Category: Paul’s Blog
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Harley Rally 2019
This August Bank Holiday was the 40th Harley Davidson Rally in Baildon. And the sun shone! This year was also the 50th anniversary of the formation of The Wrecking Crew, a Harley Davidson club, of which the Shipley branch plays a massive part in keeping the rally going year after year. An amazing job had…
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River and Canal Friday
On Friday I went for a walk along the river, the canal and through Hirst Wood – with my camera of course. I kept my eyes peeled for a sight of the Great White Egret that had been around but no luck. Boaters, bikers and walkers were out enjoying the sun. I also expected to…
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Adel Dam on Wednesday
Though it was raining I went along to Adel Dam Nature Reserve on Wednesday. At the first hide the feeders were busy with Nuthatch, Blur Tits, Great Tits, Woodpeckers, Mandarin Duck, Magpie and Chaffinch with Moorhen quietly messing around near the water. A Kingfisher went pee-peep and perched on a branch for a second before…
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Kingfisher missile
On a recent visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve I noticed what I thought was yet another bit of blue plastic on a branch. But on a closer look it was a Kingfisher. The usual sighting of a Kingfisher on that part of the river is as it flies away having seen you first or…
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Potter Pits, 8 Aug
I had a look at Potter Pits, Shipley Station Butterfly Meadow and the site of the cinema on Thursday. Please click on any of the images to view in their gallery where you can also view them full size. Walking along the narrow entrance to Potter Pits I saw a few butterflies but they quickly…
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Monday at DMNR
On Monday afternoon I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve to see if anything interesting was happening. Click on any of the images to see it larger in its gallery. On the far side of the pond, in the reeds, I spotted movement. There was also quite a bit of noise from Blue Tits…
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More Painted Ladies
I’m still enjoying the number of Painted Ladies that are visiting our garden. To get some of these shots I tucked myself into the Buddleia so that I could get some of the light behind the wings. I quite like them. I have also been keeping an eye out for Mint Moths on the Sage…
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Small Things in our early August Garden
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…