A Riverside Walk to Queensferry and Back.
Female Mallards taking a nap on Balderton Brook.
A Blackcap sings at The Riverside.
A grass cutter specialist - designed by the Swiss for use in the Alps.
The Beluga XL coming into land.
The rest of the walk in view.
A Little egret on the riverside.
Two Grey herons in the "Squirrel" field
Two more Grey herons - better at social distancing.
I think they need a lesson in social distancing or are they all brothers!
Seven of the twenty six Lapwings resting on the mudbank.
Three Black headed gulls and a Mediterranian gull on the mudbank.
Approaching the old Blue Queensferry Road Bridge.
The natural hazard to be avoided, especially if you are wearing sandals!
A family ut for their exercise, or more people forgetting that social distancing still applies!
Moel Famau in the clouds.
Distance: 9.9 miles. Climb: 94'.
Time: 5 hours 9 minutes. On the move walking average: 2. 6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Overcast throughout and times looked like threatening to rain, but thankfully never did. Hardly any wind either, so it was just about perfect temperature for walking.
Lots of people out today, walkers, dog walkers, joggers and cyclists (not all behaving as they should).
Plenty of birds around today including: Mallard, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Greenfinch, European robin, Barn swallow, House martin, Grey heron, Little egret, Oystercatcher Winter wren, Lapwing, Common buzzard, Black headed gull, MedeLesser black back gull, Mediterranean gull, Herring gull, Carrion crow, House sparrow, Common chaffinch, Common whitethroat, Common blackbird, Dunnock and Goldfinch.
As I was crossing the Saltney Ferry Footbridge, the Beluga XL number 2 came into land and took off again later.Two more of the original Beluga's also came in, so they must still be working at Airbus.
It was good to hear several Skylarks singing and a bonus to see at bleast one of them. The surprise of the day was to see 26 Lapwing on the mudbank of the river, you don't normally see that any together during the breeding season. Another spot of the day was seeing an Oystercatcher with two juveniles, but as soon as I tried to take a photo, the adult bird gave out an alarm call and the juveniles hunkered down below the vegetation.
Initially I was only going for a shortish walk today, but the forecast for later in the week was for it to get more humid, so I decided to take advantage of the pleasant walking conditions and extended the walk as far as the old Blue Queensferry Road Bridge.
It was good to see the cattle grazing on the river bank near Cop House Farm, except for the natural hazard provided by the cows liking to leave cowpats on top of the embankment.
Overall a good walk, back home, still dry, sandals and socks still clean!
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