{"id":15517,"date":"2026-06-18T17:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=15517"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:03:32","slug":"14-june-2026-baildon-peace-garden-baildon-bank-midgeley-wood-walker-wood-roberts-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/14-june-2026-baildon-peace-garden-baildon-bank-midgeley-wood-walker-wood-roberts-park\/","title":{"rendered":"14 June 2026. Baildon Peace Garden, Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood & Roberts Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sunday 14 June 2026 I decided to take my camera for a walk along Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood and Walker Wood – all parts of the Bradford Pennine Gateway Nature Reserve. It also took in a walk around the market in Roberts Park and along the river Aire, hunting out wildlife and wild flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The header image is of two Male Swollen-thighed beetles, Oedemera nobilis, that had just been tussling with each other. One of them has decided it has had enough and flies off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baildon Peace Garden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Common<\/figure>
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\"Ladybird\"<\/figure><\/div>
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To get to the paths of Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood I went through the Baildon Peace Garden. This area is where the old WWII gas decontamination centre used to be. The building was used as Baildon Community Link until the new carbon-neutral community centre was built at the other end of the Cliffe Avenue Park in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Peace Garden is a small area arranged with trees and four wild flower areas. I stop off there several times a year to see what is growing or flying around and have taken a few photos, some of which can be seen here:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n