{"id":14936,"date":"2026-04-16T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14936"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:50:58","slug":"parakeets-pheasant-mining-bees-jay-13-15-16-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/parakeets-pheasant-mining-bees-jay-13-15-16-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Parakeets, Pheasant, Mining Bees & Jay. 13, 15 & 16 April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Here’s a few photos from a couple of walks along Baildon Bank, and one at Northcliffe Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The header image is of a Male Pheasant wondering who that person is that is getting in his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baildon Bank<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The first of these visits to Baildon Bank was to look for Green Woodpeckers. I heard them, and almost stood on one before it startled me by flying away, but didn’t get any photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did spot Mining Bees though, both Tawny and Ashy mining bees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had just the one lens with me on the first visit – my long 200-800mm lens. Not really suitable for Bees even though the Tawny Mining Bee photo was taken with it. So I went back the following day with my macro lens to get some better photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On both visits I also spotted a bug called Horvathiolus superbus<\/em>. Apparently this bug is widespread in the Channel Islands but was not found on the British mainland until 2019, when a colony was discovered at a site in west Yorkshire. That population was presumably the result of horticultural introduction and was associated with Common Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also spotted several Nomad Bees that were checking out some of the Mining Bee nest holes – they don’t make nests of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northcliffe Woods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This was a 30 minute walk in Northcliffe Woods. I was hoping for Great Spotted Woodpeckers – heard but not seen, and Ring-necked Parakeets – lots seen and a few photographed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also managed to track a Jay flying around with something in its beak, it turns out it was a headless rodent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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