Category: Paul’s Blog
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Blue Tit Checking Out the Nest Box
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…
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Ring-necked Parakeets
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…
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The first full weekend in April
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…
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Back to 22 March – an earlier walk on Baildon Moor
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…
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Snow in our garden
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…
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Baildon Moor – Sunday 25 March 2018
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…
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Baildon Moor – first visit for 2018
Considering the number of times I went up to Baildon Moor while I was still working I am a little surprised that Friday was my first visit for a while. Perhaps I am taking this relaxing too far now that I am retired? One of the first things I did after getting up there and…
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Great Spotted Visitor
We had this male Great Spotted Woodpecker visitor in our Cherry Tree on 18 January 2018. I often hear them, we have some large trees around, but it is great to see them in the garden. The red patch on the back of its head identifies it as adult male. A female has the red…