Category: Denso Marston Nature Reserve
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Late April at DMNR (2023)
It’s warming up, honest. There are more flowers, insects and butterflies around and little fluffy ducklings and goslings. Here’s a few photos from down by the river in and around Denso Marston Nature Reserve. As usual you should be able to tap on an image to see it larger in its gallery carousel. One of…
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DMNR again in April
Denso Marston Nature Reserve is only a few minutes down the road and is quite pleasant to walk around so, guess what, I have been a couple more times. As usual you can tap on an image to see it in its gallery carousel, though some of the galleries are small. The Alder Leaf Beetles,…
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Early April (DMNR, Ben Rhydding & Home)
It’s been a bit wet and cold today so I haven’t been out with my camera which has given me chance to catch up with the photos I already have. Yesterday I took my camera into the garden wondering if I would see anything interesting – butterflies, Blackcap, interesting insects, or perhaps a Siskin again…
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Field Maple and Beetles at DMNR
Today I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve again to get a firm ID on a tree that I thought was a Field Maple but was, sort of, hoping was an Alder. Steve confirmed that it was a Field Maple (Acer campestre) This then makes me question the ID of the beetles found on…
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DMNR, 25 & 26 March
I managed to get a few nice sightings at Denso Marston Nature Reserve over the weekend. A Chiffchaff was slowly circling its area and calling so I sat down for a while and waited for it to come round and show itself. As usual click on an image to see it in the gallery carousel.…
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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…