East Riddlesden Hall

We had a run out this afternoon to East Riddlesden Hall near Bingley.

The Car Park is free and there is a quaint café and a pleasant (if short) riverside path and a large picnic area.

There is a charge of £7.00 (ish) per adult to look around the house.

Mr and Mrs Rothschild, here, settled for an ice cream and a stroll along the river.

The weather was warm and sunny at first, cloudy and humid later and as we arrived near home at Keelham farm shop we had a ‘refreshing’ shower.

All this waffle means – you guessed it – few birds.

It was pleasing to see many Sand Martin buzzing around looking for potential nest sites.

I’d have guessed at 20 Sand Martin , Sue put the figure at nearer 40 – very difficult to count accurately.

I tried to get some photographs but they are amazingly difficult to catch.

Just a few overfed Mallard on the big pond with 3 Black Headed Gull.

A Drake Goosander flew overhead soon out-of-sight, being swallowed up buy the riverside trees. A Moorhen was well camouflaged on the pebbles and also on the pebbles 2 Pied Wagtail looking in great shape.

There were a few Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers singing and not a lot else.

Bird wise it was a bit disappointing, but the toffee ice cream was delicious.

Some evidence of the low water table

East Riddlesden Hall