Exploring more of Cummersdale (15:30)

I am a little bit late with posting this as it is actually Sunday 8th I went to Cummersdale, not today. It was a beautiful day on Sunday and so I went with two friends, Freya and Verity, who are also on the same course as me. Freya took us around and showed us some more interesting spots of Cummersdale that we hadn't noticed before and so we ended up being out for about two and a half / three hours. The day was much more pleasant than the previous time I went as there were no disturbances by man - even the dogs and dog walkers were being good!

We had only been walking through for a couple of minutes when we spotted the heron, I was glad to see him again as I didn't get to last time. Although as quickly as we saw him, he flew off and didn't make a return for the time we were there. I have added a picture (below) to show him. I know that the picture couldn't get much worse if I tried but he flew off before I could take another one so it can just be for proof.

After following the river for a short while we decided to go into the trees next to the river to see what we could find. The locals always talk about the otter and king fishers that they see and I would love to get a photo of them (although I'd have to actually see them first). After ducking and climbing over branches (And jumping over a small bit of the river that Verity had to help me with) we made it to a spot where we had a good vantage point of the river. I heard the excitement in Freya and Verity's voices as they saw a king fisher, unfortunately, I was just coming out of the trees and I missed it flying off. I'll just have to try and see it next time!

We decided to leave the trees and follow a path that I had never explored before. It led to a lovely area. We were still traveling alongside the river but now we were surrounded by older trees and lots of greenery. We were soon greeted by a male chaffinch sat high up on branch, he stayed for a minute or so before flying off - he was lovely to watch. Walking down the river for a short while longer, I got to see three dippers in different areas. All of them stuck around for a long time and I got to watch them flying around, standing still and going in the water.

After this we walked over to the other side of cummersdale, towards the graveyard. There were plenty of great tits and blue tits to see. There was a lot of activity from them, many hopping from branch to branch or sitting and singing. We even got the added bonus of seeing a rabbit hopping away under a bush. From where we were, the sky was very clear and you could see the hills in the distance. However, the sun was starting to set and we were loosing light so decided to start walking back. 

Everywhere was covered in a blanket of gold, the light made everywhere look beautiful. I turned around to see the sun setting behind the trees, giving the sky a final golden glow and then we headed off back home.