Grassington

11:15 – 13:00

We had a run out to Grasssington this morning and we were pleasantly surprised to find the Grassington Festival was in full flow.

A short walk upstream along the River Wharfe, from Linton Falls, was very enjoyable with warm-ish and fair-ish weather for the most part.

2 young Pheasants were on the walls on the way down to the falls.

Looking downstream from the bridge a F. Goosander was with 6 young.

Grey Wagtails were in abundance with possibly as many as 10 seen - I checked for Yellow Wag. but no joy. There was a few of Pied Wagtail also.

Nearing the road bridge there were 50+ Black Headed Gull, c10 Sand Martin, a single House Martin, and a couple of Mute Swan.

A Common Sandpiper flew past and it (or another) was seen later on in the walk.

A couple of Oystercatcher flew past and 2 were seen resting on rocks in the river later on.

The bird of the outing was Great Spotted Woodpecker with at least 5 seen (3 Adult birds and 2 juv.).

On the return journey a single Lesser Black-backed Gull and a Moorhen were on the rocks by the river bridge and a family of busy Wren and a Song Thrush were by the kissing gate as we made our exit onto the road there.

A Curlew was in the fields as we drove home.

Grassington Square was very busy with a cooking demo by Keelham Farm Shop (they have a new shop at Skipton) and a good few food stalls and a band playing.

Goosander with unid top right?

Archimedes Screw

Spot the Common Sandpiper

The video dosen't do the band justice!!