{"id":11036,"date":"2025-02-16T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11036"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:01:32","slug":"local-rspb-guided-walk-goit-stock-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/local-rspb-guided-walk-goit-stock-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Local RSPB Guided Walk. Goit Stock Lane."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Friday evening the RSPB Airedale and Bradford Local Group held a virtual meeting A Year with Dippers (and Other Wildlife on the River)<\/em> by Jenny Hibbert and then to nicely follow on from that, today, Sunday 16 Feb 2025 there was a guided walk along Goit Stock Lane by Harden Beck. I joined them with my camera and we all had a very enjoyable time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dippers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As if they knew what we were looking a couple of Dippers showed themselves. We had heard a few small birds in the trees but the first bird we got a proper sighting of was a Dipper that we saw from the bridge at the entrance to Harden Park Homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the Dippers was collecting Moss and seeming to wash it in the beck. Dippers make their nests out of Moss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other Birds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During the walk we kept our eyes and ears open for other birds. It was quiet most of the time but we did get some decent sightings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Treecreeper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood Pigeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meadow Pipit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Song Thrush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dunnock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other birds heard were Goldfinch and Greenfinch with various Gulls seen and heard high above us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fungi, Lichen & Moss<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With much of it being old woodland many of the trees and rocks were covered in Mosses & Lichen. A few Fungi were also showing on some of the tree trunks and branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lichen\/Moss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oakmoss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Daffodils<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The amount os Moss and Lichen covering things is impressive. In several places there were also clumps of Daffodils showing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Waterfall and other sights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We left the Beck soon after Goit Stock Waterfall. This was my first sighting of the waterfall. I have seen many photos of it because it is a favourite spot for several photography contacts of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goit Stock waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Harden Beck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Distant views<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bulldozer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Malt Shovel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a stop off at Bingley Garden Centre we headed back to where the cars were parked, near The Malt Shovel of Harden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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