Category: Paul’s Blog
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October Fungi at Bracken Hall Green
This visit to Bracken Hall Green and Shipley Glen was different to my usual trips in that I didn’t take my long lens or general lens with me. I only carried my macro lens with ring flash clipped to the front of it. This meant that my back didn’t not ache quite as much as…
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Baildon Bank & Midgeley Wood, 8 Sept.
Last Monday I went for a walk along Baildon Bank and Midgeley Wood. My recorded track is shown on the map at the bottom. I was hoping to see Green Woodpeckers. There’s lots of Ant nests but I saw no Green Woodpeckers, not even the yaffle of one, until I was back at my car…
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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…