Canada Geese - Junction Monkgate and Huntington Road

These geese are some of the inhabitants of the small park mentioned in yesterday's blog. Canada geese have become so prolific in the UK that there is an open hunting season on them all year round. This pair came dashing up to me whilst I was taking photographs, no doubt expecting that I had brought them some stale bread to feed them. Sorry guys, no food, just a camera!

River Foss at Junction Huntington Road and Monkgate

This small area of parkland next to the River Foss is by the roundabout junction where Huntington Road meets with Monkgate and Heworth Green. There are several geese that gather in this area indicating that the water quality of the river has improved dramatically since the 1960s. Traffic chaos sometimes happens here when the geese decide to go for a walk across the road and move slowly.

More reflections on the Foss

Here is the view of the gas pipe bridge over the Foss viewed from the Heworth Green/Malton Road bridge over the River Foss. On the left of the picture you can see the new apartments and offices development on the former gas works site known as The Forum with building names like Milan House and Rome House.

Further reflections on the Foss

The angular concrete bridge used to carry a large diameter gas pipe over the River Foss in the days when Town's gas was manufactured at the gas works that was on the right hand side of the river. The grey bridge in the background carries the stretch of the Malton Road known as Heworth Green over the River Foss.