{"id":6144,"date":"2020-07-15T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2020-07-15T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:25:46","slug":"a-few-minutes-at-denso-marston-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/a-few-minutes-at-denso-marston-nature-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"A few minutes at Denso Marston Nature Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday I went for a walk around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/places\/denso-marston-nature-reserve-river-aire\/\">Denso Marston Nature Reserve<\/a> and along the river. The Nature Reserve itself has space but the paths along the river are a bit narrow in places with limited refuge, especially further towards Shipley, e.g. behind Charlestown Cemetery, so I felt uncomfortable on a couple of occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/a-few-minutes-at-denso-marston-nature-reserve\/water-lily-at-denso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2047,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Paul Marfell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Water Lily at Denso&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594737499&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;267&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028571428571429&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Water Lily at Denso&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Water Lily at Denso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Water Lily at Denso&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6145\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6145\" class=\"wp-image-6145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2517.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Water Lily at Denso<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"6146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/a-few-minutes-at-denso-marston-nature-reserve\/ladybird-larva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Paul Marfell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ladybird Larva&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594738774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ladybird Larva&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ladybird Larva\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ladybird Larva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6146\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6146\" class=\"wp-image-6146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ladybird Larva<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/a-few-minutes-at-denso-marston-nature-reserve\/adult-grey-wagtail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Paul Marfell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Adult Grey Wagtail&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594740207&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Adult Grey Wagtail&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adult Grey Wagtail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Adult Grey Wagtail&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6147\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6147\" class=\"wp-image-6147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2547.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Adult Grey Wagtail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> It was a very dull day with little sunshine while I was down there so I saw no butterflies. The large pond has quite a few Water Lily near the bridge and I am sure it will be spectacular in bright sunshine when they open fully. Quite a few Ladybird Larvae were around. There is even one on the leave next to the Water Lily. The adult Grey Wagtail was with two other wagtails that were probably its young. The head of the wagtail looks a bit frazzled from the effort and stress of feeding the young but I think it a shame that it has to do it amongst the rusty steel, rubber, plastic and, what looks like, a fish ornament. The four Goosander, see header image, look healthy and I heard Kingfisher on several occasions flying along the river and managed to spot one on a couple of occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard Blackbird, Jay, Wren, Robin, Wood Pigeon, Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit and several others but they managed to stay out of sight most of the time. All they have to do is keep still and they will just not be spotted if they are in the trees or undergrowth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday I went for a walk around Denso Marston Nature Reserve and along the river. The Nature Reserve itself has space but the paths along the river are a bit narrow in places with limited refuge, especially further towards Shipley, e.g. behind Charlestown Cemetery, so I felt uncomfortable on a couple of occasions. 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A dull day but still worth the visit, though I will try to keep away from the narrow river paths further towards Shipley.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7D2_2571.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3kGoX-1B6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6153,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6144\/revisions\/6153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}