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Jan 2 High Royds & Ben Rhydding
I went out late morning on Friday, there might have been some bright Sun but it was freezing cold. It did mean that the Sun was in the right direction for the Snipe hiding place at High Royds, but it also meant I got very cold. The header image is of a Long Tailed Tit…
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The Last of 2025, sort of.
These are the last photos I have taken in 2025. However this will not be my last post with photos from 2025. One of these days I will get around to reviewing the photos from a trip to Bempton Cliffs and posting some of them. These are from a visit to the river and Denso…
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Fungi Along Baildon Bank, Walker Wood & Midgeley Wood. 29 Dec.
On Monday afternoon I went for a walk along Baildon Bank, behind Baildon Green into Midgeley Wood and Walker Wood looking for fungi with my camera and ring-flash. Then, from near the bottom station of Shipley Glen Tramway, I walked back along Thompson Lane, Green Road and Cliffe Avenue because by then it was dark…
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Bradford Urban Wildlife Competition 2025
For five years now the Bradford Urban Wildlife Group, of which I am a member, have been running an annual photo competition. On Thursday 18 December Bradford Urban Wildlife Group held their Photo Competition Social at Shipley Kirkgate Centre. Having entered 3 photos, and being a member, I went along. During the evening we looked…
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Boxing Day 2025
Thanks to a tip-off I went out with my camera and binoculars along the river Aire looking for a Tawny Owl. The header image is the first view I had of it. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality in the carousel gallery with an i for more information. And…
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Snipe at High Royds & Siskin at DMNR. Nov 30.
On Sunday the sky was clear for a while so I went out to see if Snipe were visible at High Royds Pond, and Yes, they were. The header image is of the reeds, looking South, with the sunlight on them. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image to see it in better quality…
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Fungi at St James & Buck Wood. 17 & 21 Nov.
Yet more photos of Fungi, and in the gallery you can see what ID I have given them but I am sure I have got some of them wrong. If you think the photos show enough detail for a different ID please let me know. In quite a few cases I have photos of the…
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Hollins Hill & Gill Beck Fungi. 8 Nov.
Here we go with a few more fungi photos. These from another look on Hollins Hill and along Gill Beck. My ability to identify any of them is not getting any better. If anything the more I look the worse it is. For some of them, and there are a lot I am not posting…