According to DigiKam, the program I use to catalogue my photos and videos, I have saved 1,538 different image files from 2020. Here is a post showing some of the ones I quite like. During 2020 many of the photos I took were of our garden and the things in it, or things I could see from it. This was one of the pleasant things about 2020, the time I spent in the garden with my camera, looking for things that I would not normally notice. I took quite a few photos of the new flowers in the garden and it was interesting to see the variety we had, but I am more into wildlife so most of the photos I have included here are of things with wings and/or legs.
During the year I had a few trips out with my camera. January photos are from Denso Marston Nature Reserve and Yeadon Tarn. February was already starting the stress of the year but this was due to the floods. I watched the footbridge at Buck Lane get whacked a couple of times with what looked like fridge/freezers racing down the river.
Water Rail Redpoll Tortoiseshell butterfly in our garden Comma butterfly in our garden Peacock butterfly in our garden Celandine in our garden Bee Hoverfly in our garden Goldfinch in our garden Millipede in our garden
In early March I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve looking for a Water Rail that had been reported. I had to be patient but it did show itself as did a Redpoll. This was about the last trip out of the house for quite a while so a lot of the photos will now show “.. in our garden” or “…from our garden”
Mouse taken from our garden Ashy Grey Mining Bee in our garden Wasp in our garden Coal Tit in our garden Cherry Pips eaten by mouse in our garden Jay from our garden Female Blackbird in our garden with nesting material Chiffchaff in our garden Sparrowhawk pair from our garden Robin eating a caterpillar in our garden Dunnock in our garden Mining Bee nests in our garden Lords & Ladies in our garden
Large Red Damselfly eating a fly(?) Rosemary Beetle in our garden Great Tit in our conservatory Blue Tit with food in our garden Ant’s Nest in our garden Greenfinch getting feathers in our garden Pink Geranium in or garden Mint Moth in our garden Harlequin Ladybird in our garden
Jackdaw in our garden eating cherries Juvenile Wood Pigeon in our garden eating cherries Female Blackbird in our garden eating cherries Wood Pigeon in our garden eating cherries Long Tailed Tit in our garden Mating Large Red Damselflies in our garden Hedgehog in our garden Crow in our garden eating cherries
Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar on Ragwort House Sparrow Gatekeeper Oystercatcher Small Skipper Flock of Lapwing Harlequin Ladybird Harlequin Ladybird Wren with 2 Harvestman Female Mandarin Duck Hunting Mink Sand Martin Red Admiral Blackcap Female Blackcap eating Raspberry Meadow Pipit Juvenile Reed Bunting on Baildon Moor Grasshopper
It was July before I had a couple of trips out with me not intending to meet anyone. It’s great that we have spaces like Baildon Moor. I also visited Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits.
One of the good things about August was finding a Brimstone that was hungry enough to stay still feeding. Normally when I see one it is drifting up and down in the distance.
Buzzard from Hardisty Hill between Menwith Hill Rd & Meagill Lane Red Kite at Weeton Station Roe Deer, Baildon Kestrel, Baildon Moor
Dipper on Loadpit Beck near the Rowing Club Little Egret
Goldcrest near Greenholme Mill
From September onward it was quiet in the garden but a few trips out to with my camera were quite rewarding.