29th November 2021 : Ribble River
I headed to Lancashire with RR to try and see the Belted Kingfisher that had been seen along the Ribble River , however things didn't go to plan how we had hoped !!
We arrived at approx 07.30 and not really sure of where to go we made our way to the river, we found a well beaten path and followed it down to the river, it was quite steep but not as steep as i was expecting, for example i had seen on twitter terms like , ' Death Slope' & ' Mudslide' etc.
So i did wonder if we had gone down the right path ?? well as it turned out we did & didn't, the path we went down was another area to look for the BK but as it turned out not the best place to view from.
The BK was seen whilst we were there but from the other viewing place, it takes about a 30 minute walk , climb, slide & scramble to get there from where we was !!!
By the time we had got there the BK had flown down river and not seen again that day !!!
We spent about 5 hours in the vain hope the BK would reappear but alas it was not to be , the climb back up the 'Death Slope' was very hard indeed , don't think i will ever forget seeing RR's legs going about 100 mph on the mud bank trying to gain some traction then sliding back past me.......
I faired no better ending up on my backside several times absolutely covered in mud, the big question was would we ever get up this slope ??? well we did eventually and although we dipped the BK it will go down as one of my most memorable twitches ...... Lol
