Category: Paul’s Blog
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Bit of a Catch-up
I am still going through and indexing photos on my computer. Hopefully, if I ever finish the task, I will then be able to find the photos that I know I took but can’t remember exactly when, or even in some cases, where. For instance I know I took a photo inside a wine shop…
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Shipley Glen to Golcar Farm
Saturday 20 Apr 2019 was another Bracken Hall Countryside Centre walk guided by local birder Paul King. 1:30 in the afternoon might not be the best time to start a birding walk and Paul spent some time talking about what to look and listen for during early morning or evening walks. However we did well.…
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Pied Flycatcher at Denso
On Friday afternoon I had a walk along the river at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. Over the years I have wandered along the river from Dowley Gap to Esholt and along every part I have seen or heard a Kingfisher at some time. The river on Friday was no exception. With a pose like that…
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Mid April 2019 on Baildon Moor
I have spent far too much time recently trying to sort through my photos so I decided I was long overdue for a wander or two. This time it was up to Baildon Moor. It was great to hear Skylark up in the sky and I even managed to spot them on a couple of…
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Beamsley Beacon
Beamsley Beacon, AKA Howber Hill, is a few miles from Skipton and Addingham and is a portal within the game of Ingress. The game is the reason why I have been there a few times, it is a good place to throw some decent sized fields to/from. Next to one of the cairns up there…
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New Macro lens at Denso
On Monday afternoon (25 March 2019) I decided to go down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve with my camera hoping to see something so I could use my new Sigma Macro lens that I bought at the Photography Show at the NEC the week before. I was a little surprised to see a reasonable number…
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Walks, Sat 23 March 2019
Wildflowers Walk This morning was a Wildflowers Walk at Denso Marston Nature Reserve guided by Harry Allenby. I took my new Macro lens with me thinking that I would take photos of the plants. However three deer were spotted on the other side of the river so I swapped over to my long lens to…
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Liverpool June 2015
I am still tagging and indexing my photos. I have just been through some from June 2015 that were still as unloaded from my camera. These are from 21 June 2015. Saturday 20 June 2015 was the Liverpool Ingress Anomaly that I attended and on the Sunday I had a walk around parts of Liverpool…