Thornton-le -Dale

 Having seen a photograph of a dipper on twitter, I decided to go to Thornton-le -Dale to see if I could add dipper to my year list.

I spent a pleasant hour walking along the stream, but sadly no sign of a dipper.

A little egret was fishing in the stream and a treecreeper was busy nearby

I also saw, nuthatch, goldcrest, coal, great and blue tits, blackbird, wren, chaffinch, jackdaw, moorhen, mallard and woodpigeon. I then drove up to the North Yorkshire Moors.

The weather was not brilliant, but I did manage to add red grouse to my year list.