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Category: Denso Marston Nature Reserve

  • Finishing March 2026. Gill Beck, DMNR, Ben Rhydding.

    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…

  • Siskin at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. 1 March 2026

    Siskin at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. 1 March 2026

    I got March off to a good start with sightings of quite a few Siskin during a visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve and a walk along the River Aire and up to the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Buck Wood. The header image is one of the Siskin. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an…

  • Finishing Dec 2025

    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…

  • Snipe at High Royds & Siskin at DMNR. Nov 30.

    Snipe at High Royds & Siskin at DMNR. Nov 30.

    On Sunday the sky was clear for a while so I went out to see if Snipe were visible at High Royds Pond, and Yes, they were. The header image is of the reeds, looking South, with the sunlight on them. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality…

  • Fungi at St James & Buck Wood. 17 & 21 Nov.

    Fungi at St James & Buck Wood. 17 & 21 Nov.

    Yet more photos of Fungi, and in the gallery you can see what ID I have given them but I am sure I have got some of them wrong. If you think the photos show enough detail for a different ID please let me know. In quite a few cases I have photos of the…

  • Riverside Wildflower Meadow. July 2025

    Riverside Wildflower Meadow. July 2025

    Catching up with photos of July Butterflies, Common Blue and Small Copper, on the Wildflower Meadow next to Denso Marston Nature Reserve

  • Autumn Walk at DMNR, Sept 2025

    Autumn Walk at DMNR, Sept 2025

    Today was an Autumn Walk by the river Aire at the Denso Marston Nature Reserve led by Steve, the warden. The title was simply Autumn Walk leaving it open to be about anything that was found and for it to be guided by what people wanted to talk about. I got talking to another photographer…

  • River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025

    River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025

    These photos are from a couple of walks along the river at Denso Marston Nature Reserve, along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and a look at the Wildlife Meadow next to DMNR. I particularly like the photos of the male Common Blue butterfly. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better…