A week in Kilnsey - Yorkshire Dales

A week of walking & wildlife photography.
​We saw one kingfisher, but never got a chance to even lift the camera.

Kilnsey

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Grimshaw water - Free!!  A circular walk, well worth a visit.

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Cormorant 

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Duck(s) & chicks

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Lapwing with chick

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Oyster catchers

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Red legged Partridge

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Reed Bunting

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Robin

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House Martins gathering mud for their nest

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House Sparrow

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Jackdaw

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Pied Wagtail

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Grey Wagtail

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Lambs (rescued lamb with head stuck in fence)

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Family of Geese (we were warned they were vicious)

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Heron - fishing

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Peregrine & 2 chicks

Chris, and Aussie went to explore Gordale scar so I headed to Malham Cove, where two days earlier I had spotted this peregrine flying in & out.  No sooner than I'd got set up, taken a few test shots of the chicks, when mum flew in with breakfast.
​Spent 3 hrs watching & photographing.

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Grey Squirrel - taking an afternoon drink

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Swift - nesting in the roof of our holiday let.
The Old Chapel, Kilnsey

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Rabbit - Brimham Rocks

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Brimham Rocks
​Well worth a visit, there are jackdaws everywhere, reminiscent of the
'The Birds' - Alfred Hitchcock 1963