We had a visit to make to Otley this morning and after the shopping and a Wetherspoon brunch, I was intending to take a birding walk along the river here.
However, after brunch it started to pour down so we drove a few miles to Ilkley where the weather improved greatly.
We enjoyed a walk along the river path to the really pleasant tennis club café where Sue opted to have a coffee and wait , while I had a short birding walk along the muddy riverside path.
Flooded Fields and flooded path (in places) and a very swollen river greeted me.
There is some serious path erosion just after the tennis club but an alternative path has been formed through a small copse there, avoiding the dodgy river path.
Birds:-
2 Redshank (my 1st this year).
6 Oystercatcher.
Grey Wagtail.
Song Thrush.
Mistle Thrush.
Black Headed Gull.
Common Gull.
Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Chaffinch.
Red Kite seen on the way to Ilkley.
Many Gulls airborne and 2 Curlew near Silsden.
Geese with Gulls in the fields approaching Keighley.
Just 10 Small Gulls on the Raggalds Flood...I was hoping for a Wader!!
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