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Kingfisher & Otter, 7 & 8 Feb 2026
On Saturday afternoon I decided to go down to Roberts Park to look at a fishing notice near the weir, more on that at the end. I thought it was a while since I had been to look at it, but, now I have looked back through my photos, it was only November 2024. Even…
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January 2026 Visits to BRGPLNR
These are photos from visits to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve on 24, 29, and 31 January 2026. The header image is from the visit of 31 January and is of a decent sized flock of about 260 Lapwing in flight above the fields across the river Wharfe from the nature reserve. As…
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30 Minutes along Northcliffe Dyke. 22 Jan 2026
On Thursday I spend 30 minutes walking along the path in Northcliffe Woods next to the Dyke, there and back again. Lots of wet Bracket Fungi. The header image is the underside of a Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa. You can see the topside in the photos below. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image…
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Fungi at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits. 16 Nov 2025
Mid November last year, 2025, I went along to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve to look for fungi. The map below shows my route around the reserve but most of the fungi were found near the path next to the road, apart from a couple at the Eastern end in the wooded area.…
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Baildon Bank, Walker Wood. 1 Nov 2025
More fungi along Baildon Bank, Baildon Green, Midgely Wood and Walker Wood. Part of the new Bradford Pennine Gateway Nature Reserve. This is one of several late posts; this is from the beginning of November and I reckon there are still more November postings to come. The header image is an Ugly Milkcap, Lactarius turpis,…
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Finishing Dec 2025
These sets of photos are to finish off December 2025. I still have lots of 2025 images that I would like to share but I realised that if I tried to keep posts in chronological order I would be still working on June. I have already posted several times with images from January and intend…
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Walker Wood 15 Jan
A walk through Walker Wood looking for fungi. Lots of guessing of IDs but I think I am somewhere near. I didn’t check the undersides of every small brackets but I did see that some had fine pores and others were smooth. The header image is Dead Moll’s Fingers fungus. These are very similar to…
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A Rubbish post
These are from a quick walk along the river – Denso Marston Nature Reserve up to behind Acorn Park. The header image is of two female Goosander catching the low afternoon Sun. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality in the carousel gallery with an i for more information. And…