Category: Paul’s Blog
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RSPB Bempton Cliffs
On Thursday I spent a few hours with my binoculars and camera at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. As you can imagine I took one or three photos. The cute bird of Bempton Cliffs is the Puffin and several could be seen. Apparently, according to the RSPB Bempton facebook page, there are some Pufflets around, though I…
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Fishing Heron
On Saturday I went along to Salts Mill to take a photo of the Shipley clock from the carpark for a “Time” related image for Shipley Camera Club. I also took some photos of film props around the mill that you can see here. On the way back across the river I spotted a Heron…
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Behind Bank Crest
The path along the top of Baildon Bank gives great views over the lower parts of Baildon and is also a good place to see some birds. I went along there on Friday to check on long distance visibility, I have plans for a photo that needs many miles of clear visibility, and stayed to…
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No Kestrels this year. Riots at Salts Mill
On Wednesday I went along to Salts Mill to have a look at the hole in the wall that Kestrels have used as a nesting site for several years. Unfortunately the hole looks empty. So no Kestrel chicks in the Piazza this year. However Salts Mill and Saltaire are being used by film crews again.…
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Speckled Wood
Sitting in the conservatory with the windows and doors open allows a few flying creatures in. No birds so far this year but this Speckled Wood needed rescuing. It looks rather disembodied because it is on one of the windows. After catching it to take outside it settled on a rose bush for a few…
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Best for Birds and a Holly Blue
We have a Best for Birds bird box in our garden that looks as though it has chicks in it. Today I set my camera up so that I could take some shots of the two parents busily flitting to and fro. Warning: In one of the photos the bird has what looks like an…
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Goosander
I found these from 2013 today. They are cropped quite a bit but I think they are worth sharing. That’s a fair sized fish it has in its beak. It went down its throat somehow. It makes you wonder where the fish went. I can’t imagine having to eat very often if you get something…
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Close-up in the graveyard
On Tuesday afternoon, on the way back home from a look around Providence Mill in Baildon, I noticed a blue butterfly in the graveyard so I went home to get my Sigma 105mm macro lens. When I got back to the church yard I didn’t see any more blue butterflies but while waiting for one…