Hi there progress is continuing on the #30dayswild challenge. Half way through now! Some days are proving more difficult than others but I had the perfect excuse to connect with nature this weekend gone as we went camping in the Yorkshire Dales. The Campsite was located right next to the River Wharfe which is a haven for all sorts of wildlife especially birds and wild flowers. This might become a rather picture heavy post!
Day Eleven ~ Bees on Lavender. This year my lavender plant seems to have recovered all its purple glory ( it didn’t look to good last summer) and the bees are loving it. This morning I enjoyed a quick brew in the back yard accompanied by the buzzing of happy bees. 🙂
Day Twelve ~ Do you like Butter? . This was taken on a walk from the campsite to the nearby village of Burnsall. We pitched the tent and enjoyed a stroll along the river. Buttercups seemed to adorn many a meadow so I had to check whether I still liked butter. The golden reflection on my chin proves I do. Obviously. 🙂
Day Thirteen ~ Wharfe Wildlife. Today our walk to the Bolton Abbey estate passed through meadows and woods as well as a long the banks of the river Wharfe. I saw and heard so many different birds and unfortunately I couldn’t photograph them all. Black Caps in Strid Wood were one of the highlights but I didn’t manage to capture any. 😦 Kingfishers too were very camera shy, streaking by in a gleam of turquoise. We heard a cuckoo ( the first time I have listened to one in years) and also the call of lapwings and curlews. But here is what I did photograph. I may need some identification help with a few if any of you nature buffs can help? 🙂
A few of these birds and flowers I could not identify even with the help of my Collins Gem guide books so any help would be appreciated.
Day Fourteen ~ Hug a tree. A-hem so here I am hugging a tree. I’m not sure if it was the most affectionate big old hug but I guess It made me feel giddily cheerful. 😛
Day Fifteen ~Smell the Roses.. The Wild roses in the hedgerows smell gorgeous. I made sure I inhaled their sweet scent on my walk on day 15. What is your favourite wild flower scent?
sunshine and celandines 
Lovely post yet again! So many wildlife sightings! 🙂 Fantastic pictures also! The Mistle Thrush has such a lovely song! I love the smell of lilies, but can’t have them anymore as they are poisonous to cats! 😦 My honeysuckle smells divine too! I’ll have to also find a tree to hug, my magnolia is only small and acer is in a pot so doesn’t even count! 🙂
Thank you! I was pretty lucky being in the right place at the right time with the wildlife pics. I love the smell of honeysuckle too. I felt a bit daft hugging the tree!
At least you can cross hugging a tree off the list 🙂
A lovely round up! I’be been smelling wild roses too lately – they smell so good! I like the tree hugging too!
You were right about the female pheasant and the dipper – it’s a juvenile dipper. The grey bird perched on the rock is a juvenile grey wagtail, yet to get his yellow bits! The bird you labelled as a mistle thrush is a song thrush – mistles are bigger and look a bit different though they are similar.
Ahaaah thanks for that. I forget that juveniles have different plumage. And i’m pretty useless when it comes to identifying thrushes. x