Just up the road from where I live, in North Leeds is Golden Acre Park. Its a great place that I visit often as it is one of Sparkys favourite walks. there is a biggish lake with plenty of wildfowl on, gardens and a cafe. It is well known in horticultural circles for the growing of flowers and vegetables – there is a special garden area for this. But the part I love is away from this area, into the woods and more open spaces. We call this the back of the park, where all the dog walkers go. It is reached from Arthington Road and there is a car park. If you walk from the car park off the path to your left and into the woods and just stand quietly you will generally be rewarded with many finches, tits, blackbirds and squirrels. At the edge of this woodland is where I first saw a tree creeper.
Category: Birds
These post mostly pertain to birds.
River Wharfe Ilkley
Same day as I saw the waxwings a jay crossed my path too.
There were a load of goldfinch in the hedgerow and a heron fishing further up the river. It is a pleasant little stroll up one side of the river to the golf club then back and across the bridge to the other side for a cup of coffee and something to eat. Theres a good childrens playground. I went a second time today Nov 28th and saw the heron again and loads of long tailed tits but not a lot else.
waxwings
Couple of weeksago I had my first sightings of waxwings. I was walking along the River Wharfe in Ilkley with Sparky; I had read that there had been waxwings spotted in Ilkley main car park. I saw a flock of about 20-30 birds fly overhead and hadn’t ever heard the calls they were making. Grabbed my bins and there they were. They stayed around in the trees quite a while, allowing me to take some photos – of which I was really pleased!
November 2010
Well I’ve been rubbish at keeping up this blog! All good intentions but somehow never enough time!
Soooo, here I am starting again! Lets see what happens this time!
Im still enjoying walking with my faithful loyal friend Sparky. He and i have been on many walks since June and I have had a number of good bird sightings, some of which I have managed to photograph.
Welcome
I have always loved animals and nature but have only just found a love of birds and birdwatching. This coupled with more time for walking and photography, is brought together in this here blog! It will serve as a diary/log of what I have done and seen with a display of some of my better photos.
It may interest others to know about the walks and wildlife/birds that are around where I go.
Please feel free to browse and comment and maybe share some of your walks and nature sights.