Category: Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits
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Finishing March 2026. Gill Beck, DMNR, Ben Rhydding.
These are the final ones from March that I want to put on here. Ones from several walks along Gill Beck. A visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve, and Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve. The header image is of Swans flying from one end of Tong Park Dam to the other, As usual…
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Walker Wood & BRGPLNR. Feb 2026.
Fungi photos from a visit to Walker Wood and photos from a trip to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve. You can see more posts from visits to BRGPLNR and Walker Wood. The header image is of a small flock of Curlew on the ground opposite the Moss & Moore Garden Centre, Ben Rhydding.…
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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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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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Jan 2 High Royds & Ben Rhydding
I went out late morning on Friday, there might have been some bright Sun but it was freezing cold. It did mean that the Sun was in the right direction for the Snipe hiding place at High Royds, but it also meant I got very cold. The header image is of a Long Tailed Tit…
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BRGP & DMNR 25/8/2025
These are a few photos from a visit to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve and down by the river near Denso Marston Nature Reserve on 25 August. I had been wondering about how to post photos from the last few months, I have fallen way behind. I had been thinking of grouping lots…
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Ben Rhydding GPLNR 5 Jul ’25
A wander around Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve with my camera. The river is higher than it had been on some of my recent visits. The rocks that had been uncovered on previous visits were now under water. The header image is of a Common Sandpiper in the trees. As usual you can…
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Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits with BUWG, WN, BBG & BRGP
Looking at plants at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits with people from Bradford Urban Wildlife Group, Wharfedale Naturalists, Bradford Botany Group and BRGP folk.