Tag: denso marston nature reserve
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Birdsong walk at DMNR
For Saturday 18 March Steve, the warden of Denso Marston Nature Reserve, had organised a birdsong walk to be led by Andrew and Paul; with Steve promising to keep quiet – we all know how he likes his jokes. I took my camera along and also stayed back for an hour or so after the…
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More Water Rail, but Better.
Today (Sunday 5 March) I thought the light was marginally better than yesterday so I decided to go looking for Water Rail along the river again. My newish camera body, a Canon R7, has, in some respects, better focusing than my previous camera, a Canon 7DMkII. It can focus with smaller apertures/less light. I therefore…
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Reports of a Water Rail at Denso
Four days ago Steve posted on the Denso Marston Nature Reserve facebook page that he had spotted a Water Rail at the reserve, so today I went down to see if it was still there. And didn’t take my binoculars. As usual click/tap on an image to see it larger. After watching a couple of…
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Is it Spring at Denso?
A bit of sunshine prompted me to go down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve again. It was quite pleasant in the Sun but a couple of times I found myself in the shade quietly watching for Goldcrest (no photos) with a very cold breeze blowing through me. There were a few little carpets of Crocus…
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Winter Birds Walk
Given the title there has to be some bird photos here. There are also flowers, trees and fungi. The title is taken from the title of the “walk” conducted by Steve, the Denso Marston Nature Reserve warden. Winter BirdsSat 12th February 10:00amWe will be looking at what birds feed on, and show how to prep…
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Gravel Pits and Denso, again, and Yeadon Tarn
I need to think of different places to go, though probably what I should be doing is some stuff around the house. I have been to the river Wharfe at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits and the river Aire at Denso Marston Nature Reserve yet again. As usual clicking on an image should load it in…
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Denso Nature Reserve after Christmas II
I had another walk around Denso Marston Nature Reserve on Thursday 29th. This time I didn’t spot any Kingfishers which is unusual but after taking a photo of the Crow with its nictitating membrane over over its eye I spotted a Cormorant flying along the river. As usual click on an image to see it…
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Denso Marston Nature Reserve & Buck Wood
An Ingress and camera walk around Denso Marston Nature Reserve and Buck Wood.