{"id":6394,"date":"2020-08-04T10:28:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6394"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:28:30","slug":"dalton-bank-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalton Bank Nature Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had my first walk around part of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/53%C2%B039'46.7%22N+1%C2%B044'31.1%22W\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dalton Bank Nature Reserve<\/a> on Monday. I had driven past its small entrance on several occasions but this time I had some spare time, and had my camera with me. I had no idea what was in there but did know that is was sloping up from the road and there were a lot of trees in the area. I have since had a look at a satellite view of the place. It is a decent size and I will have to go back to explore some more. As part of this trip out I also had some decent views of Emley Moor transmitter with its temporary and flimsy looking partner. I intend to get some more photos of Emley Moor tower but the circumstances have yet to present themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual please click on the photos to see a better quality image. Where there is more than one image in the set you can look through each of them by using the arrows. This also gives you a bit of information about the camera settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 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\/08\/7D2_5480-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/purple-hairstreak\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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;Purple Hairstreak&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596464907&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Purple Hairstreak&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Purple Hairstreak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Purple Hairstreak&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6396\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6396\" class=\"wp-image-6396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5480.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Purple Hairstreak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I got up the first major slope of the reserve to the open grassed area I spent some time watching the butterflies. There were quite a few Oak trees and because of the slope the grassed area was a great place to look at the upper parts of them. I spent a while looking at the tops of the Oak trees and eventually spotted a small butterfly flying. Even though I thought I had seen where it landed it still took some spotting but I did manage a slightly fuzzy photo of a Purple Hairstreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 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\/08\/7D2_5504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/comma-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5504.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2047,1365\" 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;Comma&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596467842&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Comma&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Comma\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Comma&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5504-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5504-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5504-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6399\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5504.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6399\" 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/gatekeeper-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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;Gatekeeper&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596465770&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gatekeeper&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gatekeeper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gatekeeper&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6398\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6398\" class=\"wp-image-6398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5492.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Gatekeeper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"6397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/meadow-brown-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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;Meadow Brown&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596465363&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Meadow Brown&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meadow Brown\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Meadow Brown&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6397\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6397\" class=\"wp-image-6397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5487.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Meadow Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other butterflies were much easier to spot but still not easy to take a photo of. Are they quantum creatures &#8211; there until you try to get a good look at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 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\/08\/7D2_5514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"6400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/dalton-bank-nature-reserve\/chiffchaff-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2047,1364\" 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;Chiffchaff&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596468124&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Chiffchaff&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chiffchaff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chiffchaff&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6400\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6400\" class=\"wp-image-6400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7D2_5514.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Chiffchaff<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo of the Chiffchaff was taken from the parking area a couple of minutes before I left. I had heard plenty of them around and saw them flying from one patch of Brambles to another but they were always tucked well in until this one flitted about a Gorse bush and was visible for a second. Its head and body look a bit scruffy so it looks like a recent fledgling, but the length of its tail ? does that say otherwise? It could be an adult that is just too busy feeding young that it has not had chance to smarten itself up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had my first walk around part of Dalton Bank Nature Reserve on Monday. I had driven past its small entrance on several occasions but this time I had some spare time, and had my camera with me. I had no idea what was in there but did know that is was sloping up from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Dalton Bank Nature Reserve. 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