Category: Paul’s Blog
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Green Hairstreak Butterfly
Today I joined 5 other people up on Baildon Moor to look for the Green Hair Streak butterfly. The search was organised by Bradford Urban Wildlife group in conjunction with Friends of Baildon Moor as part of the Save Our Butterflies Week. It was conducted by Susan Stead. It was quite cold and wet after…
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Late afternoon from the canal bridge
Late afternoon sunlight on the canal often looks great and it is even better to see the Geese, Goslings and people enjoying it.
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Octopuses, Octopi, or Octopodes
Take your pick, what do you want to call them? I drove past Baildon Bridge last night and saw a yellow thing on the end of the wall that I was sure I had “miss-seen”. I mean, why would a yellow octopus be on the wall of the bridge over the River Aire? But then…
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Passwords and annoying hackers
I have just been through my various passwords and tightened them all up. I have also removed “admin” accounts from my sites. Something that was long overdue and was annoyingly exploited by a hacker. Doing this tidying up did not take long, it took me a bit longer to find out what had been done…
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Wheatear, Baildon Moor
Though the wind from the West was quite strong it was still sunny this afternoon (4 May) so I went up onto the moors for a while. I was quite pleased that I did because I saw my first female Wheatear for this year. I also managed to get a Swallow within the frame. It’s…
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Spring on Baildon Moor
Hopefully this Summer will be better than last year’s. Last Saturday (27 April) I spent longer on Baildon Moor than I had done for a month or two. There was a cold wind but when it dropped or I was sheltered the sun was warming. I went North West over Glovershaw way and round the…
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Down to their level
I have recently used my GorillaPod and wireless remote release to get some different (to me anyway) shots of the geese and goslings on the canal. I hung my camera upside down above the water and got the Geese and Goslings to come over by using some stale bread from The Hub at work. This…
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Redkites
Last Sunday (7 April) I took Erica for a nice long driving lesson. On the way back from Wetherby we decided we needed a cup of tea so called into Harewood house, it is quite an expensive way to by a cup of tea and a coffee (we also had a bagel and a chicken…