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For as long as I can remember I've had a love of natural history, especially birds.
So many of the things we see, the experiences we taste, are but a fleeting moment, there to be treasured, but all too often flying away to rest only in our memories. I'm trying to improve my photography so that it too can try and capture some of those moments. As I look at the WAB gallery, I'll have to let my admiration lead to aspiration, not desparation. In the meantime, I can jot down a few experiences and thoughts by way of a blog - nothing too profound, just what it says on the tin... my miscellaneous musings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please feel free to leave any comments.
Jonners
So many of the things we see, the experiences we taste, are but a fleeting moment, there to be treasured, but all too often flying away to rest only in our memories. I'm trying to improve my photography so that it too can try and capture some of those moments. As I look at the WAB gallery, I'll have to let my admiration lead to aspiration, not desparation. In the meantime, I can jot down a few experiences and thoughts by way of a blog - nothing too profound, just what it says on the tin... my miscellaneous musings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please feel free to leave any comments.
Jonners
School Holidays 7 - Yorkshire day 5
Posted 10-09-2009 at 10:41 PM by Jonners
Wednesday 12th
The falconry man had told us that there were Peregrines at Boulby Rocks, between Saltburn and Whitby. We found Boulby on the map and so decided to walk along the cliff path to see if we could find any falcons, or anything else of interest. It was a very warm, sunny day, and it didn’t take long before the boys were deciding that they really didn’t want to be walking up steep hills along the tops of cliffs. A diversion took us down off the path, but over much rougher terrain, and although there was a family of Stonechats and a couple of Whitethroats, we didn’t see any Peregrines. We did see a Sparrowhawk, but nothing was more welcome a sight than the car upon our return.
We ate our lunch then headed on down to Runswick Bay for the afternoon, where the boys found some small fossils in the slate, before diverting their attention to some fun in the sea. As the tide crept in, they started exploring some of the rock pools, finding a couple of large crabs, a starfish and even a small flat fish. I found a rock with some Turnstones on it
and saw a solitary Sandwich Tern, along with the much commoner Herring Gulls. House Martins were still busy at their nests on the lifeboat house, and I even saw one emerge from one nest before clambering up to go into the next one.
We decided on our journey home to take a circuitous route across some of the moors, and on Moorsholm Moor we saw several Red Grouse, some of them quite near the road, by far the best view we had had of any thus far. We saw some more Stonechats, and some lovely cattle as we stopped briefly at Sleddale beck, near Wayworth Moor, and were entertained by some sheep in the road.
Home then to pizza for tea. Ah the joys of holiday cuisine!
The falconry man had told us that there were Peregrines at Boulby Rocks, between Saltburn and Whitby. We found Boulby on the map and so decided to walk along the cliff path to see if we could find any falcons, or anything else of interest. It was a very warm, sunny day, and it didn’t take long before the boys were deciding that they really didn’t want to be walking up steep hills along the tops of cliffs. A diversion took us down off the path, but over much rougher terrain, and although there was a family of Stonechats and a couple of Whitethroats, we didn’t see any Peregrines. We did see a Sparrowhawk, but nothing was more welcome a sight than the car upon our return.
We ate our lunch then headed on down to Runswick Bay for the afternoon, where the boys found some small fossils in the slate, before diverting their attention to some fun in the sea. As the tide crept in, they started exploring some of the rock pools, finding a couple of large crabs, a starfish and even a small flat fish. I found a rock with some Turnstones on it
and saw a solitary Sandwich Tern, along with the much commoner Herring Gulls. House Martins were still busy at their nests on the lifeboat house, and I even saw one emerge from one nest before clambering up to go into the next one.
We decided on our journey home to take a circuitous route across some of the moors, and on Moorsholm Moor we saw several Red Grouse, some of them quite near the road, by far the best view we had had of any thus far. We saw some more Stonechats, and some lovely cattle as we stopped briefly at Sleddale beck, near Wayworth Moor, and were entertained by some sheep in the road.
Home then to pizza for tea. Ah the joys of holiday cuisine!
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