Sue dropped me at the bottom of Ploughcroft Lane (on her way to drop some toiletries off for Emma) and allow me a nice walk home.
A tough climb up the lane was followed by some more uphill to Ringby Top.
By the time I got to the top I had a right sweat on - I had on my winter woolies - with the sun shining.
It was all downhill via Crooked Lane, to beyond Holdsworth where it was a pleasant flat walk through the fields to home.
Crooked Lane is part of the Calderdale Way, long distance path, and it is a real eyesore, with masses of rubbish tipped in several places along its length and it stinks!
Not too long ago it was a great sight to see on the walk, with some lovely cobble stones, a great shame it looks this bad.
Birds:
Ringby Lane to Crooked Lane bottom:
Disappointing along Ringby Lane.
Just some of the Crow family:
Karen, Jack, Jay, Rookie and Maggie, if you get my drift.
and a Dunnock and Blackbird - no Gulls.
In fact very few Gulls seen throughout the afternoon.
Crooked Lane bottom - Holdsworth:
At the bottom of Crooked Lane a solitary Crow was mobbing a Sparrowhawk, very high in the blue sky, with 2 Gulls floating about in the mix.
Some weird colours of the Crow in the photo.
Holdsworth to Oats Royd:
Green Woodpecker.
2 Mistle Thrush.
Rook gathering nesting material.
Oats Royd to Home:
6 Greenfinch.
Chaffinch etc in the park.
A Little Owl called from near 'it's usual spot' but I did not eyeball it.
Am I losing my Little Owl Mojo?
Raggalds Flood:
1 Pink Footed Goose.
1 Curlew
1 Pied Wagtail.
1 Black Headed Gull.
The PFG and Curlew disappeared after a while, so I did not grapevine that they had gone, in case they returned - and they did later(DBr).
P.s looks to be a Raven in the Sparrowhawk mob?
(Final pic).
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