Normally the only vultures we see on our trips to Yorkshire are my family, but on the way home yesterday we detoured to the Peak District, where a Lammergeier, or Bearded Vulture has taken up residence.
The weather was both help and hindrance: it was a miserable grey day with occasional rain, which meant that the bird sat tight in a crevice for most of the day. At least we got to see it, as better weather would have had it ranging over a very wide area, but it wasn’t the view we wanted. Eventually, just as we were about to start the 3.5 mile walk back to the car, and the journey down south, it emerged from the crevice and sat in the open, showing just what a magnificent beast it is. Unfortunately, despite giving it another hour, it never flew, but it was a great view of a superb bird.
