Category: Paul’s Blog
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A seige of Herons
That’s a new meaning of the word seige for me. I had to look up (using Google of course) the word for a collection of Herons. As usual you can click on the images to see a larger one on Flickr. A couple of years ago I saw 5 Herons in the field behind Bradford…
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Trout Leaping the Weir
A few times recently I have seen a few decent sized fish in the river and I have also seen very small fish fighting their way up a slow, shallow weir. This week has been different. I have now seen decent sized fish trying to leap out of the foaming water of the weir to…
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Snail Hunt at Denso Marston Nature Reserve
On Sunday 23 Sept Erica and I went down to Denso Nature Reserve in search of snails for some course work Erica is doing for here OU Degree. If you know the proper names for any of these things please let me know. I will be editing as I find out more. Note that the…
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An Afternoon on Baildon Moor (just a few photos)
This Saturday I went up into the village to pay for the papers and, of course, took my camera with me. Just outside the newsagent the waste bins had recently had new plastic bags fitted and the wind had caught one of them. .On the way home I took a slight detour of about 3…
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Pond in Autumn
I have posted before about the walks at Denso Marston Nature Reserve. I am surprised that more people don’t turn up. They are a great way to learn more about the nature right on out doorsteps. This latest one was titled Pond in Autumn and as you can guess it was centred around the water…
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59 ways to say the two words….
It was the Harley Davidson Rally in Baildon over the August Bank Holiday weekend. As usual I went up for the 1:00pm ride out on Sunday which is a great experience. Hundreds of people turn up to watch them all ride out. This time I was looking for a different way to take photos. I…
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Life in the Hedge. Denso Nature Reserve walk
I have been on several guided walks at the Denso Marston Nature Reserve conducted by the Warden Steve Warrilow. Saturday 18 August was titled Life in the Hedge and started at 10:15am. Because of all the rain we have been having our insect life is not as abundant and apparent as it often is at…
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April photos
I took part in the April #bradfordphotpaday challenge that was created by @hiddenbradford and managed to submit a photo for each day based on the word of the day. All my photos were uploaded to my flickr account and a link to them posted on twitter with a mention of @hiddenbradford and the tag #bradfordphotoaday.…