Category: Paul’s Blog
-
A few minutes at Denso Marston Nature Reserve
On Tuesday I went for a walk around Denso Marston Nature Reserve and along the river. The Nature Reserve itself has space but the paths along the river are a bit narrow in places with limited refuge, especially further towards Shipley, e.g. behind Charlestown Cemetery, so I felt uncomfortable on a couple of occasions. It…
-
Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits again
I have been to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits again – Saturday & Sunday, with camera of course. On these two trips there seemed to be more butterflies and moths around than on my first visit. The Large Whites seemed the most common but they were always flying, hence no photo of one. One of the…
-
Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve
On Wednesday I went for a pollution free drive in our new Zoe and took my camera with me. I stopped off at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve for the first time and had a quiet walk around. Click for higher resolution images. There’s a nice variety of vegetation there and I took…
-
Baildon Moor 6 July 2020
Having had a pleasant time on Baildon Moor on Sunday I tried it again on Monday. This time I didn’t get rained on. Again there were plenty of Meadow Pipit around. They often feed along the paths. I expect this is to catch the flies that swarm around the horse poo that is often along…
-
Day 103 in our garden
Well this is the last in the Day in our garden series. It was started at the time of lockdown and was about what I was seeing in our garden during that period. The photos and words in this posting take us up to 4 July 2020. On 5 July 2020 I had a trip…
-
Baildon Moor 5 July 2020
Yesterday, 5 July 2020, was what I would consider my first time out out, since 12 March. Back then I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve. That trip to Denso was when I finally got some photos of a Water Rail and spotted a Redpoll. Yesterday was a quick trip onto Baildon Moor. As…
-
Day 99 in our garden
June 30 is Day 99 in this series. There has been a gap in my postings, the one before was for Day 83. There are a few new things for this post but one of the things I have spent a bit of time doing is watching and taking photos of Wood Pigeons, Jackdaws, Crows…
-
Day 83 in our garden
For Day 83 we have a new plant (weed) for the series but I think we are going to let them grow. The header image is of Tortoiseshell Butterflies. I posted a photo of one of these on Day 1 but it looks as though they are putting in another appearance as they mate. The…