Al Fredericksson

A very short walk beside the Trent at Burton Joyce yesterday yielded new pages and additions. In the space of 20 minutes, we saw amongst other things a heron, a pied wagtail, several common terns, Greylag and Canada Geese with young and a female mallard with ducklings. Follow the links above to the new pages and […]

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A very enjoyable couple of days spent in Wharfedale included a very pleasant walk along the River Wharfe upstream of Grassington. A pair of goosanders was quite unconcerned that we were close by, and we were able to watch them for about twenty minutes. Some of the resulting photographs are posted on goosanders page.

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Managed two walks last weekend: one from Hoveringham to Gunthorpe; the other the spring walk organised by Bulcote Social. Among the photographs I took were some of a water vole feeding, a great-crested grebe which stayed nearer to the riverbank we were walking along than they usually do, and patches of bright yellow lesser celendines. These […]

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A large flock of wigeon was grazing across the River Trent near Shelford yesterday, and I managed some photos in failing light. 

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After a very pleasant lunch at the Bromley Arms at Fiskerton on Saturday, we walked along the Trent to Hazleford Ferry. On the way there and back I photographed a group of mute swans and a single black swan.

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