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Sand Martins in Shipley. 11 July 2026.
These are a few from a short walk along the Leeds Liverpool canal from Fox Corner, Otley Road to just past the Dock Lane swing bridge. The header image is of a Sand Martin leaving its nest which is in a ground water drain pipe in what remains of the wall of the old Glenroyal…
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Wildlife at High Royds Pond. 18 July 2026
I am thinking of making a small solar powered “fountain” using two urns we have had in the garden for years and on the way to the garden centre I stopped off at High Royds Pond (the link will show other High Royds Pond posts) and walked round it a couple of times, I just…
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Skippers and Common Blues near the River Aire. 3 July 2026
Photos from a visit to the Meadow between the River Aire and the back of Sapper Jordan Rossi Park and along the River Aire through Denso Marston Nature Reserve and beyond. Peacock Butterfly caterpillars, Damselflies, Ringlet Butterfly, Meadow Brown, Soldier Beetles, Thick-legged Flower Beetles, Bumblebees, Ladybird, Mirid Bugs, Skipper, Common Blue Butterfly, Hoverfly, Aphid, Bracket…
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Northcliffe Wood & Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits. 28 March 2026
Some photos from a couple of places I visited on 28 March 2026, Northcliffe Wood and Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve – one of the Wharfedale Naturalists Nature Reserves. The header image is a head-on view of a male Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly resting at the new small pond at Ben Rhydding Gravel…
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Denso Marston NR & River Aire. 25 March 2026
A few sightings from 25 March at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. Tadpoles, Moorhens, Canada Geese, Grey Heron, Roe Deer, etc. The header image is of a Moorhen chick eating a Tadpole that its parent has just given it. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality in the carousel…
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Butterflies at Potter’s Pits, Shipley. 28 June 2026.
With warm weather tending to bring butterflies out, on Sunday 28 June 2026, I went to Potter’s Pits again and was not disappointed with the numbers. A downside of the warm weather is that they don’t stay still. I also went along to Shipley Station Butterfly Meadow but by a rather round about way that…
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Fox Cubs in Shipley. 27 June 2026
Sand Martins, Chiffchaff, Ringlet Butterfly and Fox Cubs in Shipley.
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Dragonflies at Gallows Hill Nature Reserve, Otley. 22 June 2026
On Monday I had a walk around Gallows Hill Nature Reserve by the River Wharfe in Otley. The stars of the visit were the male and female Broad Bodied Chasers. Other things spotted were Damselflies, Ladybird in several of the stages of their life-cycle, Bumblebees and…. The Gallows Hill Nature Reserve is one of the…