Category: Paul’s Blog
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Purple Hairstreak and the Butterfly Count
Saturday was the Butterfly Count walk organised by Bracken Hall Countryside Centre. I went along because of the promise of looking for Purple Hairstreak butterflies. You have until 12th August to take part in the Big Butterfly Count organised by Butterfly Conservation. We found quite a few Purple Hairstreak and spent quite a lot of…
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Hornet Hoverfly?
This is a quick posting due to me not being sure, and wanting to find out more, about the Hoverfly. I’ll update the post once I have more confirmed info. I have heard through the power of the internet that it is Volucella inanis, Wasp Plumehorn. This is a view from the side. The abdomen…
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Denso Marston Nature Reserve early July
On 11 July 2018 I went for a walk at Denso Marston Nature Reserve along the river Aire with my camera. As usual you can click on any of the images to view them on flickr within the album where you can see more photos of the visit. Before I get around to the…
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Wildlife photos from July 2018 (and other snaps)
The emphasis of my wanderings this last week or so has been on butterflies. The Buddleia in the garden has been swarming with Large Whites and Peacocks with a fair sprinkling of Comma, Painted Lady and Red Admiral. This, and tweets/postings re butterflies to and from @BCYorkshire, got me hunting in the garden and along…
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Holly Blue
For several days now I have seen Holly Blue butterflies flying through our garden. I didn’t know where they had come from or where they were going. Just to be different these images are all within the blog. They are NOT part of a flickr album. Clicking on them should load a bigger version though.…
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Rodley Nature Reserve 27 June 2018
On Wednesday 27 June 2018 I called in at Rodley Nature Reserve As usual you can click on an image to see it in the album on flickr. There are several more photos within the album. The first hide was looking out onto a pair of Great Crested Grebe. I know they are diving birds but here…
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Shipley Butterfly morning of 3 July 2018
We have had some really hot weather recently and as a result butterflies are able to be very active. Going out in the midday sun to take photos of butterflies is not the most sensible so on Tuesday I decided to get off a bit earlier than usual. I went to Shipley Station again and…
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Moorside & Tong Park Dam June 2018
Here’s a few photos from a couple of walks from Jenny Lane down to Tong Park Dam area. A walk from cricket pitch to cricket pitch in fact. As usual the images are on flickr and clicking on them will take you to that photo on flickr withing the album. After passing the play area…