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Month: May 2017

  • Mink

    Having mentioned Mink in my last posting I searched here for my previous encounters and found that the best story was only on Flickr but this website is where it should be; so here goes. Mink were first in the UK in the late 1920s, in Mink farms, where they were bred for their fur.…

  • A Walk Along the River

    After a walk around Hallcliffe Community Garden I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve. I had heard that a Mink had been seen there earlier so that helped me decide where to go with my camera. I didn’t see the Mink but did enjoy my walk along the river. I was looking out for…

  • Hallcliffe Community Garden

    Hallcliffe Community Garden used to be the playground for Baildon C of E First School and was left empty for several years when the school moved all classes up to the Jenny Lane site. The Jenny Lane site is now Newbury Close and the school is on the site of Ladderbanks second school but is…

  • I’m still a fan of nature

    On Thursday morning on my walk through Robert’s Park I learnt something about Crows. I knew that they were black but I didn’t know that they also had black tongues. I have also learnt a bit more about Herons, but more on that later, at the moment we are still on Thursday. On Thursday evening…

  • A few from Robert’s Park

    If you have read some of my previous posts you will know that I quite like the walk through Robert’s Park morning and evening, and very often lunchtime too. The height of the water going over the weir varies tremendously, as does the noise it makes. On Monday lunchtime it was bubbling over the weir. And…

  • The weekend on Baildon Moor (20-21 May 2017)

    It’s a while since I went up onto Baildon Moor to look and listen for the wildlife. So this last weekend I went up around Glovershaw and Golcar Farms, the north west corner of the moor. And I wasn’t disappointed, even if I did get wet on Saturday. Earlier it had been a bright day…

  • Thursday at Denso Marston Nature Reserve

    I had a very pleasant walk along the River Aire today at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. There was lots of bird song but I am not good at identifying it but I did recognise Blue tit, Great tit, Blackbird, Robin, Long tailed tit, Jay, Jackdaw, Wren. As usual you can click on the image to…

  • Rodley Nature Reserve

    I admit that one of the reasons for going out today was to deploy a few more resonators for the Magnus Builder Architect (sorry to those that are not my G+ followers and Ingress agents) but I did take my camera with me. Another reason to go out was to get my car on a…

  • Sailing at Yeadon Tarn in the evening

    After spending far too long looking at the photos I had from Wednesday evening I have finally decided that this one is worth posting. As usual you can click on the image to see it larger at Flickr. This is at Yeadon Tarn. I like the way the sun is lighting up the sail and…