEU5vsgn4Dxk4MOhUr5c73WeYXqJ7ZiPNd2m9_QA5df99V6SafL-47O0j0B7Ou/s3106/IMG_6324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="3106" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgandYjA1qRpnKaYhVPmctklFI4fKuKjh3FX9kIE4bPHCNRvxse2Xmm-9ptJbwnGcg9opy3w-EyPkK5864ZrYhVL0NrMKeRhDNQ9pCwTHIYy3qt-jKFVqjg70LOggw9DcsEU5vsgn4Dxk4MOhUr5c73WeYXqJ7ZiPNd2m9_QA5df99V6SafL-47O0j0B7Ou/w400-h300/IMG_6324.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWQ1cs5jR3PotU1JAH6Zod7QMs_Dq2MeOZj-B0jacwC_Ra6eAuoT2a-9ys0OHBTMKGpb5doC_EFbv9KSO_Zjkd2Yb03q48qc-PIZ2KbzQfpWUSkIDt2_f-uPAZOnNmN39TeHV4-3-PSm0nAX5ZDvkMkan_-0J2ci1V8nhqGOOlnlZvhvRJiGVrGyI4jnS/s1816/IMG_6325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWQ1cs5jR3PotU1JAH6Zod7QMs_Dq2MeOZj-B0jacwC_Ra6eAuoT2a-9ys0OHBTMKGpb5doC_EFbv9KSO_Zjkd2Yb03q48qc-PIZ2KbzQfpWUSkIDt2_f-uPAZOnNmN39TeHV4-3-PSm0nAX5ZDvkMkan_-0J2ci1V8nhqGOOlnlZvhvRJiGVrGyI4jnS/w400-h300/IMG_6325.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red-necked Grebe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCniMOWh84bgRggPX4XLOnrzYLSMGepQnL0Kk1OzGUTNf4ImE2uxRSPstQaAS9iDA70mIvV7l8-5IgoQkfDjSy4pJ-f30UJPKxk0bPMGgAYGA9Tecanvt7iNHEfIYhFvRRzkc7gwb6a_5rwxnVuNAIJrZRnIsSYLyUoth7vSRlVR1XoDT0lrJyQ8pC82d/s4608/IMG_6328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCniMOWh84bgRggPX4XLOnrzYLSMGepQnL0Kk1OzGUTNf4ImE2uxRSPstQaAS9iDA70mIvV7l8-5IgoQkfDjSy4pJ-f30UJPKxk0bPMGgAYGA9Tecanvt7iNHEfIYhFvRRzkc7gwb6a_5rwxnVuNAIJrZRnIsSYLyUoth7vSRlVR1XoDT0lrJyQ8pC82d/w400-h300/IMG_6328.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Forty-five Curlews and a pair of Mute Swans were at South Marsh East.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguE7uOu2PbKLK9EFHCadJ55qN6qY5Ioc9Qi0ik9q0kW9uXGUdMtViUhDgfvbvnkPmUTy4OmQqqFMQQOzN9f6MXhBa58hyB6Km7oOfnHAmahWoozm3dBgSvTz0AYysixZ8CuPdfRffP7A4UTHH9LNtFkysvjM4nqPxSk3Xa-I24eFz5foLU4KebqXxgfEkh/s4608/IMG_6332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguE7uOu2PbKLK9EFHCadJ55qN6qY5Ioc9Qi0ik9q0kW9uXGUdMtViUhDgfvbvnkPmUTy4OmQqqFMQQOzN9f6MXhBa58hyB6Km7oOfnHAmahWoozm3dBgSvTz0AYysixZ8CuPdfRffP7A4UTHH9LNtFkysvjM4nqPxSk3Xa-I24eFz5foLU4KebqXxgfEkh/w400-h300/IMG_6332.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roe Deer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEia7LU9hnv-WMnSbxR3OD5e3q9D68z_4iSVVgV_Rx2Yt-v8ajK-535dAMVaXFSHo1daZ_ESwe75SEZUBkNA11CJHNRoTB1IJnwT_Yr69uIpkHRd5o9ZCbgwDT0n4bIRGr8PrQr6Kedky-B4F8cUgiC45PeEsBnoR5sQS5buElK9GNMLX05kQGeREbRUL/s4608/IMG_6338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEia7LU9hnv-WMnSbxR3OD5e3q9D68z_4iSVVgV_Rx2Yt-v8ajK-535dAMVaXFSHo1daZ_ESwe75SEZUBkNA11CJHNRoTB1IJnwT_Yr69uIpkHRd5o9ZCbgwDT0n4bIRGr8PrQr6Kedky-B4F8cUgiC45PeEsBnoR5sQS5buElK9GNMLX05kQGeREbRUL/w400-h300/IMG_6338.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had seen a fly-over Whooper from the visitor centre, now it appeared this had landed at O-res. A single brown feather possibly meaning its a young bird becoming separated from the flock.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fieldfares and Redwings were on the hawthorn on the way to the Watton hide. The goats were browsing under the Hawthorns. As soon as we got there, I had a UK lifer in the shape of 8-9 Cattle Egrets roosting on the shore. Two Little Egrets were about too and then a Great White Egret landed, a lifer for some of the present. The arrival of a Grey Heron completed the set of Ardeidae for the day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJApG-12WKV1x_FMNMPvcSzVWgwBxIuSDOlBj71oT6ssYzNaDbe4Eyjv7JQFPryyWiLgQhH70qN8COCYE5WqL4seTfAo51ivM1TLh3SuR6piAkkG0ybaXueo3ECrazETBD1fir671FaueZViESzbyuxv4PmiCQaJ4i9FMcQNM5kOpbojqnSA559z1RZ6E/s4608/IMG_6351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJApG-12WKV1x_FMNMPvcSzVWgwBxIuSDOlBj71oT6ssYzNaDbe4Eyjv7JQFPryyWiLgQhH70qN8COCYE5WqL4seTfAo51ivM1TLh3SuR6piAkkG0ybaXueo3ECrazETBD1fir671FaueZViESzbyuxv4PmiCQaJ4i9FMcQNM5kOpbojqnSA559z1RZ6E/w400-h300/IMG_6351.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cattle Egrets and Greylags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Large White Egret, Little Egret and Grey Heron posing well for comparison purposes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwW9FLSBaqERBnyQ_7OUY1aQsDU8cAVaDHF7jjy2SC35h3ccEcCJO_HgOR4YqsU-79rhGErTecTAjRoZ6HSOAGVs_9m-luMaGl9XRXUo-L9gNU0Tt563_vjDUeNDDrfoGZ7i7D87-HagFJ4RryGaTA8kW5A78KSpC7zUADui1bJcBLB9GSr8AFFQE53iR/s4608/IMG_6383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwW9FLSBaqERBnyQ_7OUY1aQsDU8cAVaDHF7jjy2SC35h3ccEcCJO_HgOR4YqsU-79rhGErTecTAjRoZ6HSOAGVs_9m-luMaGl9XRXUo-L9gNU0Tt563_vjDUeNDDrfoGZ7i7D87-HagFJ4RryGaTA8kW5A78KSpC7zUADui1bJcBLB9GSr8AFFQE53iR/w400-h300/IMG_6383.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tufted Ducks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxIfrHMYJ6oqgItH1D4T5JyqCMZ8Gpic1ROWanT44Mo1saYbUV6ONZRk5Wl4XkLo-icMzAlZEL1bUikp4vQgMx_BBOlvnY2nYyrRjGcXpvqc9SfDwvm8aLJ9iyqUbi-AvUM-LzIeKguD27Bg-N-XWVKCTD92OJAjD5ODMen5cYsuXQia_R7MkHLDg8we8/s2985/IMG_6395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="2985" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxIfrHMYJ6oqgItH1D4T5JyqCMZ8Gpic1ROWanT44Mo1saYbUV6ONZRk5Wl4XkLo-icMzAlZEL1bUikp4vQgMx_BBOlvnY2nYyrRjGcXpvqc9SfDwvm8aLJ9iyqUbi-AvUM-LzIeKguD27Bg-N-XWVKCTD92OJAjD5ODMen5cYsuXQia_R7MkHLDg8we8/w400-h320/IMG_6395.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fieldfare.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfgtq0vXRNK5c0T_saiaLZk_CBrwl5iGcLnkVhcJcTF6gQ3cG8a7xNDMSCmAwHQcaWi8BGuo25U2PdPGweAOeI5X1CUOnDuQiDnMBvF_Zc4wQM_GiIrBvzmwBBLOU3DxZ5O6YHPGWaI7r4a7GkL-3ecjZOPNpMqiQ4ls52L8T8mLwGgnXt5eW56xzzxKc/s4608/IMG_6399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We saw a total of 5 individuals. A Peacock was also seen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-y2pSmcJ9MOcrPI1ghlgFXJGO6nHKbeoLMxbtBdjWhBiCJR0ijw8SCq0GCr5tqwD-2BVg_l7SaF_olC1AKcy4nTr-Sv3dBUV8pzDqEO_5WDS3O9FYLMK1gFdMMBh1V0MrjeGx1cKF-Xg1ExjSpJJEsCPvzPpS4_gMCwnTNkMUK4BWePcPIzi3OOBuKcH/s2625/PXL_20231111_141256763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="1967" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-y2pSmcJ9MOcrPI1ghlgFXJGO6nHKbeoLMxbtBdjWhBiCJR0ijw8SCq0GCr5tqwD-2BVg_l7SaF_olC1AKcy4nTr-Sv3dBUV8pzDqEO_5WDS3O9FYLMK1gFdMMBh1V0MrjeGx1cKF-Xg1ExjSpJJEsCPvzPpS4_gMCwnTNkMUK4BWePcPIzi3OOBuKcH/w300-h400/PXL_20231111_141256763.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The striking Dog Stinkhorn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY41IZsAKlXEOpNCAhLzSBj0r4rmjL1qDfhQgDpYhDhkY39ShxtQVEv1h2wOurqdBZviTG-XYaFkf01Me_mYLRgBwsAk9F1wucYsHNCRdFND0RTlc6DtPm-RA-XljVAfZFfo590-GozB0bhOp5xZHIeeMg7EVIAJKsyde7hfZpMqbcxGYwLlbYEUwze_oA/s4608/IMG_6402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY41IZsAKlXEOpNCAhLzSBj0r4rmjL1qDfhQgDpYhDhkY39ShxtQVEv1h2wOurqdBZviTG-XYaFkf01Me_mYLRgBwsAk9F1wucYsHNCRdFND0RTlc6DtPm-RA-XljVAfZFfo590-GozB0bhOp5xZHIeeMg7EVIAJKsyde7hfZpMqbcxGYwLlbYEUwze_oA/w400-h300/IMG_6402.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a record shot of the Red-crested Pochards.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-12753038615677115232023-10-18T21:42:00.000+01:002023-10-18T21:42:17.771+01:00Train trip: Wilsthorpe Dunes<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2IUpjnDmX6aPkng5j-mIOa5Yu7faTLYQYpF_TZGKXWmUEhVUl6qoq5FiGMRjPcz4WpmaHK3P9vOGJKKLz76JzpQjpjFANTBT9F-JAptSsN96hl9Zy3GqWIRIvAarN_xngRwCh6eLVxIbfhOB_4wBb89eWHOqs6khCUyfNgpp3TyIOkjSSkaDTfDeCX28/s4032/PXL_20231017_102927400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2IUpjnDmX6aPkng5j-mIOa5Yu7faTLYQYpF_TZGKXWmUEhVUl6qoq5FiGMRjPcz4WpmaHK3P9vOGJKKLz76JzpQjpjFANTBT9F-JAptSsN96hl9Zy3GqWIRIvAarN_xngRwCh6eLVxIbfhOB_4wBb89eWHOqs6khCUyfNgpp3TyIOkjSSkaDTfDeCX28/w640-h360/PXL_20231017_102927400.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>Before the wind picked up in the afternoon, it was a relatively mild day with the sun breaking between light clouds. I had planned to head to Bridlington and walk along the south beach to Fraisthorpe, but I was so entertained exploring the dunes by the Park and Ride and Wilsthorpe that I never made it there. I had long wanted to explore this lovely stretch of dunes, a rare habitat of the East Yorkshire coast where there is little erosion and the sand accumulates with plenty of natural vegetation, and as I found, plenty of insects.</p><p>I catch the 8:01 train to Bridlington and I head towards the harbour. It's high tide. As usual, there are Turnstones everywhere, Redshanks on their usual roost on the outer wall, and the first of several surprises: two Red-throated Divers fishing just outside the harbour south wall, later one inside the harbour at low tide. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZcxFeQCnQmDlRCMvOHugAfiHpG6rm7nVjrElwV_ymIuT8LiC1LbeS1I0tvoAGNJglQR0JaVir1reYCuKJjlfPrMY1E-mkb_BANPx6P4enelKCkV6Nvz291Byw6fuAeLmFAS6YJqfcnDzsr7V6IayT5Bb-AkYlvYMN04se_w7Nnm10FCeH4afPbYwQkCr/s4608/IMG_5284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZcxFeQCnQmDlRCMvOHugAfiHpG6rm7nVjrElwV_ymIuT8LiC1LbeS1I0tvoAGNJglQR0JaVir1reYCuKJjlfPrMY1E-mkb_BANPx6P4enelKCkV6Nvz291Byw6fuAeLmFAS6YJqfcnDzsr7V6IayT5Bb-AkYlvYMN04se_w7Nnm10FCeH4afPbYwQkCr/w400-h300/IMG_5284.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Herring Gull long calling near the station.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLj-1Dmyltpsc29K0mOPKoMjJsVbGAuoUbNa36oZL784D5lPe_8tyuv13b26ahvJYrKfvkS0T5wmZ7fYT7RitxcZM5yppI67Wg5d9drG8YJmYLIJVXkbEMtDnd3v3djwk2jyJfHbCiV11bt70fEbugZzQkQw4e22JJSylzVOie0t2z2KFtsNBPYKM8x6J/s4608/IMG_5293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLj-1Dmyltpsc29K0mOPKoMjJsVbGAuoUbNa36oZL784D5lPe_8tyuv13b26ahvJYrKfvkS0T5wmZ7fYT7RitxcZM5yppI67Wg5d9drG8YJmYLIJVXkbEMtDnd3v3djwk2jyJfHbCiV11bt70fEbugZzQkQw4e22JJSylzVOie0t2z2KFtsNBPYKM8x6J/w400-h300/IMG_5293.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oystercatcher roosting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B0sZjlVLDkAhqxZFvRx6eo-e17dh2oT2So5_ThcugTQN2w4Nma42aOmcI0VKnqtgMjvIivIx4oJT8P8KBsG6HJBOPN-0VBzgoMq2VdOGwy8aIv1BhCCx-o_c-mLCSl_URkKhxeNVrvu9FWaloqJYMr9vYAaJGhKeEtUjjH0hg1JiMSL0_jfi4rpnJMrc/s4608/IMG_5315.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B0sZjlVLDkAhqxZFvRx6eo-e17dh2oT2So5_ThcugTQN2w4Nma42aOmcI0VKnqtgMjvIivIx4oJT8P8KBsG6HJBOPN-0VBzgoMq2VdOGwy8aIv1BhCCx-o_c-mLCSl_URkKhxeNVrvu9FWaloqJYMr9vYAaJGhKeEtUjjH0hg1JiMSL0_jfi4rpnJMrc/w400-h300/IMG_5315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Black-backed Gull.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerhNcSwFIqWDI3RWYMxgyRFjhy4qdQrk5qQteMCMt7IHZzOvqMpqC82DwznuwmpzAd6cggYdx1t0Fp1yBVIkgTxjdyGiX08A1Bs2qO87yyPrRJwF0-so4QUoG9WKhfnSGIZ29pJ0xJ7xQ3yFi6C2SlPw5UeX1goEvFZYJURZdE8vsmS-6zO8Ik5_6PMk6/s2456/IMG_5321.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="2456" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerhNcSwFIqWDI3RWYMxgyRFjhy4qdQrk5qQteMCMt7IHZzOvqMpqC82DwznuwmpzAd6cggYdx1t0Fp1yBVIkgTxjdyGiX08A1Bs2qO87yyPrRJwF0-so4QUoG9WKhfnSGIZ29pJ0xJ7xQ3yFi6C2SlPw5UeX1goEvFZYJURZdE8vsmS-6zO8Ik5_6PMk6/w400-h300/IMG_5321.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Juvenile Red-throated Diver.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVO0Tm65b37IO6tGf5OLH2PZ3SE7OEjq2v_0acpf_E0cwy2fsstA55k7VHb-WDJ3LhyphenhyphenW1tciF0hQ4XFEnYmeR2FRAA6JeANg89lNlAiYqIJdFrIn4D-6W0_GcjOCukQIjwfh4T1-OxcGP8POCk6jktWn2aQGPtUs4l6Bm5ock0Ufca5u9E7-L6s80SmUj/s2703/IMG_5320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2703" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVO0Tm65b37IO6tGf5OLH2PZ3SE7OEjq2v_0acpf_E0cwy2fsstA55k7VHb-WDJ3LhyphenhyphenW1tciF0hQ4XFEnYmeR2FRAA6JeANg89lNlAiYqIJdFrIn4D-6W0_GcjOCukQIjwfh4T1-OxcGP8POCk6jktWn2aQGPtUs4l6Bm5ock0Ufca5u9E7-L6s80SmUj/w400-h300/IMG_5320.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adult Red throated Diver winter plumage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo93my0j1xjBmn_whtXR9p_zBQZVD667WJG_GAlWCINdGiJyDFbcavOxJUxQsIgOEejTnIrH6PjY1V3XyZaejwd-CXRlHq7JI2o9IM4oPU1_UoeGOAf6gVeg-8NZlY3BTG5fR9Z6tsCf6xnFt-_eOHW-5v6yPdG_T9StIJaQ_PPi04hln3sSbQfvTsq9lQ/s2596/IMG_5330.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="2596" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo93my0j1xjBmn_whtXR9p_zBQZVD667WJG_GAlWCINdGiJyDFbcavOxJUxQsIgOEejTnIrH6PjY1V3XyZaejwd-CXRlHq7JI2o9IM4oPU1_UoeGOAf6gVeg-8NZlY3BTG5fR9Z6tsCf6xnFt-_eOHW-5v6yPdG_T9StIJaQ_PPi04hln3sSbQfvTsq9lQ/w400-h300/IMG_5330.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dunlin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNAjvkW92aeLq3s_3MZ19dxTQyNtfyupLvahyM6R87mowclk1cR9BjWIJzxrO7Bo6WABEPP4sR_i5_OCHOxhyphenhyphenT_0BJVNETRhBl4BK-hj_KR9tlRYxd-IPULGSI3rHpkIPsNFI5h-KXz_qaC5Gl9RlB3vihwmlEfnfEbu31BCdiHk6mynZe1LqlhgAkCR6/s4608/IMG_5339.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Knot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OKH8O6DodZrcXFAzFaDxuQHmuk4ujQu_2C8UMUwdQ4YTYDl2LPHVXqhk2i3Zn4UeRj4X60UQr9o35UeCCDgWShJlrYcChUEMVhIGhiISMVbES-3fW6SRg_Q71W75LYcl1CYQ7DrhkX2B-dE46bl2Q9_RhOf2CNWhT6d0qXm2rU2Exrp5MspTWwM8ljJf/s4608/IMG_5357.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OKH8O6DodZrcXFAzFaDxuQHmuk4ujQu_2C8UMUwdQ4YTYDl2LPHVXqhk2i3Zn4UeRj4X60UQr9o35UeCCDgWShJlrYcChUEMVhIGhiISMVbES-3fW6SRg_Q71W75LYcl1CYQ7DrhkX2B-dE46bl2Q9_RhOf2CNWhT6d0qXm2rU2Exrp5MspTWwM8ljJf/w400-h300/IMG_5357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly, there were many dead Guillemots on the beach, about 8 carcasses, and some individuals in the water looked weak. This one got stranded on the beach as the tide ebbed. Someone came with a cloth and bag and picked it up.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Amongst the dunes</b></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I walk along the south beach to reach the dunes by the Par&Ride and Wilsthorpe. The sunshine is getting insects out, so I take the chance and explore the dunes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcooL2JXRaHL6U6taqsvTNYWGGZQyKhZiD0EXruKkjmD8O5AC75LFI55vFTALN25-u8zAjyYbe0apQBrZCcQMNXwxr7YD7qp1C7KfKQWe9tREaN6pyqtufRjEh37fegDGMBFxWVN-i6dBlTal2VKa3wWbfI3N0_RimKv7N2VWYR8byT0b-sxbiVsPIPUoW/s4608/IMG_5375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcooL2JXRaHL6U6taqsvTNYWGGZQyKhZiD0EXruKkjmD8O5AC75LFI55vFTALN25-u8zAjyYbe0apQBrZCcQMNXwxr7YD7qp1C7KfKQWe9tREaN6pyqtufRjEh37fegDGMBFxWVN-i6dBlTal2VKa3wWbfI3N0_RimKv7N2VWYR8byT0b-sxbiVsPIPUoW/w400-h300/IMG_5375.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An Ivy Bee on a dandelion. They seem to be in active expansion!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAka9-ZEpuDCNJusf5pvPxM9se51BGDqNK03uZl2wDEByroVMeTCkg5Ifcptxt4rEOoX2dfwUtZ1Kx7FEQoKHp-ckO-TfHavMVMZPpol3JEU_dEHXFb9OPmuvvi5q0G-bU2mNQi9rR5lRfP9LeFtj226X1lwaRBZsCcQJDIoAvDDjt0V-Fhmpg_DPnBFM/s4608/IMG_5379.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAka9-ZEpuDCNJusf5pvPxM9se51BGDqNK03uZl2wDEByroVMeTCkg5Ifcptxt4rEOoX2dfwUtZ1Kx7FEQoKHp-ckO-TfHavMVMZPpol3JEU_dEHXFb9OPmuvvi5q0G-bU2mNQi9rR5lRfP9LeFtj226X1lwaRBZsCcQJDIoAvDDjt0V-Fhmpg_DPnBFM/w400-h300/IMG_5379.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A female Long-winged Conehead catching the sunshine on a wall. I managed some recordings of males calling too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40CCWsboPMr9Slk4jmmE4ADEICKg8ugLa36xFMxzecRbjEkLTUMet5Hbv3Geq59UYPKGjatHJSUl0b87nKqunZ-Qlq_TNa2bG81__ijc0ZYBbDdSTdHxsQQEgdVPyxs8Dph_rIgWimiZH3Erx_P7NGsfoKjlD0YcPmQUl9E2Yg-t6KcvXUAWesYCO1AVR/s2972/IMG_5390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2229" data-original-width="2972" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40CCWsboPMr9Slk4jmmE4ADEICKg8ugLa36xFMxzecRbjEkLTUMet5Hbv3Geq59UYPKGjatHJSUl0b87nKqunZ-Qlq_TNa2bG81__ijc0ZYBbDdSTdHxsQQEgdVPyxs8Dph_rIgWimiZH3Erx_P7NGsfoKjlD0YcPmQUl9E2Yg-t6KcvXUAWesYCO1AVR/w400-h300/IMG_5390.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The male of a pair of Stonechats on the dunes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYuzb7qg8XaFeUL2ofwXUmXjs6o7EOVD2pwLbC8gtaSVuFjraeP-3eNnwUEnEK2B9vLfGcjBjFt2wZdrgvCIC4a4zh9VVTUesjN7Jaw5gWOALR7PqLQPSqPztp8likj8lAGG8sU0kddzedSQxahvueXA3E8UJFei2Ly8w4DQd0GRIJaCXVMFusnCU2eDe/s4608/IMG_5397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYuzb7qg8XaFeUL2ofwXUmXjs6o7EOVD2pwLbC8gtaSVuFjraeP-3eNnwUEnEK2B9vLfGcjBjFt2wZdrgvCIC4a4zh9VVTUesjN7Jaw5gWOALR7PqLQPSqPztp8likj8lAGG8sU0kddzedSQxahvueXA3E8UJFei2Ly8w4DQd0GRIJaCXVMFusnCU2eDe/w400-h300/IMG_5397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rabbit with Mixomatosis. Many rabbit warrens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgy9zXw4zRLZ5yivH9GkGcgUsrDz6AJtIc7kncx419t8sZspN-qM6OK5mqKB2f9wzoaUmi1q98RMwzNO74QXEFyekcajMGdAU0nWZ1yhgIa6PpAwom0j4RCJiMIbxtLDdVlAgJMLmZvmOn8A9UQDmH-JdFXbziEpZItC-R5vNkse9NHhiWukAH4yF6npXH/s4032/PXL_20231017_100927536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgy9zXw4zRLZ5yivH9GkGcgUsrDz6AJtIc7kncx419t8sZspN-qM6OK5mqKB2f9wzoaUmi1q98RMwzNO74QXEFyekcajMGdAU0nWZ1yhgIa6PpAwom0j4RCJiMIbxtLDdVlAgJMLmZvmOn8A9UQDmH-JdFXbziEpZItC-R5vNkse9NHhiWukAH4yF6npXH/w400-h225/PXL_20231017_100927536.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking north towards Bridlington.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5bAakRQLgrFz02I5Mn4yiH8UKSZa7Wd5daCxrXq72xqCq6YTcBTzY7p_0a7M8bc34xqmFI4xRqig4_M-uG9_l3da3hSj2IVleyZK8J6McrZy2RGv-3ItEput-kcQi8Cwi1XasFIBZ8qLm7lq5OWQ58ggdZtkBSdaxMhD6dbUvDIVxqmKa-HS6KkI_yjH/s4608/IMG_5403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5bAakRQLgrFz02I5Mn4yiH8UKSZa7Wd5daCxrXq72xqCq6YTcBTzY7p_0a7M8bc34xqmFI4xRqig4_M-uG9_l3da3hSj2IVleyZK8J6McrZy2RGv-3ItEput-kcQi8Cwi1XasFIBZ8qLm7lq5OWQ58ggdZtkBSdaxMhD6dbUvDIVxqmKa-HS6KkI_yjH/w400-h300/IMG_5403.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of a number of Common Field Grasshoppers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf8YkuaovuR3JTgX0Gj6TL1LNaEe_nh3frQz0mhQ7c86aU9qaX0pOX4qtO872SF7vjJwD8GMMchkx6p0TEiIU4wy-SPgLcdR6aBZjZ6JZgQDKCvbL7LeEHw-lyWgg9ZT_zcYAzfQF3psJr9oPVdIwdtj6L2Vgej9ESoA8BJj1lUjo_GhYC1ELxRCQ0_Sp/s4608/IMG_5404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf8YkuaovuR3JTgX0Gj6TL1LNaEe_nh3frQz0mhQ7c86aU9qaX0pOX4qtO872SF7vjJwD8GMMchkx6p0TEiIU4wy-SPgLcdR6aBZjZ6JZgQDKCvbL7LeEHw-lyWgg9ZT_zcYAzfQF3psJr9oPVdIwdtj6L2Vgej9ESoA8BJj1lUjo_GhYC1ELxRCQ0_Sp/w400-h300/IMG_5404.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These crows harassed this young gull as it was feeding on something by the trick of pulling its tail. The gull was not impressed and after a while, it took off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHPuWXjh9WdheTsRNpVgPxuYkssnyRA5ma9xhiWUBdlbTqQnhdo4bHOkGZ432-uS7uyPYVks8WSbUONCbtvuqT55Rc6p9_ry4XWOBsKExfaLEiBj3DxB7aCCj8wh9iWMbXaC6-xx6cIRYKVpMJRt5z2CwHK1hPFgb6fDXU_0D95PHhyphenhyphenYZsasZNBqBHeT_/s4032/PXL_20231017_102811356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHPuWXjh9WdheTsRNpVgPxuYkssnyRA5ma9xhiWUBdlbTqQnhdo4bHOkGZ432-uS7uyPYVks8WSbUONCbtvuqT55Rc6p9_ry4XWOBsKExfaLEiBj3DxB7aCCj8wh9iWMbXaC6-xx6cIRYKVpMJRt5z2CwHK1hPFgb6fDXU_0D95PHhyphenhyphenYZsasZNBqBHeT_/w400-h225/PXL_20231017_102811356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another view of the dunes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRM1dGg07UbPZt64s2O2EjbiyIywMx_nGGtE_eTFtyibySAa7aG5R06icF2rIL9tsOhMJXi9qd1nlF8xbL1d-wEBN0txp2sFdDK99keR6EhWtvojooo-6Jti1a7JiuV3A7bOlYRbtOxcJBsR6wlsjDwYxsb7U1v6Yjm1RBJXpFt7bnuZB7452kXa2zX6V/s1554/IMG_5423.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1554" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRM1dGg07UbPZt64s2O2EjbiyIywMx_nGGtE_eTFtyibySAa7aG5R06icF2rIL9tsOhMJXi9qd1nlF8xbL1d-wEBN0txp2sFdDK99keR6EhWtvojooo-6Jti1a7JiuV3A7bOlYRbtOxcJBsR6wlsjDwYxsb7U1v6Yjm1RBJXpFt7bnuZB7452kXa2zX6V/w400-h300/IMG_5423.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I take my lunch sitting on an anti-talk defences as the dunes fizzle out into the cliff by Fraisthorpe, I notice hundreds of Kelp Flies were gathered at the top of the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w4jaJOSgDF2EszIXU87VUwhunZkxZwmomjbPqts8o3oaAh-jeFrcBqNNRC0CANwQq6H6QMknD1cB9ICcmAaZC3eEdTR_Cx4HWSuWcYqfpohixCCB7OkOvcm7MWTIcEmAoD0AkyQe9jyVglA8qhCh7n8QwZzPdgbAhtbwzusUGE77b3jcbzcFBUWsPPsE/s4608/IMG_5427.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w4jaJOSgDF2EszIXU87VUwhunZkxZwmomjbPqts8o3oaAh-jeFrcBqNNRC0CANwQq6H6QMknD1cB9ICcmAaZC3eEdTR_Cx4HWSuWcYqfpohixCCB7OkOvcm7MWTIcEmAoD0AkyQe9jyVglA8qhCh7n8QwZzPdgbAhtbwzusUGE77b3jcbzcFBUWsPPsE/w400-h300/IMG_5427.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A crow checks the mud this man had dug out in search for worms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RaTVjJnJLsF8Hgmkc2ji5ZGqagEDafGxWVyhvrtrbjQROiWmUI_AOqL3QnmG65Yd4Q_aU-G8blNcUquqWdv_o_spakz8IJz4p0nfWEFb3R_Ase3zbKNp6W0XNGznn9V0LMRYONfNYyaqVVvrW4hKyIX3GKZAbF6LY8k9iNMXGWtcrEHoI0ilIxAFswwr/s4608/IMG_5432.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RaTVjJnJLsF8Hgmkc2ji5ZGqagEDafGxWVyhvrtrbjQROiWmUI_AOqL3QnmG65Yd4Q_aU-G8blNcUquqWdv_o_spakz8IJz4p0nfWEFb3R_Ase3zbKNp6W0XNGznn9V0LMRYONfNYyaqVVvrW4hKyIX3GKZAbF6LY8k9iNMXGWtcrEHoI0ilIxAFswwr/w400-h300/IMG_5432.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some horse riders at the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUx6mtb-EGdzNnkwiTpXWnqmIH4xVkF-XRvmROyZitaiKoERkJPbsGxY9sb-KlaIo8rhQ6xZpLEstf9MrK4i8LX71SpwW8qNxVhe4aJAXzWvf9TuJgKS57KwoM3pZwAlKgeyehZBYp4GKHImW1fjBt9lQ_7enc1iwHPQSsTJvaCrz1spu0-pG9OyMaxvf/s4608/IMG_5438.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUx6mtb-EGdzNnkwiTpXWnqmIH4xVkF-XRvmROyZitaiKoERkJPbsGxY9sb-KlaIo8rhQ6xZpLEstf9MrK4i8LX71SpwW8qNxVhe4aJAXzWvf9TuJgKS57KwoM3pZwAlKgeyehZBYp4GKHImW1fjBt9lQ_7enc1iwHPQSsTJvaCrz1spu0-pG9OyMaxvf/w400-h300/IMG_5438.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Pied Wagtail had it easy catching flies as there were so many.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time to walk back. I walk on the beach this time. There is some migration off shore. Some Wigeon fly south and five Eiders north. The most astounding thing is to watch an Arctic Skua chasing a common gull across the s beach! Pity it was too distant for good shorts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjHo0o_qRWs8jE81EppLl_luF1Oz_yn6g7wM20mYE5P9MJ_AaJBF2TZAXwYR0tqhwRCpNDZfHAIbO3r_-IfRsYb2_d62ZneGoPWTJ-8d6uKQk9FA2_BML0AH_-jIzLlsXyI0HlxCwWaxDXPP51jXHIE8kVLaqRn4divalHRToGWkAXyPOWa0iwhdVelpq/s824/IMG_5445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="824" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjHo0o_qRWs8jE81EppLl_luF1Oz_yn6g7wM20mYE5P9MJ_AaJBF2TZAXwYR0tqhwRCpNDZfHAIbO3r_-IfRsYb2_d62ZneGoPWTJ-8d6uKQk9FA2_BML0AH_-jIzLlsXyI0HlxCwWaxDXPP51jXHIE8kVLaqRn4divalHRToGWkAXyPOWa0iwhdVelpq/w400-h300/IMG_5445.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tables turn and the gull appears to chase the skua.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSnoVeOlQCxej6Hca1V1fThx14-6o42-IFtPL9-5RJ8NJKi6rCiCbAWguSkRrwexUUUtZ-H1zcHLbRmzqgbc461fi81xrheOSdzI-Rk-5YxxhNEL5YxtEVdfSjgFdk5_D0ufVsKg_RMkkzOuhs6MvYZyb4AmFCL5HemEvzsDUqKpkWDgL18mQzRCP_-zi/s1843/IMG_5447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1843" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSnoVeOlQCxej6Hca1V1fThx14-6o42-IFtPL9-5RJ8NJKi6rCiCbAWguSkRrwexUUUtZ-H1zcHLbRmzqgbc461fi81xrheOSdzI-Rk-5YxxhNEL5YxtEVdfSjgFdk5_D0ufVsKg_RMkkzOuhs6MvYZyb4AmFCL5HemEvzsDUqKpkWDgL18mQzRCP_-zi/w400-h300/IMG_5447.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The skua, probably an Arctic Skua, flies towards the sea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAtY4TZ4Jtca5XCf3KjXGk5jduogbAhpz6uijylfzLxQ4myEZRKidF2ihx2IPPSO5EB2Dbk7IReUi93ezM0uEh9yH3HIpoJ9CjpdVns30DzduJeTA1seiJzHnkYNHrmj8ndOdOdsA0zDyv8Uw0j3gjE4Bqgag3MdRJ5YClx5g7LJ82z0RJ8DxDM3jwVJ6/s4608/IMG_5474.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAtY4TZ4Jtca5XCf3KjXGk5jduogbAhpz6uijylfzLxQ4myEZRKidF2ihx2IPPSO5EB2Dbk7IReUi93ezM0uEh9yH3HIpoJ9CjpdVns30DzduJeTA1seiJzHnkYNHrmj8ndOdOdsA0zDyv8Uw0j3gjE4Bqgag3MdRJ5YClx5g7LJ82z0RJ8DxDM3jwVJ6/w400-h300/IMG_5474.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of six Guillemots in the harbour at low tide. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a hot drink at a cafe, I head towards the train station to catch my train back.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-5100535892675557342023-10-09T20:36:00.003+01:002023-10-09T20:36:29.842+01:00Summer in October at East Park<p>It was unseasonably warm today, we reached 22 oC, and the sun shone. I walked to East Park as the warmth in the air contrasted with the flocks of Redwings migrating overhead. A Little Egret flew over Beverley Road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2MmpvlsHZjB9IzJ_c1CFljJjfRrr0LR37rPYRugqehIe1jVvol191pwJEjSNXXnb7TSZK7DzB9en9nMdbN4g6Vpf4x99WaZr9r0ciY3_vNIQDqTUjePB1Q_8C9L-G9OzcbIcdH5XXe-mf5IXMwRlRKf9S71KoHfwDl21niUQAolfcx8-wICasmY219V2/s4608/IMG_4897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2MmpvlsHZjB9IzJ_c1CFljJjfRrr0LR37rPYRugqehIe1jVvol191pwJEjSNXXnb7TSZK7DzB9en9nMdbN4g6Vpf4x99WaZr9r0ciY3_vNIQDqTUjePB1Q_8C9L-G9OzcbIcdH5XXe-mf5IXMwRlRKf9S71KoHfwDl21niUQAolfcx8-wICasmY219V2/w400-h300/IMG_4897.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">As I got to East Park I heard the Rooks calling from the oaks. Thousands of acorns carpeted the road, is a mast year, when oaks in an area produce a bumper crop of acorns. The Rooks will be busy visiting the oaks, filling their bills with acorns, and transporting them to cache somewhere else, as they don't come to the ground at East Park.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvGE-DDIdnrf953flG42HLzsja96xfWp7HfplAgMdGp07vbPJxE1iGidhHDW9xMUzhIcafx3v6bKwN6j7q0b6BYbwxMSV3yvRL5cFknjhhXtJFBHKsc8ZSlyhzm4USB0QkRcdBINqAOITvWPtjQ58qvk-ZamvvjH6yJmDAkqp6QCCW_VDxT-WktvRLIFj/w400-h300/IMG_4902.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvGE-DDIdnrf953flG42HLzsja96xfWp7HfplAgMdGp07vbPJxE1iGidhHDW9xMUzhIcafx3v6bKwN6j7q0b6BYbwxMSV3yvRL5cFknjhhXtJFBHKsc8ZSlyhzm4USB0QkRcdBINqAOITvWPtjQ58qvk-ZamvvjH6yJmDAkqp6QCCW_VDxT-WktvRLIFj/s4608/IMG_4902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvGE-DDIdnrf953flG42HLzsja96xfWp7HfplAgMdGp07vbPJxE1iGidhHDW9xMUzhIcafx3v6bKwN6j7q0b6BYbwxMSV3yvRL5cFknjhhXtJFBHKsc8ZSlyhzm4USB0QkRcdBINqAOITvWPtjQ58qvk-ZamvvjH6yJmDAkqp6QCCW_VDxT-WktvRLIFj/w400-h300/IMG_4902.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a surprise to find two Coot families with young chicks. Will they have enough time to raise them?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxLrvO5HsDhvgiyS72nkfYUK0OfvwhZyuibL4kBjP55Ss6nNgabeGPkMPAaipcL0HyFLKJdeAjTVQBCsuki-M3Xi7-Zmcm7OxPDAhZfp7E04_pHAZ3n_mIIcv2HqTYKdvVSqi3HcrSZBkm5mu7disYxPLZJynw7U642MNbZsE21kxwnqn3qR3KTl-eb6j/s4608/IMG_4909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxLrvO5HsDhvgiyS72nkfYUK0OfvwhZyuibL4kBjP55Ss6nNgabeGPkMPAaipcL0HyFLKJdeAjTVQBCsuki-M3Xi7-Zmcm7OxPDAhZfp7E04_pHAZ3n_mIIcv2HqTYKdvVSqi3HcrSZBkm5mu7disYxPLZJynw7U642MNbZsE21kxwnqn3qR3KTl-eb6j/w400-h300/IMG_4909.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The parents were visiting regularly with tiny bits of food to offer the chicks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr3SZg_j6qXiu3F2IXk_ntxq06vZ6LHhdJNcjKpQZvCFwUS5VAlq-tfQ34-1WEc3C5XTOuX2VImSC7aipCmWcKvcDZWwrNrCt0TsNDLd7uuYZz8pXO1l3eZvYCzgwcyUDD_swJEXFDW9JAdlxDzny5yCWmBdtkuWHnzqUa_vGUFHjOjVH6sGRKw1xAmUq/s4608/IMG_4927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr3SZg_j6qXiu3F2IXk_ntxq06vZ6LHhdJNcjKpQZvCFwUS5VAlq-tfQ34-1WEc3C5XTOuX2VImSC7aipCmWcKvcDZWwrNrCt0TsNDLd7uuYZz8pXO1l3eZvYCzgwcyUDD_swJEXFDW9JAdlxDzny5yCWmBdtkuWHnzqUa_vGUFHjOjVH6sGRKw1xAmUq/w400-h300/IMG_4927.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were two Cormorants in the lake today. This one flapped its wings vigorously.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqANBAORJgmdSOrxyO6cyaOSjmp9lCEkE83H3WhiUtwJo_Ep3Ix0SXt2hrEipbuZb3kOL3WiyBcBoZaQkuo-ANKAtvlLWosYADvtLDrMJksFtwLxwHSIJnon7NVjT2QWz81r3Vl8yxwaY3SiKMmfV9-KDi3e9xx3KuBbxGsswiecO0tPP2DGRgT2obTmza/s4608/IMG_4929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqANBAORJgmdSOrxyO6cyaOSjmp9lCEkE83H3WhiUtwJo_Ep3Ix0SXt2hrEipbuZb3kOL3WiyBcBoZaQkuo-ANKAtvlLWosYADvtLDrMJksFtwLxwHSIJnon7NVjT2QWz81r3Vl8yxwaY3SiKMmfV9-KDi3e9xx3KuBbxGsswiecO0tPP2DGRgT2obTmza/w400-h300/IMG_4929.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A female Gadwall was on the central island...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLdZ-VKriKc0Ig42eDBNXxuFFu3_KJDwZlNavlwN4BsVpwEKRCkJdIIU3BGLVnmHBQs2fnMcBaHIvSvfoYjqpki__lKiFZkOeZRtmu3pj8ZlnqmblyKpIB1j_IXdinW_uwFKusi2PASu1LVLhsQl74OAECzDrclS0zUcK06U3oxWWQf8FoPA5AyIgt2XD/s4608/IMG_4923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLdZ-VKriKc0Ig42eDBNXxuFFu3_KJDwZlNavlwN4BsVpwEKRCkJdIIU3BGLVnmHBQs2fnMcBaHIvSvfoYjqpki__lKiFZkOeZRtmu3pj8ZlnqmblyKpIB1j_IXdinW_uwFKusi2PASu1LVLhsQl74OAECzDrclS0zUcK06U3oxWWQf8FoPA5AyIgt2XD/w400-h300/IMG_4923.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...with two Teal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cDxmB3FYO0JQigt0Vxg98vS49dlW8TNAcbMsAqanRYx0eFaMeHEsG3pppPkdACLYD1vj9Y4oPivwMPGoHhuvn1TNynzsX99C4ag4wPQfAtiv1dkAJOyP6Tlq82009BdVoS8t14CPvF0q9WwWei1Q4tKQqeXXJuGzPjxzqoYQGSyEkbL6AorulxBBd8KZ/s4608/IMG_4934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cDxmB3FYO0JQigt0Vxg98vS49dlW8TNAcbMsAqanRYx0eFaMeHEsG3pppPkdACLYD1vj9Y4oPivwMPGoHhuvn1TNynzsX99C4ag4wPQfAtiv1dkAJOyP6Tlq82009BdVoS8t14CPvF0q9WwWei1Q4tKQqeXXJuGzPjxzqoYQGSyEkbL6AorulxBBd8KZ/w400-h300/IMG_4934.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two terrapins were enjoying the sunshine in the branch by the zoo island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NbaL-nlrkfkFUraiMkQ4tF2YRU28EVyg5cLFEXxNHhn2ioe7cRz-ZUOAJI3WYFbye2FocWbTP_n06Aou8jCTNsTnUIAjv_BJUflGVUSYez9Xd6cBeTjECMyd_FDz_uYEc27cwxFcYZ9czxdQmWAWNJnd10vOHBC2H8W7mWQV_HM3Yv1bfIuMMsmPJpR3/s4608/IMG_4939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NbaL-nlrkfkFUraiMkQ4tF2YRU28EVyg5cLFEXxNHhn2ioe7cRz-ZUOAJI3WYFbye2FocWbTP_n06Aou8jCTNsTnUIAjv_BJUflGVUSYez9Xd6cBeTjECMyd_FDz_uYEc27cwxFcYZ9czxdQmWAWNJnd10vOHBC2H8W7mWQV_HM3Yv1bfIuMMsmPJpR3/w400-h300/IMG_4939.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like how they stretch their feet behind them when basking, they remind me of seals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzAzJs-QrMM7Zhm95Y4Smx1_HPPjL5BPV7010sIpSDGK0CCRJXoDWOja9XxdKoJyGjE41LlT4z80sjmpOk4gCwkRqhmAnsu3ygXUMIpHdMLZ5vO3GeXL_wnjYydAo-Sqfq2sPywl64DU14AdhAdlRV0HcrpTjwbYyIYBMRPtCz93Vmxta0GH3ccBnFnXH/s4608/IMG_4941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzAzJs-QrMM7Zhm95Y4Smx1_HPPjL5BPV7010sIpSDGK0CCRJXoDWOja9XxdKoJyGjE41LlT4z80sjmpOk4gCwkRqhmAnsu3ygXUMIpHdMLZ5vO3GeXL_wnjYydAo-Sqfq2sPywl64DU14AdhAdlRV0HcrpTjwbYyIYBMRPtCz93Vmxta0GH3ccBnFnXH/w400-h300/IMG_4941.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At some point five Migrant Hawkers were patrolling the boardwalk. The only dragonfly species I saw. No Willow Emeralds today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Hp_tt7W5c1yGyrf3J0-176uwxmWnEAruICP_n5j1XRRRPuuIGc5BcxMZkxKkA6ImqAH9sZWtFFYC_caFNpl35vU2IGZm2I_TnqNhaM1rsB1ZmLSR8yOESCavn4ZjBet6scCulFO9BkOlxolARBhapNx7Hggh9vsqynzywKPbmMTZUuakQjUKiLrOVijC/s4608/IMG_4944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Hp_tt7W5c1yGyrf3J0-176uwxmWnEAruICP_n5j1XRRRPuuIGc5BcxMZkxKkA6ImqAH9sZWtFFYC_caFNpl35vU2IGZm2I_TnqNhaM1rsB1ZmLSR8yOESCavn4ZjBet6scCulFO9BkOlxolARBhapNx7Hggh9vsqynzywKPbmMTZUuakQjUKiLrOVijC/w400-h300/IMG_4944.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This male stopped briefly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B0UYeaFYEgcM-JqCi5Awdi0tEe4iFmP_vNJJTvW2XDnB8A_LfS7E3ckSVTFnnufNs41Y5qDma88Ms_NNyXZOMN6rJLhndiAb8YpbrsCjttUqE23QMNZ5llAWg89sN_MQIYaYJizU8RBf62Dnduq_LJwcvNMwpPErR5OOHdJz7v8oNd__kcMqdKVCQGo1/s4608/IMG_4949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B0UYeaFYEgcM-JqCi5Awdi0tEe4iFmP_vNJJTvW2XDnB8A_LfS7E3ckSVTFnnufNs41Y5qDma88Ms_NNyXZOMN6rJLhndiAb8YpbrsCjttUqE23QMNZ5llAWg89sN_MQIYaYJizU8RBf62Dnduq_LJwcvNMwpPErR5OOHdJz7v8oNd__kcMqdKVCQGo1/w400-h300/IMG_4949.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I notice that the Water Lettuce that we spotted on the lake a month ago, is doing well and the clumps are spreading. Their tiny flower is visible in this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfp2A-3NPQpQLsaUVgfxwpFR7NrRXMkETe5n4mT4umQ1tA-d2szAi4Xqnai2SjMLWJ0xxvwlCJKq1pLCeZXjx6yx_Lp-YidHGeURcc4lwxPpCnYRO5KJXgSbNMpdumx3yHwdRH4ohIYnYrpPIsjtfmBleqYYy8K8oFZ1RPbRt0jTREstQDuXGdxot7yzB/s4032/1696849248731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfp2A-3NPQpQLsaUVgfxwpFR7NrRXMkETe5n4mT4umQ1tA-d2szAi4Xqnai2SjMLWJ0xxvwlCJKq1pLCeZXjx6yx_Lp-YidHGeURcc4lwxPpCnYRO5KJXgSbNMpdumx3yHwdRH4ohIYnYrpPIsjtfmBleqYYy8K8oFZ1RPbRt0jTREstQDuXGdxot7yzB/w400-h225/1696849248731.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A growing clump of water lettuce. This is one of the worst invasive aquatic plants in tropical and subtropica areas, but it is not thought to be able to survive our winters, so when released it behaves like an annual. Lets hope that any seeds won't survive either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vVHG2lGfRzBIHv4fS3lK7YqlUjzhsUNKozi3aV2O_hdtXC6Oo9war9NBU_dCeP5nGOzYKHc5OHVOTDn0TuwzK8UIGOvGLEet_h118ZfVuk_32PRBLooie_8xxsiwcr54_Sal2CxfKX0fZbwpcDtwhv54tq4Ud4saGel2mv-wwo2PpTVeb8oOWeI_pKTz/s4608/IMG_4954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vVHG2lGfRzBIHv4fS3lK7YqlUjzhsUNKozi3aV2O_hdtXC6Oo9war9NBU_dCeP5nGOzYKHc5OHVOTDn0TuwzK8UIGOvGLEet_h118ZfVuk_32PRBLooie_8xxsiwcr54_Sal2CxfKX0fZbwpcDtwhv54tq4Ud4saGel2mv-wwo2PpTVeb8oOWeI_pKTz/w400-h300/IMG_4954.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the Great Crested Grebe parents with their young. The young were skorkelling and diving following the parents' behaviour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEAy-EjgQYkncJhiu28SUBCbgwBVAQLN9tSTT7B7BLIo9yrR_5AYOPUhyt6vgMkV4QBnAmJWga8cwOaqTW9XAgbhvmDCUzpRnbCH75-PUwvMWmsq2dJSuKLKc25K2GX84Njm3MYVuuM7owtP2LAI1S1npY7bPeC4fKIe1Cd9U9jcTH89IHDmUO_aTDEgo/s4608/IMG_4956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEAy-EjgQYkncJhiu28SUBCbgwBVAQLN9tSTT7B7BLIo9yrR_5AYOPUhyt6vgMkV4QBnAmJWga8cwOaqTW9XAgbhvmDCUzpRnbCH75-PUwvMWmsq2dJSuKLKc25K2GX84Njm3MYVuuM7owtP2LAI1S1npY7bPeC4fKIe1Cd9U9jcTH89IHDmUO_aTDEgo/w400-h300/IMG_4956.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Comma, a Red Admiral, several Speckled Wood and two whites was the butterfly list today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHMxhYhjwBFlVwQNIXbK7EsVzIUnftM8dcFppQ9JTDrJBMVy2ytcB0ZZTrWRMnjDmwBDPXSbGieTUCQ8SXoukI_o93FWf__v7WRYtpUVPDlLsTRV8Hwby2M8h66SUvmztLJZPN6QcBbyoD8cWemhfRjHhC9IetDQRU5grg3Y2MjyK6w4TTlsjVPup_bdh/s3851/IMG_4968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="3851" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHMxhYhjwBFlVwQNIXbK7EsVzIUnftM8dcFppQ9JTDrJBMVy2ytcB0ZZTrWRMnjDmwBDPXSbGieTUCQ8SXoukI_o93FWf__v7WRYtpUVPDlLsTRV8Hwby2M8h66SUvmztLJZPN6QcBbyoD8cWemhfRjHhC9IetDQRU5grg3Y2MjyK6w4TTlsjVPup_bdh/w400-h300/IMG_4968.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way back I visited the trunk at Rockford fields. There was a single Roesel's female basking. There were many Roesel's calling, more than Lomg-winged Coneheads. I spotted this make on his perch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTk9nfhPLwf-uVhY3mVGse42-35W0sRiect3K9trFnAHknUW9a0Tq9N7f2T7luYglw0etjkxoE2dZ_0RGeRkO6WnsJEvd19w9Z0jeLezcBdXgw_fOtji8wl0wVn5fq0me53QnMM7WrZVDoiRuB-Jojy67zAuepomKlPONhyyLH-Av5jwxEQFuXXhrv4kKW/s4608/IMG_4974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTk9nfhPLwf-uVhY3mVGse42-35W0sRiect3K9trFnAHknUW9a0Tq9N7f2T7luYglw0etjkxoE2dZ_0RGeRkO6WnsJEvd19w9Z0jeLezcBdXgw_fOtji8wl0wVn5fq0me53QnMM7WrZVDoiRuB-Jojy67zAuepomKlPONhyyLH-Av5jwxEQFuXXhrv4kKW/w400-h300/IMG_4974.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjg6n2jFnfH_fDIxOB2fJyJHYFF6NdGXW6bt3aZHR2rdninF43Q_1h5MVfuRBTJoGN-C_qOz8OmRc4qqwq_6GT88HVOiw-3PNatET-SoNLyXN9p7YJ3DFzvnHVJmo8O0usgXxYxBMeupsfdhkuTQZoNnF0DKcJQFyXScvIBd619L94-SgwBjGLuuxBh6R/s4608/IMG_4978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjg6n2jFnfH_fDIxOB2fJyJHYFF6NdGXW6bt3aZHR2rdninF43Q_1h5MVfuRBTJoGN-C_qOz8OmRc4qqwq_6GT88HVOiw-3PNatET-SoNLyXN9p7YJ3DFzvnHVJmo8O0usgXxYxBMeupsfdhkuTQZoNnF0DKcJQFyXScvIBd619L94-SgwBjGLuuxBh6R/w400-h300/IMG_4978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckled Wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOGzGzPg9N7Z9GUlb7FDsD80hEpI3Ql_tmVnKZvG1YVrgJm90pA0BGjnjWSXIwglB7-rLPhWg3NsZLyUng8RfI5hZA95kBrdghqeUdJsXYRGtaP55tTE6HpqeNjHtJ8_PDCJ-18rRvX-VjPBWNGc6YV1-E2jx4qmrHpfSPrjvTVhtwBTV8F366Qv5lvcY/s4608/IMG_4989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOGzGzPg9N7Z9GUlb7FDsD80hEpI3Ql_tmVnKZvG1YVrgJm90pA0BGjnjWSXIwglB7-rLPhWg3NsZLyUng8RfI5hZA95kBrdghqeUdJsXYRGtaP55tTE6HpqeNjHtJ8_PDCJ-18rRvX-VjPBWNGc6YV1-E2jx4qmrHpfSPrjvTVhtwBTV8F366Qv5lvcY/w400-h300/IMG_4989.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This large terrapin was on the drain, watching me as I took her photo.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-25973118579838038902023-10-03T17:16:00.003+01:002023-10-03T17:16:57.401+01:00Train trip: Bempton Cliffs<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-u94fApjrZIPwfb9Gg7logWax8KjFL4iHz9lB5_IsMxLn3SWBVYO1Hyhb_EmocqXGOXPnIqd17HJf5vrMf_jqYdEErAsEY8X8ab_-4vSXOomtASyiiFsbDemdSHC6lo1-_AJUVSWSKFuont50wRUH3-N336JPrTLOVEwwiCiWC1NWI4cw_G8LMGEo77j/s4608/IMG_4698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-u94fApjrZIPwfb9Gg7logWax8KjFL4iHz9lB5_IsMxLn3SWBVYO1Hyhb_EmocqXGOXPnIqd17HJf5vrMf_jqYdEErAsEY8X8ab_-4vSXOomtASyiiFsbDemdSHC6lo1-_AJUVSWSKFuont50wRUH3-N336JPrTLOVEwwiCiWC1NWI4cw_G8LMGEo77j/w640-h480/IMG_4698.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">After finding bush-crickets in Scarborough and Filey I was keen to see if they were around Bempton, as they were no records of them there. I took the 8:21 train trip to Bempton and got there without hitches this time. The weather was sunny on the way there, but windy, and soon after I arrived, dark clouds gathered and it started to rain. I pushed towards the cliffs and was very surprised to find that there were still Gannet chicks on the cliffs, just a handful, but at least two were still downy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHZnBpjj6kGIwc_DxX6KLblWpey8Igo0BhtgxpQwRcj5qhg9s-oFaa0kJWO6Fg7ThewlArq9zMLeuQoSZI9kF9q1dQOrMyC2wom-RUK7Ng-WSWMImj4ZnvHrL9yIx7fMYUx1cyjKWiHfhGC5EDjATWCFI_fMGXoNnv0oiE8lkScQSpoYgBz4t8DUzHFqW/s4608/IMG_4657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHZnBpjj6kGIwc_DxX6KLblWpey8Igo0BhtgxpQwRcj5qhg9s-oFaa0kJWO6Fg7ThewlArq9zMLeuQoSZI9kF9q1dQOrMyC2wom-RUK7Ng-WSWMImj4ZnvHrL9yIx7fMYUx1cyjKWiHfhGC5EDjATWCFI_fMGXoNnv0oiE8lkScQSpoYgBz4t8DUzHFqW/w400-h300/IMG_4657.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A very late, downy 'guga'</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWdJKJzo1-wcjXkq2CW6ebmGrjbNuiyd_FVoXngk9KcGGV5eH6-de7H6hSgkCvxxvjtml7mbdD4SVVTZazk0ivoYDeKZOU_LC1F1a10NwRwPXSJkqbdVITmVvL4697O5-9wCds5qfCVgNuMFSUTT4lNrEWEtCHKx9ga4QdaZE2_W1lEFBrQu2o4VmtkaW/s4608/IMG_4672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWdJKJzo1-wcjXkq2CW6ebmGrjbNuiyd_FVoXngk9KcGGV5eH6-de7H6hSgkCvxxvjtml7mbdD4SVVTZazk0ivoYDeKZOU_LC1F1a10NwRwPXSJkqbdVITmVvL4697O5-9wCds5qfCVgNuMFSUTT4lNrEWEtCHKx9ga4QdaZE2_W1lEFBrQu2o4VmtkaW/w400-h300/IMG_4672.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A busy Gannet 'shelf'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYnKJs6xg48V8nIf6mpoTRtQGh5tIq6CkCGhpeG9IdhUXs9qStBmA98rCt5zMZLMXf50HW2ajDYS8GspKUNdr3XwCW7GguYPb3zWOxf0tzVTuYnQ4BRAw0n9htp4m4fjS5HfKpU0ZT0R6kk6bR4JTuX9USzoB-1YIrhuDUoc-Ps1pDwco7OLrn1J7WYYs/s4608/IMG_4669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYnKJs6xg48V8nIf6mpoTRtQGh5tIq6CkCGhpeG9IdhUXs9qStBmA98rCt5zMZLMXf50HW2ajDYS8GspKUNdr3XwCW7GguYPb3zWOxf0tzVTuYnQ4BRAw0n9htp4m4fjS5HfKpU0ZT0R6kk6bR4JTuX9USzoB-1YIrhuDUoc-Ps1pDwco7OLrn1J7WYYs/w400-h300/IMG_4669.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two young gannets looked ready to fledge.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOMtd2PVKjbzAgOPVD8-hmHalUvqcq1qXpW5ptsXM5-VkVphJJgETZheoTKob9x-lcXtLd-oRRVngLlfs5g5Br7ygaJBA6uwUryuHOUebnKMb05IjDjX3OdoqFUaa0yLpUSSP3Myz4O3VbMZv3wrI-ePgku7cRdqi-G_c6DseSur9NMXM4P8FabMnScZU/s4608/IMG_4678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOMtd2PVKjbzAgOPVD8-hmHalUvqcq1qXpW5ptsXM5-VkVphJJgETZheoTKob9x-lcXtLd-oRRVngLlfs5g5Br7ygaJBA6uwUryuHOUebnKMb05IjDjX3OdoqFUaa0yLpUSSP3Myz4O3VbMZv3wrI-ePgku7cRdqi-G_c6DseSur9NMXM4P8FabMnScZU/w400-h300/IMG_4678.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pair of Great Black-backed gulls loafing on the exposed rocks on the ebbing tide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY1mnoUjVvMo0AYtnD6pBV3-W1zA_Xs0uI_FbJt8voY57i0o6BR02mu_cGXX2CHA7NCAhdd1WPPnHWJP0Zn8eVFwNIkkvqYXd8E8JJLEoXGiokhuQacXZB8drBX7lijrCZ82YcBZXkmnppb7I2C28I7U2HI2tEDGk-9cJVd79KKSk5iGEbA8vznqpzOS0/s1734/IMG_4677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1734" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY1mnoUjVvMo0AYtnD6pBV3-W1zA_Xs0uI_FbJt8voY57i0o6BR02mu_cGXX2CHA7NCAhdd1WPPnHWJP0Zn8eVFwNIkkvqYXd8E8JJLEoXGiokhuQacXZB8drBX7lijrCZ82YcBZXkmnppb7I2C28I7U2HI2tEDGk-9cJVd79KKSk5iGEbA8vznqpzOS0/w400-h300/IMG_4677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wd8jelzK5s88XKqtzSaQJBmJVnvF0_ETkdJF6-6OsGvtSNUuthuV_1qLPSTMCAbNW2mc94mxSoiZGZde7rBEY4fgslCj7MTQCR7GPjd0sLgAQXihXaHHBBWHDaOg3oKvj_KZqplrab-ajGvwGjz7-e6RQ-fpcTzD-64Cf_Pd-ogBnlGPNgsfnEWnqWg2/w400-h300/IMG_4665.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pink-footed Geese. Several skeins flew south coming in from the sea. About 10 House Martins flew north.</div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDhyxa-je3XxRSxbjcGsZMPatiGOMNZPu4FjxkG7wqKa0VKAsw6ioYeGnaYF3G0Wnx3Sf5SOpiyfTUkKrWTctqnGzhJbqiCYgzHBbNg7CArR_ljy9SUHg_R2tBsstBF33HGc7KXDHhakLVdsoGAxKhHnluUaGTNcufKcFVzuAOdSxSN6eJag9QJnlKfHF/s4608/IMG_4735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDhyxa-je3XxRSxbjcGsZMPatiGOMNZPu4FjxkG7wqKa0VKAsw6ioYeGnaYF3G0Wnx3Sf5SOpiyfTUkKrWTctqnGzhJbqiCYgzHBbNg7CArR_ljy9SUHg_R2tBsstBF33HGc7KXDHhakLVdsoGAxKhHnluUaGTNcufKcFVzuAOdSxSN6eJag9QJnlKfHF/w400-h300/IMG_4735.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another late species, a single Blue-tailed Damselfly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESExMSHqLJDiTYC5B8eR4FOJMdBArqmdvViWguimC6HaUkmLxdjiDe4YygzSE4JN4UYk_cRIEH52Ks4Rnfz08AyRrW-Hf_UAAIEnFhxHPF5cDcSMXYOVIk22oLAfB7lJW2wWFFJ0RpjmCZxP_8w7gvOpHJfQste4OQuBhwIGAZyBsABU-woBGHlPKhFLg/s4608/IMG_4731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESExMSHqLJDiTYC5B8eR4FOJMdBArqmdvViWguimC6HaUkmLxdjiDe4YygzSE4JN4UYk_cRIEH52Ks4Rnfz08AyRrW-Hf_UAAIEnFhxHPF5cDcSMXYOVIk22oLAfB7lJW2wWFFJ0RpjmCZxP_8w7gvOpHJfQste4OQuBhwIGAZyBsABU-woBGHlPKhFLg/w400-h300/IMG_4731.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Emerald, now breeding in the reserve pond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNG4zBoLbEX3yzisMj1mqPdVnA19SgDgoxvnniSV9_caCr98L1VY87TM7JgmN6gJmUsJPFeg64_ljRl5Jd7PmpVdROzoVNXqDVP6VADmU_SO44-uHVOMDvkaxL5EiRb0pBusVycte1hva7X9cWnXdU1LDIln_Jhf3DBCWlFbkfc_6j1gIU3UQSe9Blu0GZ/s4608/IMG_4721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNG4zBoLbEX3yzisMj1mqPdVnA19SgDgoxvnniSV9_caCr98L1VY87TM7JgmN6gJmUsJPFeg64_ljRl5Jd7PmpVdROzoVNXqDVP6VADmU_SO44-uHVOMDvkaxL5EiRb0pBusVycte1hva7X9cWnXdU1LDIln_Jhf3DBCWlFbkfc_6j1gIU3UQSe9Blu0GZ/w400-h300/IMG_4721.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many Common Darters around, particularly along the wildlife paths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZyeBkEOKhK3Ds4k9WoaC4oijBluSNw0e-jdGpfZ0__uFZ0A6E4iw7ygLKwlyYnRkJWuwmeeKkJcazZnob7acz37WFqIKe2CzeIz9h_zrzwsj9c8kxL09q_gvHntGGELx6bu_Dc6FUtLyePOOTOLQBf6jMqwk6nvSCziPgotQYmu2NzV6OQ_BCwdjGb41/s2348/IMG_4726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="2348" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZyeBkEOKhK3Ds4k9WoaC4oijBluSNw0e-jdGpfZ0__uFZ0A6E4iw7ygLKwlyYnRkJWuwmeeKkJcazZnob7acz37WFqIKe2CzeIz9h_zrzwsj9c8kxL09q_gvHntGGELx6bu_Dc6FUtLyePOOTOLQBf6jMqwk6nvSCziPgotQYmu2NzV6OQ_BCwdjGb41/w400-h300/IMG_4726.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Admiral, very plentiful this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun shone after a while, and I got the bat detector out. Weather was very cool, but soon the sunshine encouraged a Long-winged Conehead to call. I even managed to spot him and a female, basking nearby. No sign of Roesel's though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftPnLPv9eOUzCG_2En80iqtdb0z1TccgWogIUjZ6qDF2zo_XXQpEoYa-xd_-0_2rifaDQ95ajHBGtE_623q5j3nh2rrNba67OAY408RBfMnMVFSuwzls_wfhld1brZnXpfIJXsSE9PfbiPxXBAq52o5iaU5lpnaY7vtAL0SzvjJd2svj1QbQ1XMQ0dgEo/s4608/IMG_4707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftPnLPv9eOUzCG_2En80iqtdb0z1TccgWogIUjZ6qDF2zo_XXQpEoYa-xd_-0_2rifaDQ95ajHBGtE_623q5j3nh2rrNba67OAY408RBfMnMVFSuwzls_wfhld1brZnXpfIJXsSE9PfbiPxXBAq52o5iaU5lpnaY7vtAL0SzvjJd2svj1QbQ1XMQ0dgEo/w400-h300/IMG_4707.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long-winged Coneheads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I searched for the bush-crickets, I was told there was a Short-eared Owl perched nearby. It was indeed, very active looking around and preening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGerHUCalCe-VTk9LlpCVQkUIET9eMmereILq4KHnl8TXsFuYVXWaXTe0YkntQOqt_09NkBlhH6z6rplIOkNJ3S0O2Zsy15qpls5iV2CJmkfM2ZsFwcDHZ9ttac45__xn55rpguxWvngQQyCp2MPEJX56Vz_054_ic3Zxh2LYsA9kZ8d46BdkzMQ64skS5/s4608/IMG_4701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGerHUCalCe-VTk9LlpCVQkUIET9eMmereILq4KHnl8TXsFuYVXWaXTe0YkntQOqt_09NkBlhH6z6rplIOkNJ3S0O2Zsy15qpls5iV2CJmkfM2ZsFwcDHZ9ttac45__xn55rpguxWvngQQyCp2MPEJX56Vz_054_ic3Zxh2LYsA9kZ8d46BdkzMQ64skS5/s320/IMG_4701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Short-eared Owl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ek1KLHZYwhFTyGK8f410oL_fE3_8qq69UCsE7LcKzaZcs7KrlajJNRcK1iNGTK88VKcqPxvqBwwEk4KkeI72Kx3N07QEt7XSecSwfFYGS30HccQPIKDMtiSgZf0w94inRpTdJfgSrqOA7ekAuPeRRHmp2YD2cUnUv5FpTGGt10jXkEMST3AcxWul11mG/s4608/IMG_4691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ek1KLHZYwhFTyGK8f410oL_fE3_8qq69UCsE7LcKzaZcs7KrlajJNRcK1iNGTK88VKcqPxvqBwwEk4KkeI72Kx3N07QEt7XSecSwfFYGS30HccQPIKDMtiSgZf0w94inRpTdJfgSrqOA7ekAuPeRRHmp2YD2cUnUv5FpTGGt10jXkEMST3AcxWul11mG/s320/IMG_4691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Short-eared Owl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1PyN1aPDrZtzq1RFctNYkwaHRdK8lwn8q5XChUOAHX3ZG3MnzJdcd4oKPNLeZAgjaQDa_FQDzMG3DB4tNRIkRNEJP5BT85-e2FC4gaJB2H0zzZW6AmBwyw8XCAWhoznstCxjK4G8fy4DYscl-4Qk2HarrhFjz35nOiW7iH-H-tnDEQgAj-9uU9dch2aK/s1633/IMG_4683-EDIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1633" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1PyN1aPDrZtzq1RFctNYkwaHRdK8lwn8q5XChUOAHX3ZG3MnzJdcd4oKPNLeZAgjaQDa_FQDzMG3DB4tNRIkRNEJP5BT85-e2FC4gaJB2H0zzZW6AmBwyw8XCAWhoznstCxjK4G8fy4DYscl-4Qk2HarrhFjz35nOiW7iH-H-tnDEQgAj-9uU9dch2aK/s320/IMG_4683-EDIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kestrel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A large flock of Goldfinches roamed across the fields, with a smaller one of Linnets. The wind was picking up so I headed back to the visitor centre for some lunch before heading back to the station.</div><p></p></div></div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-45627181286583712022023-10-02T17:18:00.046+01:002023-10-03T17:40:30.696+01:00A walk to Orchard Park<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQD1mFXyW8UMcNJ_TM26VzjBRsIrxN5BmXTUHFNP70G3d7WZe8GqOMfByn3NwDIBCie4flgGrzBxPrKNwxNtuOcf4FMOHtLMnbGRT9FoW1zgifFQJwz3hSZbhUPGPKMBIOtTDyLdOM0cI8EwY8FfFBmGrJG7P8YVWQdMg0HVnTJMLGS9RA1Ef4gWhKO0-u/s4608/IMG_4641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQD1mFXyW8UMcNJ_TM26VzjBRsIrxN5BmXTUHFNP70G3d7WZe8GqOMfByn3NwDIBCie4flgGrzBxPrKNwxNtuOcf4FMOHtLMnbGRT9FoW1zgifFQJwz3hSZbhUPGPKMBIOtTDyLdOM0cI8EwY8FfFBmGrJG7P8YVWQdMg0HVnTJMLGS9RA1Ef4gWhKO0-u/w640-h480/IMG_4641.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A 20 km circular walk from home to Orchard Park, recording urban wildlife. A pleasant day, with no wild and sunny conditions, which started cool. These are just a selection of highlights.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BtnYu3jtjWd5Mzl8v64Yh3zVvbFC4j8ktaQ-9ZOfitdzMX-pu9yT7FOKwCvAqCkYXdrFDfpy5o-6IKLcqQM_Kpw47MjTJwV5vFPnWM2MbPaPgHDKSi4s4mbS8wzz5xMnvZtH4-cdz0BGDaDA49-s1TqAf8-NZ-j8QRFLu_EmoC3tpqAf-hGDYoxjpWPg/s4608/IMG_4543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BtnYu3jtjWd5Mzl8v64Yh3zVvbFC4j8ktaQ-9ZOfitdzMX-pu9yT7FOKwCvAqCkYXdrFDfpy5o-6IKLcqQM_Kpw47MjTJwV5vFPnWM2MbPaPgHDKSi4s4mbS8wzz5xMnvZtH4-cdz0BGDaDA49-s1TqAf8-NZ-j8QRFLu_EmoC3tpqAf-hGDYoxjpWPg/w400-h300/IMG_4543.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very active Grey Squirrels hoarding acorns and conkers for their winter store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3gNTnSJxuNZ_i1vo-P3kRy_BML98DZQL4m6GpSHLA1Ue-oYusgaHsZmU6LxqmpmYKN1mLaX8esNWgsnY44NtDa3AtS2w2XK8UzV_MiciwWphTBMYHV09Eh_ksxTfYCb_YCEiNXRb28Fe0i8ZMPP4E1rmaWyPVVaRPzfR-9MHxuYiHnKtYZxBXnVsXT64/s2388/IMG_4545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2388" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3gNTnSJxuNZ_i1vo-P3kRy_BML98DZQL4m6GpSHLA1Ue-oYusgaHsZmU6LxqmpmYKN1mLaX8esNWgsnY44NtDa3AtS2w2XK8UzV_MiciwWphTBMYHV09Eh_ksxTfYCb_YCEiNXRb28Fe0i8ZMPP4E1rmaWyPVVaRPzfR-9MHxuYiHnKtYZxBXnVsXT64/w400-h295/IMG_4545.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was one of my favourite finds of the day. A male Lesser Stag Beetle. I don't normally see them this late in the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdX9b8f8x3g3X6QTpWZHDsXi9C_UMCJvywGP42zyIem-xc-FBt7A_mI7mY4rB6pLmiF0pNCbW76GFP42KqVvyu54N4dMTBxbZ93U2UMrryTYzq16xr-fqv0KS0b30GzD9uabMEmFwJsJVXLQ4F9ir4bFFwENwok-s-AHVGOW-mg0hX6tB8ULitEMAGAHE/s4608/IMG_4559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdX9b8f8x3g3X6QTpWZHDsXi9C_UMCJvywGP42zyIem-xc-FBt7A_mI7mY4rB6pLmiF0pNCbW76GFP42KqVvyu54N4dMTBxbZ93U2UMrryTYzq16xr-fqv0KS0b30GzD9uabMEmFwJsJVXLQ4F9ir4bFFwENwok-s-AHVGOW-mg0hX6tB8ULitEMAGAHE/w400-h300/IMG_4559.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few Jackdaws fed on a paddock with horses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWt9cXDtzGaeqvRLTW2Yk8aBys25mTuUnFWEy2TxLlmFu1jRkniz8UtbM2huDLEZa-CjQ5r6prqHKgr-xpaRx1Mltxzjfb3oMliDNELANaZmd1TeBA9foM84zTsbQRXITxkJ6eOF0Oj4bjTCSMAgC7ri7EN4g9ADl1toEwdkg1qsdnXGQCtGGhvGC8FdSq/s4608/IMG_4570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWt9cXDtzGaeqvRLTW2Yk8aBys25mTuUnFWEy2TxLlmFu1jRkniz8UtbM2huDLEZa-CjQ5r6prqHKgr-xpaRx1Mltxzjfb3oMliDNELANaZmd1TeBA9foM84zTsbQRXITxkJ6eOF0Oj4bjTCSMAgC7ri7EN4g9ADl1toEwdkg1qsdnXGQCtGGhvGC8FdSq/w400-h300/IMG_4570.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Darter, the only I saw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0KVIVbNj6W9H_7OPd98PJKocXT8Yy639rtO85Cf6IvD0ngofazornnw3ODosoOnAS80hPtyuj9ggakN1BtRZUA4xihGdMUjNJ37bpEr5uCL3h15nRP8q1e2cQRUp-b5wJBm9iAyAI9T5mCjCo_VgsUcHqnrdYOfGYIopVj1L5sSLbrr7AFjdRBSaNi_9/s4608/IMG_4572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0KVIVbNj6W9H_7OPd98PJKocXT8Yy639rtO85Cf6IvD0ngofazornnw3ODosoOnAS80hPtyuj9ggakN1BtRZUA4xihGdMUjNJ37bpEr5uCL3h15nRP8q1e2cQRUp-b5wJBm9iAyAI9T5mCjCo_VgsUcHqnrdYOfGYIopVj1L5sSLbrr7AFjdRBSaNi_9/w400-h300/IMG_4572.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This pair of Rooks were calling and displaying. The one on the right had a full gular pouch, and it appeared to pass something to the one on the left...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunk0FwPmRFIhMI9QYunclKE40hrGCSkA0uG3W6GqgLg7Hts8W9_JmJSEPSymzG3RxvAYIEw8GEbh7bwGhxsGTjMrt0RKr-0cu3Ud3y2gZUqobcwQ0WmpV6nUo8JDhPSc97CWT4BapBI6S5nn91Y-Z8YPzIpcdYLyt2QXwZ5fWKJIePFMcVbzRXZH-pLvt/s4125/IMG_4575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="4125" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunk0FwPmRFIhMI9QYunclKE40hrGCSkA0uG3W6GqgLg7Hts8W9_JmJSEPSymzG3RxvAYIEw8GEbh7bwGhxsGTjMrt0RKr-0cu3Ud3y2gZUqobcwQ0WmpV6nUo8JDhPSc97CWT4BapBI6S5nn91Y-Z8YPzIpcdYLyt2QXwZ5fWKJIePFMcVbzRXZH-pLvt/w400-h300/IMG_4575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I looked at the photos, I realised it was an acorn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eNB-GzywgSGkAqzTnptTzpBNG19YF9iUPMM7yKJ68mivcfEgLlYRAA_xfmpjuVt3Ew2ESqbXf-p7MafGolCo2c9ZXEnT8CMbopCPRus_RiCM3cnwNBM1pP4wE0pmZOljujLAvvbPIEpQZNGBMnTfZ4as3SkHInbAV3a8SHP6_4eKPHI0qK6BaJCR8wiV/s4608/IMG_4581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eNB-GzywgSGkAqzTnptTzpBNG19YF9iUPMM7yKJ68mivcfEgLlYRAA_xfmpjuVt3Ew2ESqbXf-p7MafGolCo2c9ZXEnT8CMbopCPRus_RiCM3cnwNBM1pP4wE0pmZOljujLAvvbPIEpQZNGBMnTfZ4as3SkHInbAV3a8SHP6_4eKPHI0qK6BaJCR8wiV/w400-h300/IMG_4581.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had been hearing Long-winged Coneheads with the bat detector, but this basking females was the only one I saw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTpUlc1B_mh7Ocsf7CDewuOC9mhRdu47LNOSf9ZDP3mSOieEnRiP_RbG6ezKBJajHdua15smHwxzPyOZ6eAClmpUzJ3ZvjPqejGh95a-ab8Qzdh_BT0dGJSj6bmAVLWF4IZshE1HpMoFlkA926Q3oewUS2EelgFFxXFo6NAl2kGxrxanB10d58lFjXWMl/s4608/IMG_4584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTpUlc1B_mh7Ocsf7CDewuOC9mhRdu47LNOSf9ZDP3mSOieEnRiP_RbG6ezKBJajHdua15smHwxzPyOZ6eAClmpUzJ3ZvjPqejGh95a-ab8Qzdh_BT0dGJSj6bmAVLWF4IZshE1HpMoFlkA926Q3oewUS2EelgFFxXFo6NAl2kGxrxanB10d58lFjXWMl/w400-h300/IMG_4584.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Starlings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBitbWlq0JFvYGEBPzTFPKp2rrfMSvQbTno9tpny5ALrLw8N-j8KvNsT-Zo36gvD7kYzgIc1mKFcK-v6DOLobvIUZLAolaE_V-qN7xdF4EnxHHebEJYi_iYQroTQK-aqXSOzrM6VVD9QgZoaVVUT87QpRXtzHldE0AEBK5eZ1a1pf43-lVH6Pxpr7WSMH/s4608/IMG_4593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBitbWlq0JFvYGEBPzTFPKp2rrfMSvQbTno9tpny5ALrLw8N-j8KvNsT-Zo36gvD7kYzgIc1mKFcK-v6DOLobvIUZLAolaE_V-qN7xdF4EnxHHebEJYi_iYQroTQK-aqXSOzrM6VVD9QgZoaVVUT87QpRXtzHldE0AEBK5eZ1a1pf43-lVH6Pxpr7WSMH/w400-h300/IMG_4593.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Admiral. One of many!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0YVbtmzzajBOaom0Q5rnDRYsUIsRdn8qUMOrGMyuwdYv6wgbF44mg9q9-ojnG3cspvw_Xl13RwVCnzn3q0p15VyvFs12MkFJ0gvLtIrnGMCaQ0Yb6XNI-tyE76FTDlu9valRCYYHKC2o3rHNxfEm9YXOH4y3Pu1Rc9ZBzCQzRmu2Aw4JDtF494GES5UL/s4608/IMG_4594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0YVbtmzzajBOaom0Q5rnDRYsUIsRdn8qUMOrGMyuwdYv6wgbF44mg9q9-ojnG3cspvw_Xl13RwVCnzn3q0p15VyvFs12MkFJ0gvLtIrnGMCaQ0Yb6XNI-tyE76FTDlu9valRCYYHKC2o3rHNxfEm9YXOH4y3Pu1Rc9ZBzCQzRmu2Aw4JDtF494GES5UL/w400-h300/IMG_4594.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I returned via the Beverley and Barmston Drain. There were many Garden Spiders on the banks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc1bll3SetCGeXR08K19gBXCD254U46XXCmoTsU5DUDKymqSFveuqz8JQyfDmSX9HwqU1u_dNoH9fw7-r-z2InGB_v0s8D69Mzr176Zlo8Y_jCRSjNJPmIwlq0dSFKt2Hd1_n-OnkHBkSJ3CxtFYo4m4gImHA-fthC40p7XEdyrkKWuk5X2RucdGtsr3e/s4608/IMG_4595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc1bll3SetCGeXR08K19gBXCD254U46XXCmoTsU5DUDKymqSFveuqz8JQyfDmSX9HwqU1u_dNoH9fw7-r-z2InGB_v0s8D69Mzr176Zlo8Y_jCRSjNJPmIwlq0dSFKt2Hd1_n-OnkHBkSJ3CxtFYo4m4gImHA-fthC40p7XEdyrkKWuk5X2RucdGtsr3e/w400-h300/IMG_4595.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speckled Wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw a family of Mute Swans resting on the bank of the drain. Six cygnets and an adult pair. I wonder if they are the same ones I see at Sculcoates although it's 3.5 km distance to travel along the drain. It would be coincidental to have two families with 6 cygnets though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVaKZ44PCcbnzNRKsPwiz6C1vy4UVH8dJLp8XBgAqDxhKIecyOuLVm6ldJDt8tnO04I6GmwxQVqIuJJsnBXFVuZoxDRurtVThF9aA-Z-5DNKGZ4jzm_CEyuBlSzJwVZ2kiKkcLrXQv0AbRlxH7PJiDH5yIrMTDo4IUVW5_Gfl0li6c5QIdXIGyJrIiv4c/s4608/IMG_4599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVaKZ44PCcbnzNRKsPwiz6C1vy4UVH8dJLp8XBgAqDxhKIecyOuLVm6ldJDt8tnO04I6GmwxQVqIuJJsnBXFVuZoxDRurtVThF9aA-Z-5DNKGZ4jzm_CEyuBlSzJwVZ2kiKkcLrXQv0AbRlxH7PJiDH5yIrMTDo4IUVW5_Gfl0li6c5QIdXIGyJrIiv4c/w400-h300/IMG_4599.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The swans are not too bothered by my presence. They are busy preening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk6jrP7rd4NEbhOKkMPv61J6UoE5HmEBLkNWMNcmYrmVlRlIcfwdkTkemhW13H5GpHUhXJ84fiAQA5xbZSOw3HzK8t5NSP1i588_uCOhizcCMov-Zt7U_M9MMI4NtDRmEvsRKWl1ujB_sqfqvkMPZdBkEaN3bn3PMSA1HYfXDt2i1Qqk8b57-DG5uG_gm/s4608/IMG_4602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsk6jrP7rd4NEbhOKkMPv61J6UoE5HmEBLkNWMNcmYrmVlRlIcfwdkTkemhW13H5GpHUhXJ84fiAQA5xbZSOw3HzK8t5NSP1i588_uCOhizcCMov-Zt7U_M9MMI4NtDRmEvsRKWl1ujB_sqfqvkMPZdBkEaN3bn3PMSA1HYfXDt2i1Qqk8b57-DG5uG_gm/w400-h300/IMG_4602.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before I walk by them I find a Willow Emerald Damselfly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoRpq63azfrGPydcqYwRsEJG0992Pt1FstAgBOqLGEB-rCnA9hNKBC9_sdXszieqrRhiBBZE9ozsnYI3S_1heDiLZPMZ0NDIEadEn9acMiZ9QLnmrilQc8DaR-zfuRfoB0tgtakhsxP2s90M-5IoclIlji7npAyJOb5p4a51zaQchyphenhyphen1Lqnyp-hRUdF19R/s4608/IMG_4607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoRpq63azfrGPydcqYwRsEJG0992Pt1FstAgBOqLGEB-rCnA9hNKBC9_sdXszieqrRhiBBZE9ozsnYI3S_1heDiLZPMZ0NDIEadEn9acMiZ9QLnmrilQc8DaR-zfuRfoB0tgtakhsxP2s90M-5IoclIlji7npAyJOb5p4a51zaQchyphenhyphen1Lqnyp-hRUdF19R/w400-h300/IMG_4607.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walk past slowly, trying to keep my distance. As I get to the other side the cob does a grunting and flapping display, and the cygnets respond with greeting grunts and nods.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1K-rTXt6hilMgjmjzk-owVGvAxxqaPNW57tKaS-3gA7JcoldobkapsBcSM6MAC1US2o-b8Q0JVguAaMYx58p04NVFLzGeHIIbVcvgrYkZCkiRNIfNrZLQUdeUDvJyaxTOtw4ozZMVacYYDCvy6L72kOc7UZ02UP1eqBBEeWkQPjmYmD1hF9rtsstd5PK/s4608/IMG_4604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1K-rTXt6hilMgjmjzk-owVGvAxxqaPNW57tKaS-3gA7JcoldobkapsBcSM6MAC1US2o-b8Q0JVguAaMYx58p04NVFLzGeHIIbVcvgrYkZCkiRNIfNrZLQUdeUDvJyaxTOtw4ozZMVacYYDCvy6L72kOc7UZ02UP1eqBBEeWkQPjmYmD1hF9rtsstd5PK/w400-h300/IMG_4604.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A basking male Migrant Hawker. Several seen today, but this is the only one I could photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cIDftd59n_r0Ulcb8BdHvboNbt37ZE1TWksU_txczZMkRV-BAqwjGaLN28fYZZ_MWAJ_W_-LHsoE_KRK3bNss7H29FuXPwqc-mvcKtcr2kXxcbAwxCWtMExafgpbdmx_sl4FCvTWat_OvNkMmnIKZT86n3DAbaOsjzAQ5gHoIG6yIKjlHrOF6LDbrH-t/s4032/1696250825397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cIDftd59n_r0Ulcb8BdHvboNbt37ZE1TWksU_txczZMkRV-BAqwjGaLN28fYZZ_MWAJ_W_-LHsoE_KRK3bNss7H29FuXPwqc-mvcKtcr2kXxcbAwxCWtMExafgpbdmx_sl4FCvTWat_OvNkMmnIKZT86n3DAbaOsjzAQ5gHoIG6yIKjlHrOF6LDbrH-t/w400-h225/1696250825397.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bramble blossom and a Common Carder Bee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtEA_RS7VZnkJt7JuRqG8E_mLd8N8VMAAlr2bp2tLvbJaD1g4tcosXXyDLkD1K870hgneWxYFmAVPn1gzalP4HpTNvoxOVsaZFSEdtgo4IiGjy9Si_JqEZDgZ4V1pEskBkoZFrEmWDvDR9rAI5vjFX9-awP_vatR2HOF6INh9oDJqwYTY3omwJjYu0C4I/s4608/IMG_4625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtEA_RS7VZnkJt7JuRqG8E_mLd8N8VMAAlr2bp2tLvbJaD1g4tcosXXyDLkD1K870hgneWxYFmAVPn1gzalP4HpTNvoxOVsaZFSEdtgo4IiGjy9Si_JqEZDgZ4V1pEskBkoZFrEmWDvDR9rAI5vjFX9-awP_vatR2HOF6INh9oDJqwYTY3omwJjYu0C4I/s320/IMG_4625.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Red-eared Slider has managed to climb onto a fallen tree, still covered on clumps of duckweed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveOBnTtbA505spf-ZkmL2ZFvfdFrxAyeusFD1hEvVo5dDKnz4Vq0tdrZSWjyGgx8tggCBOpY6xlZy0isLn0fPcfqOheghj0n7GK8lY3SbPCwGZgaJpn1YdCVsANnOH-tWMMYL0dGOdLeHX20uvPfbmoU-JsU8DXs2V7TSbMQUICzMj3N5_5-grmOnpYhV/s4608/IMG_4611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveOBnTtbA505spf-ZkmL2ZFvfdFrxAyeusFD1hEvVo5dDKnz4Vq0tdrZSWjyGgx8tggCBOpY6xlZy0isLn0fPcfqOheghj0n7GK8lY3SbPCwGZgaJpn1YdCVsANnOH-tWMMYL0dGOdLeHX20uvPfbmoU-JsU8DXs2V7TSbMQUICzMj3N5_5-grmOnpYhV/s320/IMG_4611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I detect a Roesel's singing intermittently. I manage to spot it and realise it is climbing and calling. As it is arriving to the top of the perch, a passing wasp makes if dive to the bottom of the clump of grass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfFo0MDNoiNHsafYuSOw5XSA_GAAl3pTRr2ec8pZ6kQzevy-X8ttmP2pjE96tZeq4_kc58t4tWmb41x4HNuyVfrrN6d4MJf9tLiP7_hweNRvcAcZNt4W8liZ0FJNmxnfIWTyH9IYwh__MZuAZ6NxzqrAUEV6Tnpf8iTMuQDATtw6pl95i5Ay2cAeYK-2c/s4608/IMG_4615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfFo0MDNoiNHsafYuSOw5XSA_GAAl3pTRr2ec8pZ6kQzevy-X8ttmP2pjE96tZeq4_kc58t4tWmb41x4HNuyVfrrN6d4MJf9tLiP7_hweNRvcAcZNt4W8liZ0FJNmxnfIWTyH9IYwh__MZuAZ6NxzqrAUEV6Tnpf8iTMuQDATtw6pl95i5Ay2cAeYK-2c/s320/IMG_4615.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male Roesel's Bush-cricket, long-winged form.</div>As I get to Endyke Lane, a Kestrel flies over and lands by a chimney pot (top shot).<p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-82660639683965625312023-09-26T16:58:00.002+01:002023-09-26T16:58:28.286+01:00Train trip: Filey Brigg<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FLukHuKg0jo6FPm8uHWvm5t88iy8yGP79AuSlyamBXa-_jUsVk_xhRLB7NhvyQZhLA_wdcGKTEiROyt0q5WkNHYSfyLkJ_Fh43UK5dTr7YJI_6p140lL6R-FxeMxgVUGPg35R7btHzhMdJ6hXkb6ZyDvsTfwgt4i2r1y_J2C81jHjLFXYMduA0zK0qsc/s4032/PXL_20230925_120909947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FLukHuKg0jo6FPm8uHWvm5t88iy8yGP79AuSlyamBXa-_jUsVk_xhRLB7NhvyQZhLA_wdcGKTEiROyt0q5WkNHYSfyLkJ_Fh43UK5dTr7YJI_6p140lL6R-FxeMxgVUGPg35R7btHzhMdJ6hXkb6ZyDvsTfwgt4i2r1y_J2C81jHjLFXYMduA0zK0qsc/w640-h360/PXL_20230925_120909947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hadn't been at Filey for a couple of years, and I missed the Hull Nats trip last weekend, so in view of the sunny weather, I decided to do a train trip there today. The 8:21 service was cancelled due to a broken down train, so before catching the following train I did a bit of plant recording around the city centre. The train trip went without a glitch, but the delay meant that I had missed the chance of walking to the Brigg by the coastal path. A beautiful blue sky, and a stiff southerly wind, with a pleasant temperature. I started by walking on the edges of the Country Park by the cliff. Aided with the bat-detector, it wasn't long before I spotted my first Long-winged Coneheads on the long grass fringing the cliff (top photo). Their abundance and presence of nymphs indicate they've been here a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kpzRHiu30wBHq2YMT2aHQ6PJeJHMQz7iwBpTywDKOYuMg5Lnn-xgY1qAblmcgi32JyZB0Fb0Pdep9ZHXohxeO7eWqq0ZbGU2Mac_w3wU1t0C5JunSPKEICXCmgytbt8Q0RTzwciUQpWUm7Fc0bxwg5d-fu6xcQN6BeUY7uatK3J7qaLzEm_gmkP5JD9D/s4608/IMG_3892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kpzRHiu30wBHq2YMT2aHQ6PJeJHMQz7iwBpTywDKOYuMg5Lnn-xgY1qAblmcgi32JyZB0Fb0Pdep9ZHXohxeO7eWqq0ZbGU2Mac_w3wU1t0C5JunSPKEICXCmgytbt8Q0RTzwciUQpWUm7Fc0bxwg5d-fu6xcQN6BeUY7uatK3J7qaLzEm_gmkP5JD9D/w400-h300/IMG_3892.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Male Long-winged Conehead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVVvDxKexno_sA27EDsr3-58cyZU2q6fHvk3gbAAreHsYqFD0TK91T9gqiQykRGnwZ8SH9w8eQ9Lm6bjsstqNcrjd8hHL3pdObUwoLKg5FIQYCq7KBq3CpzpeUHWqvpFbWMyofYwJfNkfbMbv7BFH77nBagHqB1Jo0E-z50NBOB1NiCbfyo87p01mlXY6/s4608/IMG_3894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVVvDxKexno_sA27EDsr3-58cyZU2q6fHvk3gbAAreHsYqFD0TK91T9gqiQykRGnwZ8SH9w8eQ9Lm6bjsstqNcrjd8hHL3pdObUwoLKg5FIQYCq7KBq3CpzpeUHWqvpFbWMyofYwJfNkfbMbv7BFH77nBagHqB1Jo0E-z50NBOB1NiCbfyo87p01mlXY6/w400-h300/IMG_3894.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Female Long-winged Conehead.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Roesel's were also calling around the pond, but I failed to spot any. These records are the first of both bush-crickets in Filey and the only ones between a record in Bridlington a few years back and the ones from Scarborough a couple of weeks ago. It shows how under-recorded bush-crickets are!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzA1Xt-t6DpmT85FHNsoHbfi-6ei6vpjzcb4YvZH2QG5ZxFgFAPPrJ6XGG_ti_ot6UVHVvaIeImT_GJ0cVStBwk-_By5qiME2dbNliXFMwsbccAGmNdqe6v80a3LFggiKXLdJmilip-r2tgSNyuX8XXuNsH0J9ublphrmTRqM5sINoC6VbhenuZAPQp-au/s4032/PXL_20230925_100121653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzA1Xt-t6DpmT85FHNsoHbfi-6ei6vpjzcb4YvZH2QG5ZxFgFAPPrJ6XGG_ti_ot6UVHVvaIeImT_GJ0cVStBwk-_By5qiME2dbNliXFMwsbccAGmNdqe6v80a3LFggiKXLdJmilip-r2tgSNyuX8XXuNsH0J9ublphrmTRqM5sINoC6VbhenuZAPQp-au/w400-h225/PXL_20230925_100121653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view of Carr Naze and the Brigg.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMO89WyS3mk3wdaF_2ioPdarjb7yyNSpTpMojgvH51dEOWvSmcVMtkkV7gGQYALzI7MnmdD6_6gNjaCHWZpKO1dePk0K1xVssaQRQNCTNMSlxJHTHWDLQSRnE4lpOphZChORQQBPa8V30JjZAY56DSxKa9kPcVdppr-knHIlxc5TxcN9oRe4cza6saFcRa/s4608/IMG_3901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMO89WyS3mk3wdaF_2ioPdarjb7yyNSpTpMojgvH51dEOWvSmcVMtkkV7gGQYALzI7MnmdD6_6gNjaCHWZpKO1dePk0K1xVssaQRQNCTNMSlxJHTHWDLQSRnE4lpOphZChORQQBPa8V30JjZAY56DSxKa9kPcVdppr-knHIlxc5TxcN9oRe4cza6saFcRa/w400-h300/IMG_3901.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Small Tortoiseshell.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After the successful bush-cricket recording. I walked along the beach until the start of the rock-pools. A female Kestrel was hunting over the cliffs, the southerly wind creating a strong up-draft at Carr Naze, that the Kestrel took advantage of. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHjBPP0TZFOKvAjswg9AMHrLu_WsxIHeQy6owNqDS5L-QiQgzdjRoCo4CkW_8ggTMVIRn7vNgsmelGU6iz1JEy6qrcps9-OYKO11OOmlrHP_O2Aw6gIff34EQvWG5SItYspTS-bWf7ZSH1ktjjTA3N44WB81ZSboYYrpo2PNT5fyL0tBqqpj0jr3JnX7/s1462/IMG_3909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1462" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHjBPP0TZFOKvAjswg9AMHrLu_WsxIHeQy6owNqDS5L-QiQgzdjRoCo4CkW_8ggTMVIRn7vNgsmelGU6iz1JEy6qrcps9-OYKO11OOmlrHP_O2Aw6gIff34EQvWG5SItYspTS-bWf7ZSH1ktjjTA3N44WB81ZSboYYrpo2PNT5fyL0tBqqpj0jr3JnX7/w400-h300/IMG_3909.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kestrel, perched on the up-draft on the edge of the cliff.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No chance of walking along the rocks to the Brigg, the tide was already quite high. I had an early lunch at the cobble ramp in the town. Sandwich Terns flew back and forth along the beach. A cormorant sat on a groyne marker post. Some people were swimming, kids squealing excitedly chasing waves. After lunch, up I climbed the steep incline of the ravine and I walked north along the cliffs. Gannets and rafts of Razorbills sat on the balmy water, sheltered from the wind.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2HSsBVAI8mUxJn9nSUTgAuJSEaiJ3RQcSnSRUjRQ3aLIfIE2gzNNVEAHOO7vHdEBX4O5OXMbkegS0qLKPRup77xnpesTC5hlc4nMGX29v5p-5leWk9Np7U6F0YauAPLV1HTzgxALWEqTLKgw1tUVE-uG83E9uSVgQuBywbifR8vNGq-kpJvgncxd_eYg/s1641/IMG_3929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1641" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2HSsBVAI8mUxJn9nSUTgAuJSEaiJ3RQcSnSRUjRQ3aLIfIE2gzNNVEAHOO7vHdEBX4O5OXMbkegS0qLKPRup77xnpesTC5hlc4nMGX29v5p-5leWk9Np7U6F0YauAPLV1HTzgxALWEqTLKgw1tUVE-uG83E9uSVgQuBywbifR8vNGq-kpJvgncxd_eYg/w400-h300/IMG_3929.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gannet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJRTJ_wfvqUs0AonIiYkBfIJuAwPdt4wYY5dRVuGITFo-we5q2FX5svdDOD6XM1OXJIKY5rYslFAMZGT29QO98JPJM4MvNOQzurL1fDLj4xbB2CLGrM8C44oVKHZiK2Zw4YujyW-5gTwpkklqIl1uxNuWc5bcZsUOGlDe9uvQtGdArnKRSkkJ86cOYUUa/s2738/IMG_3939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2053" data-original-width="2738" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJRTJ_wfvqUs0AonIiYkBfIJuAwPdt4wYY5dRVuGITFo-we5q2FX5svdDOD6XM1OXJIKY5rYslFAMZGT29QO98JPJM4MvNOQzurL1fDLj4xbB2CLGrM8C44oVKHZiK2Zw4YujyW-5gTwpkklqIl1uxNuWc5bcZsUOGlDe9uvQtGdArnKRSkkJ86cOYUUa/w400-h300/IMG_3939.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Razorbills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I returned to Carr Naze via the country park, a fresh comma basked on a hedge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWjr8SMG5PFNjzxzOw8ppHm2NTe7B454S1oMchY07f0KmPfyq3ufzQlxBNY2cGHFOEXi1Lv4ZxhCXThtohWzM4Gy9PqI0dTFMYdWLZT_DaWW01XQf4jhF5gzd_N7_JR4gTQemD56kQ67qGgYL4j5e265yreCtykDV601xtGjt3T7t1uzwphxtKpNB7K1l/s4608/IMG_3959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWjr8SMG5PFNjzxzOw8ppHm2NTe7B454S1oMchY07f0KmPfyq3ufzQlxBNY2cGHFOEXi1Lv4ZxhCXThtohWzM4Gy9PqI0dTFMYdWLZT_DaWW01XQf4jhF5gzd_N7_JR4gTQemD56kQ67qGgYL4j5e265yreCtykDV601xtGjt3T7t1uzwphxtKpNB7K1l/w400-h300/IMG_3959.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Comma.</div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Past high tide now, but still too early to cross along the coast. I decided to walk down the steep and narrow footpath half-way down Carr Naze. This is a sun trap that is often great for insects. Common Field Grasshoppers basked on the path itself. A Meadow Pipit wasn't happy with me interrupting whatever it was doing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyKKfLLTrj7slnXq3PMiWoecx4mVdauvmypGVPmHPUjEmzuM5uM1d38yrAs25kRPDIrJ9PkKUP9lcwh-D-_I1NPo-7wgKMCY8CqtmI08TV1kA_JpsHIYzrvtfjn8dehnJwqUObh_jh4phJ_RqIT7mR29df7lUroqQkCrvwnaHnaqIhWjmFEtFgw55JQrX/s4608/IMG_3972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyKKfLLTrj7slnXq3PMiWoecx4mVdauvmypGVPmHPUjEmzuM5uM1d38yrAs25kRPDIrJ9PkKUP9lcwh-D-_I1NPo-7wgKMCY8CqtmI08TV1kA_JpsHIYzrvtfjn8dehnJwqUObh_jh4phJ_RqIT7mR29df7lUroqQkCrvwnaHnaqIhWjmFEtFgw55JQrX/w400-h300/IMG_3972.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meadow Pipit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFVN11TI3CfkOSGknWFsK90LiRFgc6n1F9wJFRL-qsaqaZX98ja7mHohjfshuNeh_O6p1Jl5A3rd3FyJWL47jnKXpsL0bsxqoPbwXSeC1l5iNnnAM8Hg7BdOH-rE0I_0T_nTdDh4C086AOfiyyVJ_2h3s44kegunavAu-W6pAbtK3ER2KJlYxK8caWCu9/s4032/1695651222248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFVN11TI3CfkOSGknWFsK90LiRFgc6n1F9wJFRL-qsaqaZX98ja7mHohjfshuNeh_O6p1Jl5A3rd3FyJWL47jnKXpsL0bsxqoPbwXSeC1l5iNnnAM8Hg7BdOH-rE0I_0T_nTdDh4C086AOfiyyVJ_2h3s44kegunavAu-W6pAbtK3ER2KJlYxK8caWCu9/s320/1695651222248.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Centaury.</div>I got safely to the waters edge. A couple of dead Guillemots floated on the tide-line, some of about 8 dead auks I saw today, possibly avian flu? There were a couple of scrambling spots where the waves lapped the cliffs, before I made it to the Brigg. A Wren flew ahead of me. Cormorants sat on the rocks with roosting Oystercatchers. I sat on the rocks for a while watching a dozen Common Terns fishing north of the Brigg just by the shore, amongst Guillemots and Razorbills. They were very successful getting small silvery fish.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nYZ-T93zccg9ddgzJ2aOlkxgppqS2Wz_IavisyrKasXqBROc57-WQCnXh_BF8oiOtQ7Fqf_ZB6bLXpwTJLdSK1fiw2uoYasR9eTRrAEurKRerA5J0mV1C966tEfZI_jl2rW5mWUQfZKF_LweId7xQxfOBfUOuu6hwWGq-WluXj9whPB07arx23EtKs9V/s4608/IMG_3989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nYZ-T93zccg9ddgzJ2aOlkxgppqS2Wz_IavisyrKasXqBROc57-WQCnXh_BF8oiOtQ7Fqf_ZB6bLXpwTJLdSK1fiw2uoYasR9eTRrAEurKRerA5J0mV1C966tEfZI_jl2rW5mWUQfZKF_LweId7xQxfOBfUOuu6hwWGq-WluXj9whPB07arx23EtKs9V/s320/IMG_3989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Juvenile Common Tern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTISHkE2awz-sd22AGPvr0GjG0bfx6e3o0dZ4YM0hkh6RD4zp_s4LezI_6vCFv8smKH-_XpYG0CrmS-TKv-OvaKMGvxLMjLtABN0FEjCRVyXQXTQqMPGVyjHpZ-ddUozBKVRo4yvVkaCZxPwJYNe2pWY6OLdCjJi2wcp07rE8Xshv2Rryk7-TCsotwz47P/s4608/IMG_3995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTISHkE2awz-sd22AGPvr0GjG0bfx6e3o0dZ4YM0hkh6RD4zp_s4LezI_6vCFv8smKH-_XpYG0CrmS-TKv-OvaKMGvxLMjLtABN0FEjCRVyXQXTQqMPGVyjHpZ-ddUozBKVRo4yvVkaCZxPwJYNe2pWY6OLdCjJi2wcp07rE8Xshv2Rryk7-TCsotwz47P/s320/IMG_3995.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Razorbills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6Bplxl0LPD8Hib6RcsLAwv0dvBR4F5-Q_dYoVcNyIt0gsJicYDE7gvpD7qAdYClJNoWmB1K8luJWo-bBNMMYihIJ3BWaoO9Vo_W_eSU5gUEC6sDlabw64hGOJ0066he-sRSRLQUUuENUXQaKx3Pd_UkUoRYIHrUp10-ya5b5rMO4nb9zYjxn6UFJDvDe/s4608/IMG_3997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6Bplxl0LPD8Hib6RcsLAwv0dvBR4F5-Q_dYoVcNyIt0gsJicYDE7gvpD7qAdYClJNoWmB1K8luJWo-bBNMMYihIJ3BWaoO9Vo_W_eSU5gUEC6sDlabw64hGOJ0066he-sRSRLQUUuENUXQaKx3Pd_UkUoRYIHrUp10-ya5b5rMO4nb9zYjxn6UFJDvDe/s320/IMG_3997.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sandwich Tern, facing the wind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckFR2uCDNlyjVLv5HuJFFAHrOONQT30Ibsm1ivvcTF5uQQdPlVQsjT-OwrJrrgdUD5PKHkNkpziy1HUrUsldG2xtpEXvr-fWKOL3LuPWlOEHBhk1TP02x0vlhJEmvbXEySUM5NxK1KObbVJCae2TybYq1bM5W-ynurvO4IVObsEgGLkguKYBigGJOsL4v/s4608/IMG_4007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckFR2uCDNlyjVLv5HuJFFAHrOONQT30Ibsm1ivvcTF5uQQdPlVQsjT-OwrJrrgdUD5PKHkNkpziy1HUrUsldG2xtpEXvr-fWKOL3LuPWlOEHBhk1TP02x0vlhJEmvbXEySUM5NxK1KObbVJCae2TybYq1bM5W-ynurvO4IVObsEgGLkguKYBigGJOsL4v/s320/IMG_4007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guillemot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUYhDi4O4Pwp2uu7y14XHBYUunBJU_T6ABwUF8Q064Q2NAluJH3W3mnjghaia8qSpA1mvkD4Kpq9_2s4uMp6sLySAmXDwOAZ6dnAY4-kJrICKY2XZrN5hKEaUXidlrK1jspIOeMQoKM4uc1ydd42tDBFpGIKDODhDOkOlj3XOwg_FbzMNU_cxndvZD-vb/s4608/IMG_4023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUYhDi4O4Pwp2uu7y14XHBYUunBJU_T6ABwUF8Q064Q2NAluJH3W3mnjghaia8qSpA1mvkD4Kpq9_2s4uMp6sLySAmXDwOAZ6dnAY4-kJrICKY2XZrN5hKEaUXidlrK1jspIOeMQoKM4uc1ydd42tDBFpGIKDODhDOkOlj3XOwg_FbzMNU_cxndvZD-vb/s320/IMG_4023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guillemots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUXCm91_4a1d6K-gwNPSugrvogmZ659kvmEsW-pm7oEB8QdUX0VjpR4vUF_XtuWCJ1HvlBH5GA2Ydpv3vVxKY5sLppAutlRCv2cVExDy5ZIvJV4KoaH1J_IYCsVaYU6HOMz7aayXdZ3sLKMZnoHI5nulQWrzRv30U5FNnj-WsXfl7iaCDxddIeb6k4hLX/s3074/IMG_4024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2305" data-original-width="3074" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUXCm91_4a1d6K-gwNPSugrvogmZ659kvmEsW-pm7oEB8QdUX0VjpR4vUF_XtuWCJ1HvlBH5GA2Ydpv3vVxKY5sLppAutlRCv2cVExDy5ZIvJV4KoaH1J_IYCsVaYU6HOMz7aayXdZ3sLKMZnoHI5nulQWrzRv30U5FNnj-WsXfl7iaCDxddIeb6k4hLX/s320/IMG_4024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Tern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was time to head back to the station, aiming for the 16:16 train. On the way back three Rock Pipits and a lovely Wheatear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cAZWupE8uOaKjzz4OBN7J7tCYG0tt23p5aebIJlLSQGPlbkR_8m_bf4ETExXXpDo9jiUfJTAeSjn1wnF3Emjuwh_UOiGs0q56cpg_ReQkFEcuxZNmj_Kwe9J_AvoitDe01nnXUCgUuWwceMPVTRaSSlKJeaEC9HKvnau9JVA2yYMUBZYn8jJ6iZPdwYd/s4608/IMG_4035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cAZWupE8uOaKjzz4OBN7J7tCYG0tt23p5aebIJlLSQGPlbkR_8m_bf4ETExXXpDo9jiUfJTAeSjn1wnF3Emjuwh_UOiGs0q56cpg_ReQkFEcuxZNmj_Kwe9J_AvoitDe01nnXUCgUuWwceMPVTRaSSlKJeaEC9HKvnau9JVA2yYMUBZYn8jJ6iZPdwYd/s320/IMG_4035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rock Pipit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ3sz9QkR4XYS9KFmtTOiQNjJf9OcCaI3C8xpnj3s38dWo6MQRrzK1lKfcIR8zoHJX7Xk86XwsEg4IEEzTM3bV9tJCH8dK50rRfkFvP_vurKE3CksvfpjmqwEwgVyKbmL09yjLUGqJJh6yH5oqte0-qE1KfVScTQCmEC4C2mtc8IEjv_HKvgcoBNEfaEw/s4608/IMG_4041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ3sz9QkR4XYS9KFmtTOiQNjJf9OcCaI3C8xpnj3s38dWo6MQRrzK1lKfcIR8zoHJX7Xk86XwsEg4IEEzTM3bV9tJCH8dK50rRfkFvP_vurKE3CksvfpjmqwEwgVyKbmL09yjLUGqJJh6yH5oqte0-qE1KfVScTQCmEC4C2mtc8IEjv_HKvgcoBNEfaEw/s320/IMG_4041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wheatear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPa08P8HM8DGoxQ_bbgWhhqFvKuNcoGBAKIf2EpXQUDifSOTPXJfBahVqP6CLh1WCCmVngOFG1UQbLYRxJFRH0ppqxatFQBzLG3jee3k4aMSrP8E5z9ieZJsE8vjAQOSkYi8VbolEMfr4SCEIQ9OTQevBjf9Ahrzi5WXSEuUvNDchtTIQPP78B2OQ9-u4/s4608/IMG_4040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPa08P8HM8DGoxQ_bbgWhhqFvKuNcoGBAKIf2EpXQUDifSOTPXJfBahVqP6CLh1WCCmVngOFG1UQbLYRxJFRH0ppqxatFQBzLG3jee3k4aMSrP8E5z9ieZJsE8vjAQOSkYi8VbolEMfr4SCEIQ9OTQevBjf9Ahrzi5WXSEuUvNDchtTIQPP78B2OQ9-u4/s320/IMG_4040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wheatear.</div>I take the steep, eroded path up Carr Naze. It is less scary going uphill, and I avoid the slippery intertidal path just after high tide.<br /><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-65361296211009060792023-09-06T19:19:00.003+01:002023-09-06T19:19:47.971+01:00Train trip: Scarborough to Crook Ness<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRvb4f0pQ1jRhsGcwVNo04Cmgdt0nAdh8CoHO7M2X82GlgPLsviFkgNYhKaZDWERr8s848gcpCmB20byZ530JqM5cbUnhmhhLYVnORUt7ra0PstSDIBbnAF_cMSeo1rH2o_Ci8dDGhhnBpRPzgFEvaH48RXpQRkbRQTxxzFqJvKtXSjc6XcaSx4lnwMi2/s4032/PXL_20230905_104423346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRvb4f0pQ1jRhsGcwVNo04Cmgdt0nAdh8CoHO7M2X82GlgPLsviFkgNYhKaZDWERr8s848gcpCmB20byZ530JqM5cbUnhmhhLYVnORUt7ra0PstSDIBbnAF_cMSeo1rH2o_Ci8dDGhhnBpRPzgFEvaH48RXpQRkbRQTxxzFqJvKtXSjc6XcaSx4lnwMi2/w640-h360/PXL_20230905_104423346.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took the train to Scarborough for a walk along the coastal Cleveland Way. The day started a bit misty, but warm, and soon the sun was shining and the light breeze atop the cliffs made for a wonderful summer feel walk. I headed straight for Scalby Mills, as I was keen to explore two ravines, Scalby Mill and Crook Ness. Both have a southerly aspect and I was wondering if an undiscovered population of Dark Bush-crickets might be lurking there. I'll give you the answer now: no Dark bush-crickets were found, however, there were other bush-cricket surprises!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxB0VzoVEPf68yZSByj6B8fNJi5fKZ-sid_EA-KCMu1i-_Hjd4OdGBtq8NhGIdVY7tZ0H5QqhHewHMwrGwjudQDYTfLGbRVnFwvu4BMlp6pq9KOiZzakbp5h0e00EujotT9vvHIYnfE2WZhNAVWsBfz3lp4lmdDEqza8Vt7gW4UhJEID-3-Eu9jTQtTIt/s4032/PXL_20230905_100506263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxB0VzoVEPf68yZSByj6B8fNJi5fKZ-sid_EA-KCMu1i-_Hjd4OdGBtq8NhGIdVY7tZ0H5QqhHewHMwrGwjudQDYTfLGbRVnFwvu4BMlp6pq9KOiZzakbp5h0e00EujotT9vvHIYnfE2WZhNAVWsBfz3lp4lmdDEqza8Vt7gW4UhJEID-3-Eu9jTQtTIt/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_100506263.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back with Scarborough Castle on the horizon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOBds9BMsNbQ5lI5D4VK4mkf6sXw3gWYbD9EBMRjeoKrkTcejLJykeyDQ29r4eNvQe2LLhQ3i_t2QygBZlyGbvrdPvA3gv_DZbdWG60W_sK9ITVjULGm_bOqvoE7FqtkFCf9e4XwvzDVL8v-ioQzdbEojLiCucH0ES8USKwR7nnrlv7AcwxtVgKiJ4MIO/s2428/IMG_3448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="2428" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOBds9BMsNbQ5lI5D4VK4mkf6sXw3gWYbD9EBMRjeoKrkTcejLJykeyDQ29r4eNvQe2LLhQ3i_t2QygBZlyGbvrdPvA3gv_DZbdWG60W_sK9ITVjULGm_bOqvoE7FqtkFCf9e4XwvzDVL8v-ioQzdbEojLiCucH0ES8USKwR7nnrlv7AcwxtVgKiJ4MIO/w400-h300/IMG_3448.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was nice to see a female Common Field Grasshopper jumping down from a concrete post and start to lay eggs on the soil. This is the only grasshopper species seen, but it was plentiful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl_YUB8hQxdjpCSykYvYAo1R6HPxrpGswCauQtgMLeaz0Yjicms6l2-1Hgz0fE24LRbqkEnnM50I9CEtLXW82SdlOQGR8luXuuJJpO3igx3muAGfLeSGtbl6VOol9x6Q1Q8AuNyD9tE0B88rvYyQKKYY5PxjkACGv_H7cmnR3tR-_ahtqNLZZ5paT3yVn/s4032/1693908481957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl_YUB8hQxdjpCSykYvYAo1R6HPxrpGswCauQtgMLeaz0Yjicms6l2-1Hgz0fE24LRbqkEnnM50I9CEtLXW82SdlOQGR8luXuuJJpO3igx3muAGfLeSGtbl6VOol9x6Q1Q8AuNyD9tE0B88rvYyQKKYY5PxjkACGv_H7cmnR3tR-_ahtqNLZZ5paT3yVn/w400-h225/1693908481957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long-winged Conehead habitat by the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Of course I had taken my bat-detector along. The first surprise was Long-winged Cone-heads on a patch of grassland by the road just up from the Scalby Mills pub. This wasn't a very large surprise through, as we saw the species at Ravenscar, a more northern location. Long-winged Cone-heads were calling all along the walk, they seem very established as they've been there for a while. Unfortunately the high temperatures meant that they weren't showing much, so no photos, just sound recordings of them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cross the bridge over Scalby Beck, always picturesque and much better on a sunny summer day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGQyFBDGrM7HiLAEufe-s3eYrwNFpETSzb9HDQdXIRwDF6suirKIeYBInTyUCxT_x3mpkOcUgVhGDPc0HhQXfaSehM1ou8MVAcYaDrYDqpRvBUrschwKwA3t9aWuwXhekx6LQJx5GjdWdhCygTCofntFzDINI1CCtIm7bb5-yaQ6BVlJ0L44wKr_0k-cJ/s4032/PXL_20230905_101557235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGQyFBDGrM7HiLAEufe-s3eYrwNFpETSzb9HDQdXIRwDF6suirKIeYBInTyUCxT_x3mpkOcUgVhGDPc0HhQXfaSehM1ou8MVAcYaDrYDqpRvBUrschwKwA3t9aWuwXhekx6LQJx5GjdWdhCygTCofntFzDINI1CCtIm7bb5-yaQ6BVlJ0L44wKr_0k-cJ/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_101557235.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jZf7MpAAdWZ_Cp_FP3qK2M3fMbOdMYWz6CpCCHSOhgA7vEm3hSHIX3ZYf5HNaELGnUFf1M8bBjVi896LxcKtKDxkoIgOl4PZlyau4jhFljFPy2DmhmY716gC70jtgEqajz7IWYy-M9mUlCFvqoUKW2ZHhwu9vYWXRcCCOFEQR3F3ZEqiR-dmbJjR6rgo/s4032/PXL_20230905_101811904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jZf7MpAAdWZ_Cp_FP3qK2M3fMbOdMYWz6CpCCHSOhgA7vEm3hSHIX3ZYf5HNaELGnUFf1M8bBjVi896LxcKtKDxkoIgOl4PZlyau4jhFljFPy2DmhmY716gC70jtgEqajz7IWYy-M9mUlCFvqoUKW2ZHhwu9vYWXRcCCOFEQR3F3ZEqiR-dmbJjR6rgo/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_101811904.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View while climbing the small valley to carry on the Cleveland Way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the sea came the wailing calles of Oystercatchers and Curlew. Cormorants dried their wings on rocks as the falling tide exposed them and Grey Heron stood by rock pools having a go to pond dipping. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_D9XO9NmlYTIQ5Ft-5BhC89k44S60hu03pSCDWDZfbxAyHInKXGIhJDCt4NNBNSB3ZsLcGvG6vt1MXoG9kdCQPzi_Ng0GxnbxVzmGWMbHrl4dKjmVwuhMIXqaos-5Q5LfqiFDaGQTSFfpaJYWGhBARdfWHYmInZ-KPnwSC3dq14gZDE6CdOltullqerb/s4608/IMG_3501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_D9XO9NmlYTIQ5Ft-5BhC89k44S60hu03pSCDWDZfbxAyHInKXGIhJDCt4NNBNSB3ZsLcGvG6vt1MXoG9kdCQPzi_Ng0GxnbxVzmGWMbHrl4dKjmVwuhMIXqaos-5Q5LfqiFDaGQTSFfpaJYWGhBARdfWHYmInZ-KPnwSC3dq14gZDE6CdOltullqerb/w400-h300/IMG_3501.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grey Heron.</div><p></p><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The walk gets more interesting as I start picking the first Roesel's buhs crickets on the grassland over Scalby Beck. They are numerous and the habitat forms a long strip along the path, so their whirring accompanies me along. Although I try to triangulate their position with the bat detector, I fail to spot any, probably also hiding inside the grass tussocks. When I get home I check and find these are the first Roesel's in VC62 and some of the northernmost in the UK.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The views of this walk are truly spectacular!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_3dhwfKi7pEl6rVit2mT1wO40VI_I9GWvGfrp98nIQ_7HGIq_7ukhf5TH4R9DoXWQsKL5RjPd5eEjbdHPdGzcfEcAg6d9kchCDdaANbHwceAD85krK091EFLBpwOM38HQrGQ9HZG2KTBSTXD9YeYEysk44RIqj4NtAz42RfAUPfe91pAgAYLnaF7RIKk/s4032/PXL_20230905_133829425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_3dhwfKi7pEl6rVit2mT1wO40VI_I9GWvGfrp98nIQ_7HGIq_7ukhf5TH4R9DoXWQsKL5RjPd5eEjbdHPdGzcfEcAg6d9kchCDdaANbHwceAD85krK091EFLBpwOM38HQrGQ9HZG2KTBSTXD9YeYEysk44RIqj4NtAz42RfAUPfe91pAgAYLnaF7RIKk/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_133829425.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m1TZ9CqIiaR4TBfd1XOI45Dc1lZX4IEQgBR1yooyxldPG6k_wrOoTMTmTw9umgUDJq4DvVjqbmP93JoQIONVHnu_nhg2CArZTgWxzXtAwNg2SgJ25tE6qK_82qnyztLvWnzI2DymLxursad-n8wjEVEtDTN1cloSNbrZxSqHWZKWXH8Y8ZM7zuICP31U/s4032/PXL_20230905_132450280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m1TZ9CqIiaR4TBfd1XOI45Dc1lZX4IEQgBR1yooyxldPG6k_wrOoTMTmTw9umgUDJq4DvVjqbmP93JoQIONVHnu_nhg2CArZTgWxzXtAwNg2SgJ25tE6qK_82qnyztLvWnzI2DymLxursad-n8wjEVEtDTN1cloSNbrZxSqHWZKWXH8Y8ZM7zuICP31U/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_132450280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An interpretation board for Scalby Lodge ponds. No water was visible from the footpath.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfTc5s7Pv_hiVjAL9uK8C0VUlsA6vkKDC4nqZfcXsNiE4M8Eehs2Pp0o8-ll7AUtXymfGwt9pb2qCZi4XoMgGsTLsqniJXoNsuVtLYBxcBiv3evmnt8ejwsgfXKVECvFUyiEVr0s6elMindPFhC5WNz9GE3R8lx-_6TckgPAVgL8NmwrzUv4BbCtbmM-i/s4608/IMG_3487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfTc5s7Pv_hiVjAL9uK8C0VUlsA6vkKDC4nqZfcXsNiE4M8Eehs2Pp0o8-ll7AUtXymfGwt9pb2qCZi4XoMgGsTLsqniJXoNsuVtLYBxcBiv3evmnt8ejwsgfXKVECvFUyiEVr0s6elMindPFhC5WNz9GE3R8lx-_6TckgPAVgL8NmwrzUv4BbCtbmM-i/w400-h300/IMG_3487.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Curlew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6izmYbYfrNRCDWigomRwahS0N48_NaYYllX8RX12XAXJebRBksGjZMUnU8QFKmidBtVUjMJIWltDbCB5y9ypcKdLueVfH-A99EAhQQKDnFumXY88daBcS_UduvqccIRAMh3LeQUlUjS94PeEYO8DvE7eCJsm--gR7EgpJpiXcyFMz5cola9zaYl980gE/s2003/IMG_3472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2003" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6izmYbYfrNRCDWigomRwahS0N48_NaYYllX8RX12XAXJebRBksGjZMUnU8QFKmidBtVUjMJIWltDbCB5y9ypcKdLueVfH-A99EAhQQKDnFumXY88daBcS_UduvqccIRAMh3LeQUlUjS94PeEYO8DvE7eCJsm--gR7EgpJpiXcyFMz5cola9zaYl980gE/w400-h300/IMG_3472.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm very pleased to spot a few Wall Butterflies basking on the footpaths... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiLooHoK1x8gV8JZ49dnm34mA1yq5pnA4xgkupVMz_vGTZAgSwcf92V9MzshgIqZl4OkZYUHztnM_UbY0w0P9RM1Lk2P-2eynC9sKsrE_wz3B5JGqFpi-1CBqu28OUpAg7ZDMIWrIolWikmI8ky7h1LsLX5Uau9qCOXy92OsjEcmnqoF-YtMDi3YMdspB/s4608/IMG_3461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiLooHoK1x8gV8JZ49dnm34mA1yq5pnA4xgkupVMz_vGTZAgSwcf92V9MzshgIqZl4OkZYUHztnM_UbY0w0P9RM1Lk2P-2eynC9sKsrE_wz3B5JGqFpi-1CBqu28OUpAg7ZDMIWrIolWikmI8ky7h1LsLX5Uau9qCOXy92OsjEcmnqoF-YtMDi3YMdspB/w400-h300/IMG_3461.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or feeding on Creeping Thistle.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k3JjbTcYamXIvbTRdT4zF6w30CXu2z05zTWV3YgBouZk1ZTZaLqC2680WMK5lsvIjHpyfnWuPJgF6_2fHkg5YOID3fmh1poXYtFkaHyODIIgGMcRZBLV5m3C8ttPpcGKSoV-9kbyLqbmBJQyg0e2AOoxKFouH7F8MDEuukngGXeCKphVQlQA-VIRgHUT/s4032/PXL_20230905_123900606.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3k3JjbTcYamXIvbTRdT4zF6w30CXu2z05zTWV3YgBouZk1ZTZaLqC2680WMK5lsvIjHpyfnWuPJgF6_2fHkg5YOID3fmh1poXYtFkaHyODIIgGMcRZBLV5m3C8ttPpcGKSoV-9kbyLqbmBJQyg0e2AOoxKFouH7F8MDEuukngGXeCKphVQlQA-VIRgHUT/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_123900606.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arriving to Crook Ness.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNYwGDmif2wBbXygFTQXCtYiUaBUyni-I9iHtS2xzpFsREbZzTkGjEXxIcjMN4Y2gob5Q5VWBXVBELhGMHV_f-6X4ZrRZ8xFWiRXfPVyGY_YqKyGI1rbpEJ-3-ySkzdVYbXpILZlTZFYmfJtoB9uuMU5GqL3EIpJDXyk0mxlQ5r17e4pRAv8CA6bWeQs5/s4032/PXL_20230905_122358981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNYwGDmif2wBbXygFTQXCtYiUaBUyni-I9iHtS2xzpFsREbZzTkGjEXxIcjMN4Y2gob5Q5VWBXVBELhGMHV_f-6X4ZrRZ8xFWiRXfPVyGY_YqKyGI1rbpEJ-3-ySkzdVYbXpILZlTZFYmfJtoB9uuMU5GqL3EIpJDXyk0mxlQ5r17e4pRAv8CA6bWeQs5/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_122358981.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The interpretation board has fallen to the ground. Interesting to read that the track to the beach along the ravine was used to collect building materials with donkey and cart. The cliffs are quite high and this is one of the few access points to the beach. The ravine is very narrow and steep, and there is a trickle of water on the beck. Ferns clothe the sides of the ravine, but it is very enclosed and as soon as you are on the beach it feels very dry. The only orthopterans to be seen or heard were Common Field Grasshoppers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFfUzgr46hhqWlqyC4l1gXqnFfW0v8NPBpTdSiwBDLlz-qjCTdWT651DJcLsMl3_BWHeb5HaZJrhBNIhH9zoGm5EDW9wbVqECjdSuxHmibaYEA52_t0swqczz17IQ1maSG1LkIP0Ngdle0-DCbNAraGsnwjEhYg5NRgkXF8F20r3VkJCwRWJlDfMebP0L/s4608/IMG_3482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFfUzgr46hhqWlqyC4l1gXqnFfW0v8NPBpTdSiwBDLlz-qjCTdWT651DJcLsMl3_BWHeb5HaZJrhBNIhH9zoGm5EDW9wbVqECjdSuxHmibaYEA52_t0swqczz17IQ1maSG1LkIP0Ngdle0-DCbNAraGsnwjEhYg5NRgkXF8F20r3VkJCwRWJlDfMebP0L/w400-h300/IMG_3482.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Common Field Grasshopper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I have my packed lunch on a large boulder overlooking the sea. I'm quick, as there is a long way back to the train.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpchH4CgF0ddq4tmK99VMn-at_JFIZ5VZCQsbvZU-xXonsQvmB4VS3wP6zbFLa4LdmX_GKyBPnZzm7QroZ0p77hPtLZ5yoWJr0m1YCXchcqKBlVdGGoQkWJhhGFW6wjdJMbn1Me8nIc27WfScI0I-31fQBUB4-gwHFnUHwBCkHxA_wLoA2uAjvED2kFbI/s4032/PXL_20230905_115213123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpchH4CgF0ddq4tmK99VMn-at_JFIZ5VZCQsbvZU-xXonsQvmB4VS3wP6zbFLa4LdmX_GKyBPnZzm7QroZ0p77hPtLZ5yoWJr0m1YCXchcqKBlVdGGoQkWJhhGFW6wjdJMbn1Me8nIc27WfScI0I-31fQBUB4-gwHFnUHwBCkHxA_wLoA2uAjvED2kFbI/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_115213123.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bottom of Crook Ness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExEM9UfQUpAhi5YphGk21JLHk06wkl31IihknhVxKRY0LN60RFxmMtdk05bIxLFegNE16WP5Qy3uS9ugL8esU-XaPGZSWLOhhhrnOVr0Eb5SVQFd7JTQgn5qsQQ0HWnj45dkRoOJnNffpUcKSxVDAAvFcjqsvj2DHZY-izJZvk_hPt3XQbhQNcA9Hqi6w/s4032/PXL_20230905_115208247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExEM9UfQUpAhi5YphGk21JLHk06wkl31IihknhVxKRY0LN60RFxmMtdk05bIxLFegNE16WP5Qy3uS9ugL8esU-XaPGZSWLOhhhrnOVr0Eb5SVQFd7JTQgn5qsQQ0HWnj45dkRoOJnNffpUcKSxVDAAvFcjqsvj2DHZY-izJZvk_hPt3XQbhQNcA9Hqi6w/w400-h225/PXL_20230905_115208247.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are reeds, but not many brambles at the bottom of the ravine.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-29249147537628050792023-08-27T16:43:00.000+01:002023-09-06T19:21:21.867+01:00Migration at Pickering Park<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUAGp0dStVXHz5WY0nKknvuOtbabVJYQyVdruUDM6OqNJVlQkphqZKa21LLehpunMls1W0sGHvd9wTNbros03ESTgX5Hp62MrBTeex5Nojp5h1F8Wn3wtOx3lg20y7NfPGFEbcsjBXivOFnm0LY5yRU8iOqXrPYr-tnKF6pe-V0FwXOZDrUY96YIOlmr9/s4608/IMG_3036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUAGp0dStVXHz5WY0nKknvuOtbabVJYQyVdruUDM6OqNJVlQkphqZKa21LLehpunMls1W0sGHvd9wTNbros03ESTgX5Hp62MrBTeex5Nojp5h1F8Wn3wtOx3lg20y7NfPGFEbcsjBXivOFnm0LY5yRU8iOqXrPYr-tnKF6pe-V0FwXOZDrUY96YIOlmr9/w640-h480/IMG_3036.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p>An overdue Wetland Bird survey at Pickering Park. A lovely morning, sunny and still. I wake up early and head towards the park, hoping to beat the dog walkers. It was quiet to start with. Just two Greylags about, no Canada, which was a bit odd. Plenty of Coots about and two Tufted Ducks. Then I spotted a Common Sandpiper, which I have had before in migration at the park. It allowed quite close approximation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtQFEC-h-z_xC-I5DfjinMUU_ck-Qyp4PbYTexk4vO7QaDNHzHsyy1OwVclpiO3T92klLSqq79jLyHczAQtSKS28COG2PbIzdXFwCOA-ELpY5sEF72Fum8a43bko4KdcVyhlucRWHubCls975llPS-USGsnfdziVJqBzTIaUs68MJgMGuQwMcPMMWXFRM/s2944/IMG_3024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="2944" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtQFEC-h-z_xC-I5DfjinMUU_ck-Qyp4PbYTexk4vO7QaDNHzHsyy1OwVclpiO3T92klLSqq79jLyHczAQtSKS28COG2PbIzdXFwCOA-ELpY5sEF72Fum8a43bko4KdcVyhlucRWHubCls975llPS-USGsnfdziVJqBzTIaUs68MJgMGuQwMcPMMWXFRM/w400-h300/IMG_3024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, by the middle island, there was a mixed flock of tits with at least some leaf warblers flitting about. A Willow Warbler sung weakly, a Chiffchaff joined it. I saw a bird chasing a warbler that made me think of a Spotted Flycatcher, could it be? I was amazed to see that it was. The bird was very unsettled, as it was very aggressive to the warblers and chased any landing near it. It was very busy, I couldn't really count how many willow warblers and chiffchaffs there were on a group of birches, but probably about a dozen in total. After quite a long wait, I managed some shots (top shot). This was my first Spotted Flycatcher in Hull. This used to be a summer migrant breeding across the city in parks and large garderns, but not any more, so it was very nice to see it at the park.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIa8cki8HLZTULsVVlzsP0BzZ2aalbZFFSIGbiRoCNL8DFfkbPNdPAZlGzFXWhOA6pyfoHOMtysu6brfM11NCVqvI60BmdQDIR3O7qHDl1dUuI786crCdKSn3BXuhG1zUx_sMiP1x8QRM7IEQevNOW0oNQAfu7Td85OZHs8NbZgJJqiWZLoEVfFUb3As2S/s4608/IMG_3025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIa8cki8HLZTULsVVlzsP0BzZ2aalbZFFSIGbiRoCNL8DFfkbPNdPAZlGzFXWhOA6pyfoHOMtysu6brfM11NCVqvI60BmdQDIR3O7qHDl1dUuI786crCdKSn3BXuhG1zUx_sMiP1x8QRM7IEQevNOW0oNQAfu7Td85OZHs8NbZgJJqiWZLoEVfFUb3As2S/w400-h300/IMG_3025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Warbler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhgdDaxN7zkVL5dnKv9GjnkDsd58a_SFc1qQjCeayNrbla2lZPjOQnzWSsHr5xdDM768HOGFsiSnhzLmztGwiTSMm6HJ9b98sxCfkjy6NARInaKGFPBlWSib4ka33gGSnlqBg5eek01L9_a2DGHX_BQ8GiOCxopK1essURLma5Nm7IUb3s91fPoHXuk_8/s4608/IMG_3033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhgdDaxN7zkVL5dnKv9GjnkDsd58a_SFc1qQjCeayNrbla2lZPjOQnzWSsHr5xdDM768HOGFsiSnhzLmztGwiTSMm6HJ9b98sxCfkjy6NARInaKGFPBlWSib4ka33gGSnlqBg5eek01L9_a2DGHX_BQ8GiOCxopK1essURLma5Nm7IUb3s91fPoHXuk_8/w400-h300/IMG_3033.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spotted Flycatcher</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVqkBCp6nNYAy3nMDj2CblZYFgEy_lRkbm87giyBgz--yGBfljF9dY66zWhSVFblyXuheya0aMa7QQ_fKSKjpJcc6n_es6f_jfhXCMEJmpwzHhAdjW_XF6Vs818y42AR3ID5P6Ei7uI3njqz72PZ6qqI4Yo9FaBfoKkzuHfL3SrNzYZd4_3hdoJeuzYoT/s4608/IMG_3038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVqkBCp6nNYAy3nMDj2CblZYFgEy_lRkbm87giyBgz--yGBfljF9dY66zWhSVFblyXuheya0aMa7QQ_fKSKjpJcc6n_es6f_jfhXCMEJmpwzHhAdjW_XF6Vs818y42AR3ID5P6Ei7uI3njqz72PZ6qqI4Yo9FaBfoKkzuHfL3SrNzYZd4_3hdoJeuzYoT/w400-h300/IMG_3038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Warbler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1u2D86iKdW6RBam2Re-cs-b3y2VDdJtepecL5KwCfyCE8wpBKVEM5iN-Rri5r-djVbMsGIKG_foBvNooNsitwOGqY7xcRDkSxCzyHAI9vCOmOn7AhPSrte7mvLY7Dy2TnW3Zud56WEbmm8kekc9N5QKv5tWtP1ET7__xaRMwToPlOKV0yx-tEBTOYQQ8s/s4608/IMG_3039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1u2D86iKdW6RBam2Re-cs-b3y2VDdJtepecL5KwCfyCE8wpBKVEM5iN-Rri5r-djVbMsGIKG_foBvNooNsitwOGqY7xcRDkSxCzyHAI9vCOmOn7AhPSrte7mvLY7Dy2TnW3Zud56WEbmm8kekc9N5QKv5tWtP1ET7__xaRMwToPlOKV0yx-tEBTOYQQ8s/w400-h300/IMG_3039.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Green-veined White.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jTRSvGFpaqlT3dE5u4HGjG_ypXUGiYSt2DxhVKrUMBaogF01s9sIrfgPOQAA1NlP-VXsrmQ0gEP06JP4mNvXUmtwX91MW4Agf5zA5UAyBedl76FEkVfrMTWU6BDgtOBrEmxtYGWwZYecXvfci7ZTYuPYbmuppWMNZKkXFH4OoqfE8f6HAMYUKPbpo4DK/s4608/IMG_3031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jTRSvGFpaqlT3dE5u4HGjG_ypXUGiYSt2DxhVKrUMBaogF01s9sIrfgPOQAA1NlP-VXsrmQ0gEP06JP4mNvXUmtwX91MW4Agf5zA5UAyBedl76FEkVfrMTWU6BDgtOBrEmxtYGWwZYecXvfci7ZTYuPYbmuppWMNZKkXFH4OoqfE8f6HAMYUKPbpo4DK/w400-h300/IMG_3031.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice to see the Mute Swan pair has managed to raise six cygnets, after they lost the whole brood last year because of bird flu.</div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-7034631004410402392023-08-26T22:01:00.127+01:002023-09-06T19:21:48.340+01:00Hayburn Wyke and Ravenscar<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBu_SLbIGHyD9PkhW9cFtKXU-cH_1I3zL3mUGlHvTQotFf69xi3wLJaWJG7dyZNJSsqGIp3k8hlT0ztUwjx1VXl4B1mKV7m_PG-eBtuqphp9LpouSSvyfE-csg1UbztNrctODCwYqbzO5oN-KUClGbscsRBj_tkRF3vcAkStjJRiHpVdmoO9lrFcU8nwZ/s4032/PXL_20230826_145157850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBu_SLbIGHyD9PkhW9cFtKXU-cH_1I3zL3mUGlHvTQotFf69xi3wLJaWJG7dyZNJSsqGIp3k8hlT0ztUwjx1VXl4B1mKV7m_PG-eBtuqphp9LpouSSvyfE-csg1UbztNrctODCwYqbzO5oN-KUClGbscsRBj_tkRF3vcAkStjJRiHpVdmoO9lrFcU8nwZ/w640-h360/PXL_20230826_145157850.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was very keen to return to Hayburn Wyke after last years visit with Hull Nats, so I got a lift to join a trip by the Fern Group today. The weather forecast was changeable for the weekend, with rain and thunderstorms predicted for the afternoon. We were lucky the weather held on and we enjoyed a pleasant temperature, barely any wind and plenty of sunshine. It was lucky, as my main aim for the day was to record Dark Bush crickets and I had taken the bat detector to check for calling males.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpe70acJbxx0_bNXsCMilm7MlzEgpbroEBc8C1sducxxt55rIoEwJUQrE1ln2t-y4Wn9aDD5KjMtjdlwvv4WksOLtXRU_4dwWhY_rIaJilTkTSfRZiukVSFW6JXTZajhkE2RD7J3Nn78hAbVIb41hUi97AFp6VboJd_IcRcrHPr5QwIelGUhUQ4TFbttvY/s2043/IMG_2944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2043" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpe70acJbxx0_bNXsCMilm7MlzEgpbroEBc8C1sducxxt55rIoEwJUQrE1ln2t-y4Wn9aDD5KjMtjdlwvv4WksOLtXRU_4dwWhY_rIaJilTkTSfRZiukVSFW6JXTZajhkE2RD7J3Nn78hAbVIb41hUi97AFp6VboJd_IcRcrHPr5QwIelGUhUQ4TFbttvY/s320/IMG_2944.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kite-tailed Robber-fly on the car park.</div><p></p><p style="clear: both;">First, we took the path down the ravine. The ferns look magnificent, much larger than the sizes we are used to. Soft Shield Ferns are plentiful, as are Hard Fern. We saw some Lady Ferns too. We didn't come all the way down to the beach, just to the view point near the wooden bridge at the end of the trail. We were supposed to be following a trail along the beck, but somehow we lost it and it was like being in a ferny and boggy jungle. Anyhow, it was a great adventure going 'off piste' within the wood. Hayburn Wyke wood feels like a temperate rainforest. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpu5ivsK_wl_HgKir2LUvQs_cb573LctYaT0VqTr5Vbsn3XBLypu07abiezu9_4BNG4-U8uvNSbQKFk8GmhqIcRQUyEVMpvVzVCNF2F8_hs4Z7mPjlBPyqkc1KBzSdg3QpBGyMzxP0-KsmajnVJ37EsBsM3_WTPT5C6MUq5sCXrvWzi_iFYA1rmuFg4pS/s4032/1693043812109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpu5ivsK_wl_HgKir2LUvQs_cb573LctYaT0VqTr5Vbsn3XBLypu07abiezu9_4BNG4-U8uvNSbQKFk8GmhqIcRQUyEVMpvVzVCNF2F8_hs4Z7mPjlBPyqkc1KBzSdg3QpBGyMzxP0-KsmajnVJ37EsBsM3_WTPT5C6MUq5sCXrvWzi_iFYA1rmuFg4pS/s320/1693043812109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lady Fern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvyj6oBWYy-mElKFVf0k6qTk5-EZKUwHcoQnosT1AHphbA7CcuG4SUEmSSXy4v8LG0AYvuQjdws9lBUYeopnPMGmy8jHLsKPIXGQ-JtDSvHsxbC7RGAFg48BzE2qPnqnDSs4Lpe0O-oKg2PYY746Rxp9WtLNBjODP0-PI_8rxVBl6eMKTqAlM3njF9l9H/s4032/1693043524142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvyj6oBWYy-mElKFVf0k6qTk5-EZKUwHcoQnosT1AHphbA7CcuG4SUEmSSXy4v8LG0AYvuQjdws9lBUYeopnPMGmy8jHLsKPIXGQ-JtDSvHsxbC7RGAFg48BzE2qPnqnDSs4Lpe0O-oKg2PYY746Rxp9WtLNBjODP0-PI_8rxVBl6eMKTqAlM3njF9l9H/w225-h400/1693043524142.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soft shield fern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEOkKYgdMEPPzrDIeiFzjZf_cKxvfe6Yl1dRTkjSq1pHwgpii6OZ4NZSO_J0kMFhYROzzmrjyOnnH7UNa8LJPhT7i9WegI0m1rjmXdqXKdID8MVfYN7DkKjFhRdNpLpSk5K2TxSpdWXmT-2_zHqm2rZ5-1mjhCsjguX9jTgBuNK0w2oym7g0gipAZJb42/s4032/PXL_20230826_095519929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The first viewpoint to the little cove.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp8ZU0XULGxZazniC_exgIwagbUkFv7zHq3eir-OZ7isubYXHsUACHVFa2pPDH_gFWUkKTfkAuOFttQkNTPZB6aiOKSMx5l80CibYhPdTAS3leX5eJ5A9DV9hvKXuSrExL3GFDd_LhifRu_FCFGPbcenj9J7MHRcSwRQp7NtgQXmqfTNS_i_Xbi3YFMZb/s4608/IMG_2952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp8ZU0XULGxZazniC_exgIwagbUkFv7zHq3eir-OZ7isubYXHsUACHVFa2pPDH_gFWUkKTfkAuOFttQkNTPZB6aiOKSMx5l80CibYhPdTAS3leX5eJ5A9DV9hvKXuSrExL3GFDd_LhifRu_FCFGPbcenj9J7MHRcSwRQp7NtgQXmqfTNS_i_Xbi3YFMZb/s320/IMG_2952.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A racing pigeon had decided to spend the day at the beach, enjoying the sunshine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmyGjgwqRx9sztXX2aJVD-ROGrK2FrljAxLEOW-OOFl26VSQHeBExxFXy5j_TRYWrg-s-0asOV-r4xF8OxibZ-fGv8tnal0jP_JvPMCO-mb8iKzP1ipcn8IEV2HVeT7uWJUUQ7j1mJDNS4UG01r-49UBbUF0bvajAjPsBc65F-Cr7ytTCopKZckNSFhIq/s4032/1693045421972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmyGjgwqRx9sztXX2aJVD-ROGrK2FrljAxLEOW-OOFl26VSQHeBExxFXy5j_TRYWrg-s-0asOV-r4xF8OxibZ-fGv8tnal0jP_JvPMCO-mb8iKzP1ipcn8IEV2HVeT7uWJUUQ7j1mJDNS4UG01r-49UBbUF0bvajAjPsBc65F-Cr7ytTCopKZckNSFhIq/w225-h400/1693045421972.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Devil's-bit Scabious with Common Carder Bee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvNXA80zJPCNxMCvKgQ9XgDtTjuowATQ5sICnN3aVT0v3gvglUMg3ZeiKNeK8PN5eq7megx1wtDR1uprHM6GY7Pj5GDz4j3QlpFCUszVgx8boivpiHNraUJBBMa_RZy_XcBOUUw8JKa15CAcYkO-BmZ8CpNgvzJWAexQ8qVObTQuNLV7U4j0G-raZTM2J/s4608/IMG_2961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvNXA80zJPCNxMCvKgQ9XgDtTjuowATQ5sICnN3aVT0v3gvglUMg3ZeiKNeK8PN5eq7megx1wtDR1uprHM6GY7Pj5GDz4j3QlpFCUszVgx8boivpiHNraUJBBMa_RZy_XcBOUUw8JKa15CAcYkO-BmZ8CpNgvzJWAexQ8qVObTQuNLV7U4j0G-raZTM2J/w400-h300/IMG_2961.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spot the Slow Worm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GbK9PM7WWTJ4Vy7nP-8CZfYwjLLtgfkhVAme7woBWCqy1B1R0GBwAeXCPaNYk3YWRH3McqsgaPG4rwUD_iuqLAMja-zxi3J-NPPbu83aU2Y0bs7GfXxJpJYLPGBHw0RPhUiOwHOoR0tPHvR7UG709nw20403OUB78N1MIOL9ZJe0H67JLcOC2hCXNaIt/s4608/IMG_2965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GbK9PM7WWTJ4Vy7nP-8CZfYwjLLtgfkhVAme7woBWCqy1B1R0GBwAeXCPaNYk3YWRH3McqsgaPG4rwUD_iuqLAMja-zxi3J-NPPbu83aU2Y0bs7GfXxJpJYLPGBHw0RPhUiOwHOoR0tPHvR7UG709nw20403OUB78N1MIOL9ZJe0H67JLcOC2hCXNaIt/w400-h300/IMG_2965.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View of the head.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjnfLXFMdxHxQS1n6d95dBS2bPfeqs69kp5q26VeD_5c3PmRNhaLqAXY1vSPog3z-mUR_bAOh-ZjeMPwLl9WhOJy_HaoXMgdsNedZoV08YXO29Z32t-WPrRr-R7lYRrFyrSeEJPj_yaTnjOJCAIsfZRfsC-5m_llJpyExFqngArzHaguV1z9CFjtVPfwm/s3576/IMG_2962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2682" data-original-width="3576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjnfLXFMdxHxQS1n6d95dBS2bPfeqs69kp5q26VeD_5c3PmRNhaLqAXY1vSPog3z-mUR_bAOh-ZjeMPwLl9WhOJy_HaoXMgdsNedZoV08YXO29Z32t-WPrRr-R7lYRrFyrSeEJPj_yaTnjOJCAIsfZRfsC-5m_llJpyExFqngArzHaguV1z9CFjtVPfwm/w400-h300/IMG_2962.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Slow Worm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgmKPFY3n57sCKix7xNc5ynYw2m4zpomilR9sWS-7am-DUiJd9B4xtkG0Haj8MJxIwA8LvABfmWp2WGGzAC-bC8ueX0F2ThqXyGKrxDIdD6xh-d7Y2Mg1yGopmJekwBKoDpSSA-7SDMPC9xa4-5YeIPn9Pt1xuoLUygAL9Swofh5MKgZacFiahapXD3Ko/s2147/IMG_2968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2147" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgmKPFY3n57sCKix7xNc5ynYw2m4zpomilR9sWS-7am-DUiJd9B4xtkG0Haj8MJxIwA8LvABfmWp2WGGzAC-bC8ueX0F2ThqXyGKrxDIdD6xh-d7Y2Mg1yGopmJekwBKoDpSSA-7SDMPC9xa4-5YeIPn9Pt1xuoLUygAL9Swofh5MKgZacFiahapXD3Ko/w400-h300/IMG_2968.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sericomya silentis</i>, the Bog Hoverfly, a lovely, large hoverfly typical of moorland and woodland clearings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaPLwVNUTQf3riaAWG_GYcvfKmzLN07FGyjjWvRS1My3f-huJQ-dTrWxkMaAwEnoJ6M1Oj1PutCDOUeLeuP2Swq3UafuCOE18lYsmR8218ybIi0f4u7fDa7a6DnuEKhSTCtvxZwEL74kRgRp9xPx6D-dJGZ02wde4B_mdXyDRcGwCwuHKRg_4WNriJ_Zz/s4608/IMG_2984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaPLwVNUTQf3riaAWG_GYcvfKmzLN07FGyjjWvRS1My3f-huJQ-dTrWxkMaAwEnoJ6M1Oj1PutCDOUeLeuP2Swq3UafuCOE18lYsmR8218ybIi0f4u7fDa7a6DnuEKhSTCtvxZwEL74kRgRp9xPx6D-dJGZ02wde4B_mdXyDRcGwCwuHKRg_4WNriJ_Zz/w400-h300/IMG_2984.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Female Dark bush-cricket. Three were basking near each other at the base of a south-facing hedge, where males were also calling. On a different field after lunch, also from a hedge, I picked two male calling. It appears the Hayburn Wyke population is doing quite well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-agL1lUI9Ss_UeLbeTpFBchC58Wgy3nuVorczHm9FoJB6fCD_izAQ6T21rzzxLVhuFyLyqnoDVLD71x40DyC-GQLraijJmKUD7UWlu8A2uTyeVcDZLNr0rFtDA2N_m778G-ifacv29RsOfSkjcdzp4_WjK-SVgazflWkY_Wm-EWyhyh5pebHKfFOPogJ/s4032/PXL_20230826_112123999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-agL1lUI9Ss_UeLbeTpFBchC58Wgy3nuVorczHm9FoJB6fCD_izAQ6T21rzzxLVhuFyLyqnoDVLD71x40DyC-GQLraijJmKUD7UWlu8A2uTyeVcDZLNr0rFtDA2N_m778G-ifacv29RsOfSkjcdzp4_WjK-SVgazflWkY_Wm-EWyhyh5pebHKfFOPogJ/w225-h400/PXL_20230826_112123999.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The beck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGWmt2Gm4HmC89DMZ3SXYarDf4lbfK4svsUIA-GqPljULy2zPDb1z9vHk2My2lmsza9XljerbxgEcUdeGHWF1HqOPlU24baKs8EVS_dMLlhueTBwve0ezFiXuhhXNbj0qyh37JlgOQvOO3mgEzUoTnPChlsdI0pFm0rSY9xU-U_cMVM0B1KJzczss4isE/s4032/PXL_20230826_112438205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGWmt2Gm4HmC89DMZ3SXYarDf4lbfK4svsUIA-GqPljULy2zPDb1z9vHk2My2lmsza9XljerbxgEcUdeGHWF1HqOPlU24baKs8EVS_dMLlhueTBwve0ezFiXuhhXNbj0qyh37JlgOQvOO3mgEzUoTnPChlsdI0pFm0rSY9xU-U_cMVM0B1KJzczss4isE/w225-h400/PXL_20230826_112438205.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our lunch spot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi902Txon8VkIKtUeozEq4F0Cr6xVZetMoyXDMyWiFxqcZd11CVtEpGB66r9Tj4YpP3xYwIuvcOM3phpbQGaNOJ1i-tE2Gvg2yZytUX-X9OrV5J6Pa2O-DhOr2ULwDKIdTKEkJd2hhPOtYgW3xbHeE0WQ8nUFu2uIoW7Sns0ACvmecTUg50SIJWU9UtQ6u5/s2442/1693049927653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="2442" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi902Txon8VkIKtUeozEq4F0Cr6xVZetMoyXDMyWiFxqcZd11CVtEpGB66r9Tj4YpP3xYwIuvcOM3phpbQGaNOJ1i-tE2Gvg2yZytUX-X9OrV5J6Pa2O-DhOr2ULwDKIdTKEkJd2hhPOtYgW3xbHeE0WQ8nUFu2uIoW7Sns0ACvmecTUg50SIJWU9UtQ6u5/s320/1693049927653.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leopard slug.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5C3i85ladfTIBe8sz868rLBVsoLSLA79FXh0Tk7QAjDheZ6bTPJNVHsUVufOnbZzwp_8GRoQ3a8lWquY809_0r5lI3OXKP1-5haRrysyr3E-9NDQH4hNA4yTsm8DjJzYsUqxBcWK_wtAkpB4kFwHIvsHPZma0qxyMczRi5F9RluD1a7ZiD85hP4_xaTm/s4608/IMG_2987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5C3i85ladfTIBe8sz868rLBVsoLSLA79FXh0Tk7QAjDheZ6bTPJNVHsUVufOnbZzwp_8GRoQ3a8lWquY809_0r5lI3OXKP1-5haRrysyr3E-9NDQH4hNA4yTsm8DjJzYsUqxBcWK_wtAkpB4kFwHIvsHPZma0qxyMczRi5F9RluD1a7ZiD85hP4_xaTm/s320/IMG_2987.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ferdinandea cuprea</i>. An uncommon woodland hoverfly. </div><p style="text-align: left;">After the adventure in the woods, we decided to pop to Ravenscar to enjoy the view and have an icecream. I switched on the bat detector, hoping for Dark bush crickets, but, surprisingly, I picked a Long-winged Conehead calling, which I couldn't locate, in the field just by the car park (below). After a walk to the fantastic viewpoint towards Robin-hood's Bay down the hill (top shot), we returned to the car, but Roland immediately spotted the calling conehead when I pointed the area where it was calling! I check at home and this is the second most northerly record of Long-winged Conehead, and only the second from VC-62.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-xKFYLq-ihjVDX2SjBVC4zRaLaG4rbwy2CsEUpIItnOG2ObkGmywHusiR5HwhIr8f6VznvcTz8Z7i2CH_Z0Odv3owFkNQRDI9Fw_1OwMXpZzDZ374tYir5WIo-bPjrnA8NPOqoP_bJjLfHQ8BDgp68OzK1O5eJN4ciWMKIbb0LJgppdGzCC7mot95kVI/s4032/PXL_20230826_144826517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-xKFYLq-ihjVDX2SjBVC4zRaLaG4rbwy2CsEUpIItnOG2ObkGmywHusiR5HwhIr8f6VznvcTz8Z7i2CH_Z0Odv3owFkNQRDI9Fw_1OwMXpZzDZ374tYir5WIo-bPjrnA8NPOqoP_bJjLfHQ8BDgp68OzK1O5eJN4ciWMKIbb0LJgppdGzCC7mot95kVI/w400-h225/PXL_20230826_144826517.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Conehead field.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM57Run8YN1PZA9BU0Bdwpxx1MK4LceMPr8vzja7MENZxW7ZNZHbnJ4DENeBAlEWQj5OFvOoA7dGqQSSpWMKdBG7Z9KSaAzBoz4pzUwqnQ1JUe1fi-Y0Ily3SkLHDK8zfepB1GaSYoHf7R4QQKcGeO8164BS79KPdZbvD1q5ZsbRxRi_nCwqCcp26oAa8D/s4608/IMG_2991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM57Run8YN1PZA9BU0Bdwpxx1MK4LceMPr8vzja7MENZxW7ZNZHbnJ4DENeBAlEWQj5OFvOoA7dGqQSSpWMKdBG7Z9KSaAzBoz4pzUwqnQ1JUe1fi-Y0Ily3SkLHDK8zfepB1GaSYoHf7R4QQKcGeO8164BS79KPdZbvD1q5ZsbRxRi_nCwqCcp26oAa8D/w400-h300/IMG_2991.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long-winged Conehead.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUPIt37S4W_j5RP3P8oUj8lxPIIUKgd5js7ZrqTQfRvv52OrGD8UFKL6LVKwrb58lIWpe4tBFdqR8qITwzupJxqG2cYvlapRK9-fLnX74gCK9W9Y3U2jrgzr1m-8ybCfhZGVQoRPeX5gFPnsd6-cqCVeKPyQL2XCZK4lO1KrE8U4H45xC20ld6-6FsVRy/s1116/IMG_2996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1116" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUPIt37S4W_j5RP3P8oUj8lxPIIUKgd5js7ZrqTQfRvv52OrGD8UFKL6LVKwrb58lIWpe4tBFdqR8qITwzupJxqG2cYvlapRK9-fLnX74gCK9W9Y3U2jrgzr1m-8ybCfhZGVQoRPeX5gFPnsd6-cqCVeKPyQL2XCZK4lO1KrE8U4H45xC20ld6-6FsVRy/s320/IMG_2996.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Green Grasshopper.</div><p></p>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053399184605249420.post-90388485874513883502023-07-13T15:42:00.005+01:002023-09-17T22:24:29.956+01:00Pocklington Canal and White Carr Meadow Pastures<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVlf-U0PIZsWcYIfWMxlAfMg3Lr7YgXdFeevxA1uuHtSXrB0g0Q3e8jR2kepJ9m_IjRQaWa1j3JKyeAMyE1oBbiLKqiFCq-RVWyYbZ4Y-CRM5rdI4SarqHtf0CU1yDsqWciFxtQoJAVkZ-IxXVcy9QFduBzDuDhIefRJIiok2_kvdy9lVAWQMc29kmu1_/s4032/PXL_20230704_120917133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVlf-U0PIZsWcYIfWMxlAfMg3Lr7YgXdFeevxA1uuHtSXrB0g0Q3e8jR2kepJ9m_IjRQaWa1j3JKyeAMyE1oBbiLKqiFCq-RVWyYbZ4Y-CRM5rdI4SarqHtf0CU1yDsqWciFxtQoJAVkZ-IxXVcy9QFduBzDuDhIefRJIiok2_kvdy9lVAWQMc29kmu1_/w640-h360/PXL_20230704_120917133.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>A trip with the Hull Natural History society to a stretch of the Pocklington Canal between Coats Bridge and White Carr Meadow, a SSSI adjoining the canal. This was my first visit to Pocklington Canal. It's a warm and sunny afternoon, ideal for insects. After the group assembles, we move onto the canal towpath, where volunteers are working on the Coates lock. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCWnmSYX2JmO42tdQ3fZfGI-kIeB2SmIzOvIy4v1mMCWNB-YgSKInSduckbfCNNEO0y3y4I2WyDCIeOPpokFAlPQ2nKXlQLqcHhtCG5W7dOL86D5hBud9hgYtZoCZregKfn0xgjwLx9ZnqTGVv3D1b-QSAY4tgFd-N4TQmkNgT69eU3lA_mXAAwcImCwR/s4032/PXL_20230704_121037102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCWnmSYX2JmO42tdQ3fZfGI-kIeB2SmIzOvIy4v1mMCWNB-YgSKInSduckbfCNNEO0y3y4I2WyDCIeOPpokFAlPQ2nKXlQLqcHhtCG5W7dOL86D5hBud9hgYtZoCZregKfn0xgjwLx9ZnqTGVv3D1b-QSAY4tgFd-N4TQmkNgT69eU3lA_mXAAwcImCwR/w400-h225/PXL_20230704_121037102.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coates Lock.</div><p></p><p>The canal opened in 1818, but it fell into disuse with the advent of road transport and locks became non functional. The section we walked along today is not navigable, although the <a href="https://www.pocklingtoncanalsociety.org/" target="_blank">Pocklington Canal Amenity society</a> has worked to increase the length of navigable canal by dredging and lock restoration, currently between the river Derwent and Melbourne. </p><p>At a ditch by the canal, we spot the first Banded Demoiselles, a Common Darter and Meadow Brown Butterflies. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFN0D1_aXa3flTv3QQ_rLlEG8H0xas6kzajQu4BXxr51juyK4ZbMp8V1ssGAlKKfEzOZCPqkDWo7_9vSR2zbyTqe7toPghlbaaJ915mfxINH4Z5KLjNcB14iM7B9LnCVQEqAkz0u3n_Jzg7B38Lxpy9Dzr0ehy3T_NwZCl0Q8_RRM0xKuBdW-B3eqG_gQu/s4608/IMG_9417.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFN0D1_aXa3flTv3QQ_rLlEG8H0xas6kzajQu4BXxr51juyK4ZbMp8V1ssGAlKKfEzOZCPqkDWo7_9vSR2zbyTqe7toPghlbaaJ915mfxINH4Z5KLjNcB14iM7B9LnCVQEqAkz0u3n_Jzg7B38Lxpy9Dzr0ehy3T_NwZCl0Q8_RRM0xKuBdW-B3eqG_gQu/w400-h300/IMG_9417.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Banded demoiselle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKNRm3Oq4uQPYKr5loEsMq0TgxpRlKjJQQeNy88c-1l55VZ4cOZj7YbMc0tc5UmVHSJ6xAw0WjAh2NB4FGXKHPxnFUBl4exSNzsVzKYaDMi5sjcPosVerghgUa4QJyyd920lOfpu9XlDGTfUcRQEYaitUGMLNP82OGRlMDWYMjurkiEozY5-fT7XoK2eQ/s4608/IMG_9411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKNRm3Oq4uQPYKr5loEsMq0TgxpRlKjJQQeNy88c-1l55VZ4cOZj7YbMc0tc5UmVHSJ6xAw0WjAh2NB4FGXKHPxnFUBl4exSNzsVzKYaDMi5sjcPosVerghgUa4QJyyd920lOfpu9XlDGTfUcRQEYaitUGMLNP82OGRlMDWYMjurkiEozY5-fT7XoK2eQ/w400-h300/IMG_9411.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Darter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0sZ9BPqmbVI4JanMEC1wp7AffFGRYo34PXYO6_dzQsc5au3lFAwWFeTPrPv6t2Aa0tvBX0tyZcd6opC5snteZWNeSUufqta4tGHLzY3LQlhihnt9MZi5qDRkTwen3tOjgC-PdbR-chtimosGC_XEnbYKjLr0ZXWOmM4CRFcr1c3IuBqQJk1v8r3U7b2K/s4608/IMG_9499.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0sZ9BPqmbVI4JanMEC1wp7AffFGRYo34PXYO6_dzQsc5au3lFAwWFeTPrPv6t2Aa0tvBX0tyZcd6opC5snteZWNeSUufqta4tGHLzY3LQlhihnt9MZi5qDRkTwen3tOjgC-PdbR-chtimosGC_XEnbYKjLr0ZXWOmM4CRFcr1c3IuBqQJk1v8r3U7b2K/w400-h300/IMG_9499.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ovipositing Blue-tailed Damselfly.</div><p>Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting sing together near the meeting point, but I only manage to photograph the Yellowhammer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2En9xVKZO6rC2hTLusaxokWscTUN6F-R6B1zqPX8-mkdjEe-LyJwEkj4OXFDPOZtnQFDRm3mKPr7jQTl80MwytrgVcz0p4pCIZDZyMHOy3dBPuSYfDHRgvNKVnQEdM95Pajotvv7mi7HiC5a4ehNbKiWCznyOdVvdH8ON29k7lz-2ha96oCVPPVxSK_l/s4608/IMG_9502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2En9xVKZO6rC2hTLusaxokWscTUN6F-R6B1zqPX8-mkdjEe-LyJwEkj4OXFDPOZtnQFDRm3mKPr7jQTl80MwytrgVcz0p4pCIZDZyMHOy3dBPuSYfDHRgvNKVnQEdM95Pajotvv7mi7HiC5a4ehNbKiWCznyOdVvdH8ON29k7lz-2ha96oCVPPVxSK_l/w400-h300/IMG_9502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We move onto the meadows. It is exhilarating how diverse in plants these wet meadows are. Many new species for me and an abundance of insects. The highlight is a few Marbled Whites. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhWF0XRLtcM3h9_rxGqHTmBn6HhHMbm702SX1p845jm1HnJ1BK8nff6tXaFNtEgnAeE7bVtUL3jLD-fw4Gh2o59Kc__o8ypUtN8zr1W7R_W7HsiOouOKJz7FLt1Xa6l37__sfcOtn0e4mROAnKdrKE-A_NfjomEkOriqp8WaeJOIrFvOJ0IaUowMY5FeF/s4032/PXL_20230704_125104268.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhWF0XRLtcM3h9_rxGqHTmBn6HhHMbm702SX1p845jm1HnJ1BK8nff6tXaFNtEgnAeE7bVtUL3jLD-fw4Gh2o59Kc__o8ypUtN8zr1W7R_W7HsiOouOKJz7FLt1Xa6l37__sfcOtn0e4mROAnKdrKE-A_NfjomEkOriqp8WaeJOIrFvOJ0IaUowMY5FeF/w400-h225/PXL_20230704_125104268.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Walking along the meadow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoj5mxHg2jFoT0fYOOBdqKKvcLIiky_-kG8ThQC2ugnvNcDKISZ3B4kKUzdfI0QnJdupzWReaUrmTREpkEcaQZvfUZikCal9SZwtXgMxOfXUK8xc68jgxC2gCrYKl1jDnTP_YYxjK1XtfHhm_RXjtUb457dOfLL6nS8rZrc6N3npzhcgKWXw3d2Uqq3h0/s4032/1688475095545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoj5mxHg2jFoT0fYOOBdqKKvcLIiky_-kG8ThQC2ugnvNcDKISZ3B4kKUzdfI0QnJdupzWReaUrmTREpkEcaQZvfUZikCal9SZwtXgMxOfXUK8xc68jgxC2gCrYKl1jDnTP_YYxjK1XtfHhm_RXjtUb457dOfLL6nS8rZrc6N3npzhcgKWXw3d2Uqq3h0/w400-h225/1688475095545.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pepper Saxifrage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdmF63MyrK3HWCpsFWRoRdyAoY4FV5-Jno64Npnlr2OwtLWPPiZjJMflFz6kpaFsCuu_OGIKdYFFE9Fv9I0e_Rc_3JM7vFsDAWsym-wTGhKIFD6iZfEkuNI0PoPzkQsxi3XPin7DdRGHi-eNbPjFM1HbZLwlww6psep-sAan3fnnK-2CWwCzMDOzAoYHe/s4608/IMG_9437.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdmF63MyrK3HWCpsFWRoRdyAoY4FV5-Jno64Npnlr2OwtLWPPiZjJMflFz6kpaFsCuu_OGIKdYFFE9Fv9I0e_Rc_3JM7vFsDAWsym-wTGhKIFD6iZfEkuNI0PoPzkQsxi3XPin7DdRGHi-eNbPjFM1HbZLwlww6psep-sAan3fnnK-2CWwCzMDOzAoYHe/w400-h300/IMG_9437.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Gatekeeper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkbf6GSYTrVZPgjtvgjKQ0adW_0oMvGDbEZkAv1wbwZ2rk7ETS2ZvIpZofzW7wbqyk0B-s0Oj48eHqs3EYXgIOkmHI6QBm7q0is5ENmon3zCodo15kxMMahUo1A5i95lCjmxLnpf7V_0yxpNHogfqNWnPCoA9GXGWnkZKZnVpUo6UMzcEdB-Yz16Gz-qe/s4608/IMG_9441.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkbf6GSYTrVZPgjtvgjKQ0adW_0oMvGDbEZkAv1wbwZ2rk7ETS2ZvIpZofzW7wbqyk0B-s0Oj48eHqs3EYXgIOkmHI6QBm7q0is5ENmon3zCodo15kxMMahUo1A5i95lCjmxLnpf7V_0yxpNHogfqNWnPCoA9GXGWnkZKZnVpUo6UMzcEdB-Yz16Gz-qe/w400-h300/IMG_9441.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;">Common Blue damselfly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b988kxRXF6emZaID__SMUI1VucbHWtOsl_RJeTB7eB18ltVaA4bpjJOHjPIeTlAkrKAsAQF1biKJzX0pjC2Hf3rp58Iq4LWbKQxHriZgGlmvLlgB9qtwmVJ2BTRMGavo7COgBR7DPiVo1s4s-Ehmxaovf1gaza0coh3n-zLglQdyvXPdA7RVIDv77iL9/s4608/IMG_9430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b988kxRXF6emZaID__SMUI1VucbHWtOsl_RJeTB7eB18ltVaA4bpjJOHjPIeTlAkrKAsAQF1biKJzX0pjC2Hf3rp58Iq4LWbKQxHriZgGlmvLlgB9qtwmVJ2BTRMGavo7COgBR7DPiVo1s4s-Ehmxaovf1gaza0coh3n-zLglQdyvXPdA7RVIDv77iL9/w400-h300/IMG_9430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="clear: both;"><i>Rutpela maculata</i>, a longhorn beetle fond of Hogweed.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioAl4h-6bCfVINjqbVTvRiBSzTkGVNVdNietHt6Mkrs8a9DaXSKnLDML6ItpvhiIbJcPtt0YApNoyyhxGYIIMMA_OPV0v9RA_vYDzRqTXH8b2w_2fYwcPyNwkSxkKBRT4D-AU77N7B_DH2piiZlVPSZDNxOZpiIURBXdU4GNvNPq24UbWoO0QpiAWDaw2/s4608/IMG_9477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioAl4h-6bCfVINjqbVTvRiBSzTkGVNVdNietHt6Mkrs8a9DaXSKnLDML6ItpvhiIbJcPtt0YApNoyyhxGYIIMMA_OPV0v9RA_vYDzRqTXH8b2w_2fYwcPyNwkSxkKBRT4D-AU77N7B_DH2piiZlVPSZDNxOZpiIURBXdU4GNvNPq24UbWoO0QpiAWDaw2/w400-h300/IMG_9477.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marbled White.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOn52w-3vx2ZqEpy_8r5c3WTFUWaG7trE53xF6Lfd78qT_3wowI4PeWqPQnsu4XMhFEg_NC85yCmnA6XsEZLj-2TaEvUqWrYJgiFhj1mT5USMZfzz3Sa6M1WkKNSUxiC6Y7Xz0w8LEpxGPtoxnRzXCJHZ82GeG1RI-kyL4vLIxoYkEotlKlzyO_VdxcN1/s4608/IMG_9464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Mating Green-veined whites</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vyb2bh7p-RABlp3ueQsXOnbDt8qPy0b4kldyHlle7ob6wBCMUthjkqQ2SQ2v2SJJ4IFUyYP5d0des74dX9dGlOK5EmHoE3z3Nl0D_tAXK5KKhhhyLQSCYFxC8qF6fmgM58yDxDzc2UlSW-A7UjYc2MiZ_sE-Xyi5lleCaTGMozhhONyOW8iFkTqYQiQo/s4608/IMG_9450.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vyb2bh7p-RABlp3ueQsXOnbDt8qPy0b4kldyHlle7ob6wBCMUthjkqQ2SQ2v2SJJ4IFUyYP5d0des74dX9dGlOK5EmHoE3z3Nl0D_tAXK5KKhhhyLQSCYFxC8qF6fmgM58yDxDzc2UlSW-A7UjYc2MiZ_sE-Xyi5lleCaTGMozhhONyOW8iFkTqYQiQo/w400-h300/IMG_9450.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ringlet.</div><p>The area upstream of the lock has clear water with Yellow Water Lilies. Common Blue damselflies and Blue-tailed Damselflies are settled on the lily pads or ovipositing. A pike stood on the water, immobile like a log, while a Kingfisher darted downstream above the trees.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN7rEjgWm-wnhwlTijObrKURqC10hiQmZEpFNAdSgpE6u1HEi85GL6njOUuxLjdtt7mdh4dbmuuKnvPEOmFV1oXg0yzL1W9Bs-hgFR8FdEPx7plkExxQ_6bN3Tlz__uPIQX7FZhLiuNnoyEV3IeidCqoPNNFgZiwdOdHAYrGY1-7IkKUaXgMsw2Z_K3xL/s4608/IMG_9485.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN7rEjgWm-wnhwlTijObrKURqC10hiQmZEpFNAdSgpE6u1HEi85GL6njOUuxLjdtt7mdh4dbmuuKnvPEOmFV1oXg0yzL1W9Bs-hgFR8FdEPx7plkExxQ_6bN3Tlz__uPIQX7FZhLiuNnoyEV3IeidCqoPNNFgZiwdOdHAYrGY1-7IkKUaXgMsw2Z_K3xL/w400-h300/IMG_9485.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pike.</div>Africa Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.com2