Category: Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood
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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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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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Fungi Along Baildon Bank, Walker Wood & Midgeley Wood. 29 Dec.
On Monday afternoon I went for a walk along Baildon Bank, behind Baildon Green into Midgeley Wood and Walker Wood looking for fungi with my camera and ring-flash. Then, from near the bottom station of Shipley Glen Tramway, I walked back along Thompson Lane, Green Road and Cliffe Avenue because by then it was dark…
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Walker Wood Fungi. 9 Nov.
I am still curious about what is going to change now that we have Bradford Pennine Gateway Nature Reserve. Walker Wood, Midgeley Wood and Baildon Bank are part of the nature reserve and I think it is this that has got me visiting the places a lot more than I used to. Walking through them…
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Baildon Bank & Midgeley Wood, 8 Sept.
Last Monday I went for a walk along Baildon Bank and Midgeley Wood. My recorded track is shown on the map at the bottom. I was hoping to see Green Woodpeckers. There’s lots of Ant nests but I saw no Green Woodpeckers, not even the yaffle of one, until I was back at my car…