Friday 5 April 2024

Ilkley and Local Fields

We had a visit to make to the  Keighley Mobility place late morning and we decided to carry on to Ilkley to look at a few shops.

After the shopping and a snack in Spoons  I enjoyed a brief birding walk along the river path while Sue had a relax and a coffee in the tennis club cafe.

Lots of flooded fields here and the path was a tad iffy in places.

A breezy, unusually warm, day with some sharp showers kicking about - but I avoided most of 'em, which was a bonus.

Raggalds Flood had some juice but no birds as we passed.

Birds:-

Ilkley:

1 Swallow and lots of Sand Martins - most of 'em very high.

Buzzard, Red Kite, 2 Redshank, Black Headed Gull.

An  'unusual' Goose - or it it me - anyway looks Greylag-ish.

Chiffchaff, Curlew.

A Dipper zoomed past, soon lost below the river bank.

Herring Gull.

Possibly 2 Yellow Legged Gull - see photo.

Goosander.

Local Fields:

Little Owl, Linnet, Red Legged Partridge & Curlew all heard,

2 Grey Partridge Flushed.

Distant Barn Owl.

Pheasant.

Kestrel.

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