Category: Paul’s Blog
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Aug-Sep 2020. Out with my camera and phone
I have mentioned before hearing noisy Crows and seeing youngsters being fed. I did think that by the middle of September that all that would be finished with but a noisy youngster was still shouting to be fed; this time on a neighbour’s chimney. The one on the left was fed by the adult and…
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A Crow Family
Adult Crow and two juniors.
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Shipley Station Butterfly Meadow
On Wednesday I went out to Shipley Station Butterfly Meadow and a few minutes in Potter’s Pits. Both places seemed to be very quiet but I did take a couple of photos. The header image is of a Cinnabar Moth pupa on a grass stalk. A dark leaf hopper can also be seen at the…
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Day 143 in our Garden
Day 103 in our Garden was the last blog post in the Day in Our Garden series. I had tried to create a blog post each day for the series but around the time of that blog post was when I had ventured outside the garden for the first time for a few weeks. If…
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A Couple of Hours at the Gravel Pits
On Monday afternoon I went along to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Nature Reserve. Fortunately there are plenty of trees there to provide cooling shade because I found it extremely hot on a few occasions where I was in the full sun watching the wildlife. I was able to go under the trees to cool off.…
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Purple Hairstreak and others at Shipley Glen
On Friday I went up to Shipley Glen twice. The main reason was to look for more Purple Hairstreak butterflies but of course any visit to Shipley Glen is worth it. Click on an image to see a higher quality version. I’ll start with the photos of Purple Hairstreak butterflies with one of them shown…
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Shipley Glen
I spent a few minutes up at Shipley Glen today with my camera. Actually I spent quite a few minutes up at Shipley Glen but a fair number were spent in the car waiting for the rain to stop. I could see the blue sky beyond the rain clouds but they were moving slowly. The…
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Dalton Bank Nature Reserve
I had my first walk around part of Dalton Bank Nature Reserve on Monday. I had driven past its small entrance on several occasions but this time I had some spare time, and had my camera with me. I had no idea what was in there but did know that is was sloping up from…