Category: Paul’s Blog

The holes in the roof and back of our shed mean that it needs repairing with a new one so today I went to Yeadon to look at some. It is rather difficult to tell what the difference is between Sub-standard, Budget, Super and Deluxe when some websites don’t give a description and seem to…

I met up with a couple of members of the Shipley Camera Club down at Denso Marston Nature Reserve on 10 Jan. They took some excellent photos while they were there of Squirrels, Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit etc. The header image of the Bullfinch is my attempt at the same thing. I also got…

On Thursday, just after midday I got a phone call saying that some small birds were in the Alder trees at DMNR. Because of the light they tended to show as silhouettes which made it tricky to identify them. So down I went with my binoculars and camera. Considering that it was early afternoon the…

After deciding to go down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve on the last day of 2019 I was wondering if I was a bit early with posting my favourite shots of 2019 a few days ago. As usual I enjoyed the visit but the photos taken were nothing special. However I am going to stick…

Some of my favourite photos from 2019

Today has been a grey day in more ways than one. But I was pleased to spot a Redwing in the Viburnum just over the fence. With the naked eye I wasn’t sure what it was, it looked Thrush shaped (all I could see was the silhouette) but slightly smaller and not quite like a…

This is a mixture of some recent photos so the title is a bit misleading but since I have said September Butterfly Bush lets start with the butterflies. A month or so back the media contained several reports of the number of Painted Lady butterflies, saying that this was a once in every 10 year…