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Another slow trip over into Birkdale then up West Stonesdale and on down Swaledale before climbing up and over to Leyburn in Wensleydale. Return journey into the low sun along the North side of the Dale to The Moorcock then North.

A couple of red grouse made an appearance as we decended into the head of Birkdale then a Kestrel hovering over the steeply sloping meadows catching the sun on its plumage




Other sitings were mainly LBJs or Corvids apart from this covey of Partridge




This year we have only seen one Black Grouse Cock and no hen birds. Three years ago there were nine cocks about and we saw four to five hen birds. Have the two hard winters driven them elsewhere or have they found new ground.