An already planned stay overnight at the lovely village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales,saw us heading along the M62 bright and early to our destination to complete one of our favourite walks taking in Janet's Foss,Gordale Scar & of course Malham Cove.
The weather wasn't too bad and at least it was warm today also,albeit a tad cloudy to start.
As well as the superb scenery,this area also holds some lovely wildlife and flowers,highlights went to a male Redstart,3 Spotted Flycatcher,several juvenile Wheatear and the stars of the show,the Peregrine Falcons.
The latter really put on an amazing show on today's visit,with the resident pair fledging 4 juveniles,one of which showed incredibly well.
Wildflowers and plants were also a feature of the walk as always,with Common-rock Rose,Common-spotted Orchids,Adder's tongue Fern and the pungent Ramsons.
A few nice insects seen included Dark-green Fritillary & Chimney Sweeper Moths.
Monday 24th June
This morning,after a hearty breakfast at the Buck Inn at Malham,we travelled over to another one of our favourite villages,Burnsall.
We decided to walk along the lovely River Wharfe up to Linton Falls and back,a really picturesque walk and fantastic for riverside birding.
Today was certainly productive bird wise with at least 10 Common Sandpipers,3 Dipper,2 Kingfisher,2 female Goosanders with young,Mandarin,5 Spotted Flycatcher,Garden Warbler and several Grey Wagtail entering the notebook.
Unfortunately on the return leg back to the car,as we neared Hebden,the promised thunder storms arrived and the weather turned almost tropical with warm,torrential rain.
This put an end to our visit,but we both had to be back for work on the night anyway.
A lovely visit again to this special part of the world,the only trouble is i never want to leave!.
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| Meadow Cranesbill,Gordale Beckside. |
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| Male Redstart,Gordale Beckside. |
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| Gordale Beck. |
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| Common-spotted Orchids,Gordale Beckside. |
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| Chimney Sweeper,Gordale Beckside. |
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| Janet's Foss. |
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| Gordale Scar. |
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| Gordale Scar. |
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| Common-rock Rose,Gordale Scar. |
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| Juvenile Wheatear,Gordale Scar. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Playing Juvenile Peregrines,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrines,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrines,Malham Cove. |
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| Juvenile Peregrine,Malham Cove. |
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| Ing Scar. |
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| Limestone Pavement,Malham Cove. |
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| Malham Cove. |
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| Malham Cove. |
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| Common Sandpiper,Burnsall. |
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| The River Wharfe At Hebden. |
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| Female Goosander & Young,Hebden. |
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| Linton Falls. |
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| Linton Falls. |
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| Preening Dipper,Linton Falls. |
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| Juvenile Dipper,Linton Falls. |
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| Linton Falls. |
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| Garden Warbler,Linton Falls. |
great pics here steve, brill place, excellent shots of the peregrines,
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