Category: Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood
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14 June 2026. Baildon Peace Garden, Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood & Roberts Park
Sunday 14 June 2026 I decided to take my camera for a walk along Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood and Walker Wood – all parts of the Bradford Pennine Gateway Nature Reserve. It also took in a walk around the market in Roberts Park and along the river Aire, hunting out wildlife and wild flowers. The…
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Ants, Bees, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies and Cannabis on Baildon Bank. 24 April 2026
A few photos from a walk with my camera along Baildon Bank. I was keeping my eyes and ears open for Green Woodpecker – heard but not seen. But I was also looking for the solitary mining bees that nest on the edges of the paths. I therefore had my long lens and macro lens…
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Parakeets & Fungi. 5 March 2026
Thursday morning was a quick visit to Northcliffe Woods, Shipley. Thursday afternoon was a quick visit to Walker Wood, Baildon. The header image is of a fallen tree in Walker Wood showing Rhizomorphs from Honey Fungus, Armillaria. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality in the carousel gallery…
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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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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…