July jaunts in the Yorkshire hills and dales around Hebden Bridge and the Upper Calder Valley in the South Pennines. A wildlife haven and walkers’ paradise in one of dramatic corners of Yorkshire, on the doorstep at Elmet Farmhouse.
- Crimsworth Dean near Elmet Farmhouse
- Sheep in meadows above Crimsworth Dean
- Cattle in the hilltop meadows above Hardcastle Crags
- Grasses flowering by the side of a track at Walshaw
- Drystone walls with 'windows' on Walsahaw Moor
- Drystone walls bordering the track running uphill from Crimsworth to Walshaw
- Ruined farmhouse at Coppy above Crimsworth Dean
- Little owl perched on a fencepost above Crimsworth Dean
- Sheep in Crimsworth Dean
- Sunny summer's day in Crimsworth Dean
- View over the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse towards Heptonstall and Stoodley Pike
- The steep wooded valley of Hardcastle Crags below Elmet Farmhouse at Pecket Well
- Beautiful meadow grasses in the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse
- Feathery meadow grasses
- Barn owl hunting over the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse
- Roe deer doe and her two kids in the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse
- Roe deer doe and her two kids in the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse
- Trails of mist in Hardcastle Crags below Elmet Farmhouse
- Hare on the hillside above Pecket Well
- Long-legged long-eared hare above Pecket Well
- Hare in the field below Wadsworth Moor
- Juvenile pied wagtail in Crimsworth Dean
- Dense bracken on the steep slopes of Crimsworth Dean
- Heron near the river in Crimsworth Dean
- Foxgloves in Crimsworth Dean
- First sighting of siskin in Crimsworth Dean
- Siskin in Crimsworth Dean
- Sheep near Grain Water Bridge in Crimsworth Dean
- The start of haymaking in Crimsworth Dean
- Patchwork of fields in Crimsworth Dean, a short walk from Elmet Farmhouse
- Crimsworth Dean
- Hot summer's day in Crimsworth Dean
- Summer view from Elmet Farmhouse at Pecket Well above Hebden
- Roe deer hdoe and her two kids in the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse
- Roe deer doe
- Greenfinch in the garden at Elmet Farmhouse
- Greenfinch feasting on the hardy geranium seeds at Elmet Farmhouse
- Female house sparrow
- Blue skies reflected in Wilcock Dam above Pecket Well
- First sighting of reed bunting in Crimsworth Dean
- Reed bunting singing on a foxglove in Crimsworth Dean
- Fledgling swallow in Crimsworth Dean
- Fledgling swallow at Laithe Farm in Crimsworth Dean
- Fledgling swallow at Laithe Farm in Crimsworth Dean
- Blue skies over Stoodley Pike and Heptonstall, as seen from Elmet Farnhouse
- Stoodley Pike and Heptonstall Church on the horizon above Hardcastle Crags
- Heptonstall village directly opposite Elmet Farmhouse at Pecket Well
- Stoodley Pike on Langfield Edge above the Calder Valley
- Lovely summer's day with sun shining on the hay meadow at Elmet Farmhouse in Pecket Well
- View from the garden at Elmet Farmhouse
- Golden plover cheeping on Wadsworth Moor above Pecket Well
- Golden plover near Limers Gate on Wadsworth Moor
Photos copyright Lesley Jackson and Ian Fishwick