Category: Bradford Pennine Gateway
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Kingfishers & Fungi in the first week of November 2024
The first week of November has seen me down by the river Aire a couple of times hoping to get more good sightings of Kingfisher and also looking for Fungi – knowing full well that I would probably not be able to identify them. I also attended the Fungi Foray organised by Bracken Hall Countryside…
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Mid October 2024 Wildlife
Though it has been a bit cold we have had some clear skies and sunshine though I did get rained on a bit. This posting includes photos from Tong Park Industrial Estate, Hollins Hall Golf Course, Denso Marston Nature Reserve, Buck Lane bridge, Baildon Moor, High Royd’s Pond, Bradford & Bingley Sports Ground and Gallows…
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11 Aug on Baildon Moor, Stonechat and Whitethroat
On Sunday, when the sun was at its highest I decided to go up on to Baildon Moor carrying two cameras and a pair of binoculars. Fortunately I also carried a water bottle that I had half filled with ice before topping up with water. As expected there were a lot of things flying around.…
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A couple of early May walks on Baildon Moor, 2024
With the sun shining on Friday and Saturday I decided to have a wander around Baildon Moor. Each time I started from near the cattle grid at the end of Glen Road. Using an Optech Triple Camera strap I have my Canon R7 with Sigma 150-600mm lens on the right, a Canon 7DMk2 with Sigma…
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Baildon Moor. A few minutes in Jan.
On a chilly Sunday, I explored Baildon Moor, photographing wildlife along a path flanked by walls. Though I heard unseen pheasants, I managed to capture images of a possible female Reed Bunting and a Barn Owl in the evening light. Unfortunately, the website’s gallery feature is malfunctioning.
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Burnet Moths, Baildon Moor, July 2023
I was out today playing the game of Ingress and stopped near the Baildon Boundary stone at the junction of Bingley Rd., Glovershaw Lane and Glen Road. Walking along the road I spotted a Burnet Moth so once I had finished turning the Boundary Stone blue (check what Ingress is if you want to know…
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Bracken Hall Green, July 2023
Some photos of Purple Hairstreak butterflies at Shipley Glen/Bracken Hall Green.
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Early June on Baildon Moor
I would still like to get some good photos of Skylark on Baildon Moor so I had another trip up there on Friday. Skylark were around and I could also hear them up in the sky but I couldn’t find them to point my camera at. I have arranged the gallery in a different way…