Category: Paul’s Blog

I believe that once upon a time there were toilets in the car park behind Glendale House. They then became Raj’s Spice Hut. I guess I don’t go into the car park by Glendale House very often. That’s my excuse anyway. I used to think I went about with my eyes open but I recently…

Here’s just a few photos of a Blue Tit checking out one of the nest boxes we have in the garden. It spent a bit of time having a look round the hole and pecking at the edges. I don’t know if this was to check out how strong it was, or getting a few…

We had a knock on the door this afternoon from our neighbour to let us know that 2 parakeets were in their garden. I quickly grabbed my camera, put the long lens on it and pushed my way through some of our bushes and got as close as I could to our fence…. and there…

On Saturday I spent a few minutes building some small layered Ingress fields at Ferniehurst Dell; I also took my camera. In the Dell, in the past, I have seen Woodpecker, Jay, Blackbird, Robin, Mistle Thrush and a few others. But one of the interesting things next to the Dell are the hedges – the…

On my first visit to Baildon Moor in 2018 another photographer interested in wildlife (Danny Virr) pulled up beside me on the road having spotted me putting my camera gear away. We had a natter and agreed that sometime in the future I would show him a bit of Baildon Moor. And that’s what happened…

A couple of times this winter we have had a little bit of snow covering the ground. I therefore decided to put some food out for the ground feeding birds. I know Robins are often shown in snow and are the iconic Xmas card bird but they still need to feed. A few inches of…

My last posting was about my first walk on Baildon Moor of 2018. I have been up there a couple of times since then and this is about my walk on Sunday 25 March. I will be posting some words and photos about my walk on Thursday but that will have to wait until I…