Day out on the River Wharfe

[Cazzie]

Hi peeps!

Well it didn't actually rain today (for a change!) so 10yr old son and I trundled off to Barden and walked along the river Wharfe towards Bolton Abbey It was about a 4 mile round trip and thoroughly enjoyable

We certainly got to see lot's today and we started off at Barden bridge which is edged by farmers fields initally. I've seen Kingfishers along this part before but sadly none today Pic heavy thread here btw lol!

So first up here's a few pics of the river itself...







Just before entering the woodland I spied this Wall Brown which is a new butterfly for me - yeah!



The woodlands were strangely quiet of bird song, just the odd tit or chaffy calling but not much else. I did find these rather stunning fungi growing on a tree stump - any idea what they are?


The woodland opened out along a large meadow and a big patch of thistles - it was teeming with butterflies...

Comma


Red Admiral


Underwing moth of some sort? It was a biggy!


Green Veined White


Painted Lady


and son found these little devils in a rock pool. Red signals no doubt


Did spy a Dipper in the river but it was too far away for me to get a decent shot

So anyone jealous then?!? lol!

[Ann2]

Certainly sounds like a great day out. You did alright with the weather too - it rained pretty much all day here.

[ChasCreek]

It looks like a lovely walk along the river there, so seeing as I was in the office all day.. yes I am jealous!

[helen253]

beautiful pictures, i'm very jealous!

[paulchandler6]

Stunning pics, looks a great place. I think the Fungi is Turkeytail, however I'm not an expert and I'm sure someone will put me right. Cheers

[Cazzie]

Thanks everyone, I hope you enjoyed your virtual tour of the river today lol!

Originally Posted by paulchandler6

Stunning pics, looks a great place. I think the Fungi is Turkeytail, however I'm not an expert and I'm sure someone will put me right. Cheers

Turkeytail huh?!? Well I've no idea what it was and there were so many fungi growing on the trees but this one caught my eye being so beautifully patterned

[John]

Hi cazzie

Thanks for the photo tour. I have done that area myself on a couple of occasions and it is certainly a beautiful area and your photos have certainly done it justice.

BTW the moth looks like a Large Yellow Underwing.

John

[Cazzie]

Originally Posted by John

Hi cazzie

Thanks for the photo tour. I have done that area myself on a couple of occasions and it is certainly a beautiful area and your photos have certainly done it justice.

BTW the moth looks like a Large Yellow Underwing.

John

Well I certainly am a lucky lady actually living just 3 miles from the Wharfe, it means I can just pop along whenever the mood takes me lol! It takes a while to track down the jewels of an area when you've just moved to it

Thanks for the moth ID John

[mh68]

Very nice set of pics Cazzie, looks a lovely stretch of river, youre very lucky living so close.

Mark H