Category: Paul’s Blog
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Autumn Walk at DMNR, Sept 2025
Today was an Autumn Walk by the river Aire at the Denso Marston Nature Reserve led by Steve, the warden. The title was simply Autumn Walk leaving it open to be about anything that was found and for it to be guided by what people wanted to talk about. I got talking to another photographer…
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Grouse on Baildon Moor. 16 Aug 2025.
On 16 Aug I spent some time on Baildon Moor. A lot of the time I was not too far from the Trig Point. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality in the carousel gallery with an i for more information. And if you like what you see please click…
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Bracken Hall Green 11 Aug
I quite like the Small Copper butterfly so thought these from Bracken Hall Green worth sharing. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image, not its caption, to see it in better quality in the gallery. And if you like what you see please click on one or more of the Share buttons at the…
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Baildon Bank in August
I still need to pay a few more visits to Baildon Bank, I have heard Green Woodpeckers but have yet to see one. Baildon Bank is now part of the Bradford Pennine Gateway Nature Reserve and you can see the extent of Gateway on the interactive map on the Baildon Moor page. We have yet…
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Rodley Nature Reserve in August
Photos from a couple of trips to Rodley Nature Reserve one of the trips with a couple of members of the Bingley Camera Club wildlife group. The header image is of Mute Swan, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mallard, and possibly a couple of Gadwall. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it…
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DMNR + WFM. 30 Aug.
On Saturday morning I decided to go out a little earlier than usual, at about 8:00am. In the Wild Flower Meadow next to DMNR I spotted quite a few unfamiliar beetles. Most of them were on the seed heads of Knapweed and five or 6 could be on one plant which I found surprising considering…
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Bracken Hall Green to the river. Mid July 2025
I have had a few visits to Bracken Hall Green recently (see the category: Shipley Glen) and these are from visits on 12 & 13 July 2025. The visit on 12 was with two other members of the Bingley Camera Club wildlife group. It also involved a walk down to Hirst Mill weir on the…
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Denso + Scrape 2 Aug ’25
I am playing catch-up with going through my photos. I still have lots to look through from July but this lot are from early August, taken on a visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve, the Scrape between the reserve and the Buck Lane footbridge. The stars of the show were the good views of Common…