A night away with Mrs R staying at Scarborough as our base,gave us the chance to complete two of our favourite walks in the area.
The weather forecast for both days was cloud,with sunny periods,but was the opposite,with wall to wall sunshine for the best part of both days.
A few nice birds and mammals were seen over the two days and day one from Ravenscar to Robin Hoods Bay some good numbers of summer migrants included 26 singing male Chiffchaff and 16 singing male Willow Warblers,with a handfull of singing male Blackcaps as well.
Day two walking the Levisham To Hole Of Horcum circular was far more productive bird wise,with a pair of Wheatear and 3 pairs of Stonechat seen and first records for the year of both Redstart with a singing male and also a singing male Tree Pipit.
Other niceities included a flock of 42 northbound Fieldfare and Grey Wagtails along Levisham Beck.
Wildflowers were certainly a feature of the 2 walks,with Gorse being the main highlight on day one at Ravenscar,with the hillside positively glowing and day two in the woodlands at Levisham,the first Early Purple Orchids were pushing through along with other woodland flowers including Wood Anemone,Wood Sorrel,Dog Violets,Greater Stichwort and Wood Forget Me Not.
The two walks provided some stunning scenery to enjoy as well and the following are a selection from the two days. |
| Beck Isle Cottage,Thornton-le-Dale. |
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| Levisham Village. |
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| Wood Forget-me Not,Levisham. |
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| Dog Violet,Levisham. |
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| Wood Sorrel,Levisham. |
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| Mrs R At Cross Dyke. |
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| Exiting The Hole Of Horcum. |
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| Moorland Scenery,The Hole Of Horcum. |
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| The Path Descending Into The Hole Of Horcum. |
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| Looking Towards Fylingdales & Fen Bog. |
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| The Hole Of Horcum. |
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| Levisham Moor. |
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| Sea Fret,Ravenscar. |
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| Ravenscar. |
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| Mrs R,With Stoupe Brow & Robin Hoods Bay In The Background. |
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| Stoupe Brow. |
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| Wood Anemone's,Boggle Hole. |
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| Boggle Hole. |
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| One Of The Many Winding Little Alley Ways At Robin Hoods Bay. |
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| Gorse Along The Cinder Track At Ravenscar. |
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| Old Railway Bridge At Ravenscar. |
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