Category: Paul’s Blog

We have had many visitors to our kitchen but today was the first time I have noticed a Thrush in the house. I heard a fragile “tap, tap, tap” outside and went to look. On our patio a Thrush was tapping a small snail shell on the ground. I didn’t shoo it away but went…

On Friday I had a walk around Shipley Train Station with my camera. The first place to visit was the Butterfly Meadow where there were many Burnet Moths flitting about. There were also a few Small Skipper in the meadow. Between platform 5 and the carpark, following on from the line of the station building,…

It has taken me a while to go through the photos from my visit to Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve on 7 June 2018. This was partly because a lot of the photos were on the limits of my camera and lens and so took a while to decide which were suitable for showing, partly because…

Yesterday I had a reminder about a Kestrel photo I published on the same date 8 years earlier so I decided to go along to Salt’s Mill to see if anything Kestrel related was happening this year. At first I could see nothing happening in their previous nest hole but was told that people had…

I have now put together some photos that I took on 10, 11 & 12 June 2018. As usual the photos themselves are on Flickr and by clicking on any of the images (other than the header/featured image and the Coat of Arms – which will take you to an article on Baildon Wiki) will…

Early June I went to Shipley Glen again to look at the nests I had seen before on the guided walk from Bracken Hall Countryside Centre. There was still activity at one of the Blue Tit’s nests I had seen. This one has a convenient landing strip in front of it. It was quite narrow…

The Friends of Denso Marston Nature Reserve had their annual fun day celebration on Saturday 9 June 2018. It had a good turnout, and was fun. 🙂 This photo, where a couple of the games were setup, was taken early on before the hordes arrived. The Reserve Warden, Steve, is on the left. In addition…

Another great walk on Baildon Moor. Red Grouse, Red Kite, Wall Brown, Small Heath and more. One of the first things I heard were Red Grouse. I slowed my pace and started looking for heads in the tops of the grass but then there they were, walking towards me along the path. This is a…