Category: Paul’s Blog

From previous posts you can see that we have many Painted Ladies and other butterflies in our garden that are easy to see. But that hasn’t stopped me from looking for other smaller things that take a little more to spot. We have Mint Moths on our Sage and, as here, on our Oregano. You…

The last week or so I seem to have been taking photos of butterflies more than anything else. Our Buddleia has been teeming with them. Peacocks, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admirals, Large Whites, Green Veined Whites and dozens of Painted Ladies. We have also had a few Holly Blues high up in the Hawthorn. Click on…

Here I have put together some of my thoughts on the photography aspects of the Shipley Camera Club day at York Birds of Prey Centre. It presented several opportunities to use different camera settings and techniques for the different situations we found. I felt obliged to go on the trip because I was promoting wildlife…

In between the rain today we have had a few butterflies on and around our Buddleia. Several Small Whites have been chasing each other, six or more Peacocks have been on the Buddleia and a couple of Painted Ladys (Ladies?)

On 20 July 2019 I was given a lift to the York Birds of Prey Centre by a fellow member of Shipley Camera Club. Andrew, the founder of the club who was with us, had organised the trip for 10 of us. I felt obliged to go on the trip because I was promoting wildlife…

This is a few recent photos from:- our garden Potter Pits the field between Bradford Beck and Carnegie Drive and the site of the burnt out cinema on Briggate Click on any of the images to view them in their gallery where left/right arrows let you navigate it. The Buddleia in our garden seems to…

Yesterday on facebook I saw that someone had posted a photo of a white bird that they had seen on the river Aire at Roberts Park the day before. Because of its yellow beak, the shape of its neck and apparent size I suggested that it was a Cattle Egret – this would be very…