Category: Denso Marston Nature Reserve
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Tree Walk, Thursday at DMNR
This Thursday I tagged along with the Tree Walk at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. Steve, the warden, is posting something about 1 tree per day this week. The first tree we had a look at was a large Black Poplar down river past the Buck Lane footbridge, I have used that as the header image.…
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Birdsong walk at DMNR
For Saturday 18 March Steve, the warden of Denso Marston Nature Reserve, had organised a birdsong walk to be led by Andrew and Paul; with Steve promising to keep quiet – we all know how he likes his jokes. I took my camera along and also stayed back for an hour or so after the…
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Denso & High Royds, 11 & 12 Mar.
On Saturday I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve to see if anything interesting was there. And on Sunday I went along to High Royds Pond to look for Snipe that someone told me about on my walk around DMNR on Saturday. DMNR As has often been the case recently, as I got to…
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More Water Rail, but Better.
Today (Sunday 5 March) I thought the light was marginally better than yesterday so I decided to go looking for Water Rail along the river again. My newish camera body, a Canon R7, has, in some respects, better focusing than my previous camera, a Canon 7DMkII. It can focus with smaller apertures/less light. I therefore…
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Reports of a Water Rail at Denso
Four days ago Steve posted on the Denso Marston Nature Reserve facebook page that he had spotted a Water Rail at the reserve, so today I went down to see if it was still there. And didn’t take my binoculars. As usual click/tap on an image to see it larger. After watching a couple of…
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Is it Spring at Denso?
A bit of sunshine prompted me to go down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve again. It was quite pleasant in the Sun but a couple of times I found myself in the shade quietly watching for Goldcrest (no photos) with a very cold breeze blowing through me. There were a few little carpets of Crocus…
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Winter Birds Walk
Given the title there has to be some bird photos here. There are also flowers, trees and fungi. The title is taken from the title of the “walk” conducted by Steve, the Denso Marston Nature Reserve warden. Winter BirdsSat 12th February 10:00amWe will be looking at what birds feed on, and show how to prep…
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More February Birds
Yet another walk through Denso Marston Nature Reserve. As usual tap on an image to see it in better quality with photo info. Two pairs of Mandarin Duck, with the males looking rather colourful, were quite close to the down river entrance to the reserve. As was a Cormorant, unfortunately I was behind the noticeboard…