Hallcliffe Community Garden used to be the playground for Baildon C of E First School and was left empty for several years when the school moved all classes up to the Jenny Lane site. The Jenny Lane site is now Newbury Close and the school is on the site of Ladderbanks second school but is…

On Thursday morning on my walk through Robert’s Park I learnt something about Crows. I knew that they were black but I didn’t know that they also had black tongues. I have also learnt a bit more about Herons, but more on that later, at the moment we are still on Thursday. On Thursday evening…

If you have read some of my previous posts you will know that I quite like the walk through Robert’s Park morning and evening, and very often lunchtime too. The height of the water going over the weir varies tremendously, as does the noise it makes. On Monday lunchtime it was bubbling over the weir. And…

It’s a while since I went up onto Baildon Moor to look and listen for the wildlife. So this last weekend I went up around Glovershaw and Golcar Farms, the north west corner of the moor. And I wasn’t disappointed, even if I did get wet on Saturday. Earlier it had been a bright day…

After spending far too long looking at the photos I had from Wednesday evening I have finally decided that this one is worth posting. As usual you can click on the image to see it larger at Flickr. This is at Yeadon Tarn. I like the way the sun is lighting up the sail and…

We in Baildon are really fortunate to have the river, the canal, Robert’s Park and Baildon Moor within such easy reach. I frequently take photos of what I see on my walks around the place and this week has been no exception. A Nuthatch looking as though it is listening for insects under the bark…