Monday 29 September 2014

From The Undergrowth

Hi All the winter season is just about on us and we have started to feed the birds a little , we have moved things around the feeding area and brought in a new main piece for everyone to see our birds and photograph them and we will be adding to them over the next few weeks .The pics below are from last week and a few from today.
Red Admiral

Comon darter

GSW
ditto

Reed Bunting posing for me

Tree Rat ( Grey Squirel ) with the longest tail i think ive ever seen


Wren

Wren

Coal Tit

ditto

Great Tit

Blue tit

Female Chafinch

Great Titgwh

Thursday 25 September 2014

Work Party this Saturday, September 27th

We will have a work party on site to re jig the bird feeding area.  Meet in the car park at 09:30:  Bring refreshments.

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Skipper

From earlier in the summer. This butterfly was quite content to carry on feeding whilst I photographed it for almost half-an-hour. If anybody can identify the precise species, I'd be grateful - as always!

















Ric J

Thursday 18 September 2014

From The Undergrowth

A few pics from this week. gwh
A crow thats lost its way looking for directions

Southern Hawker dragonfly

ditto

ditto

ditto

Cranefly ?

Grey Wagtail

Swallows  Gathering for the off

ditto

Hoverfly gwh

Sunday 14 September 2014

Allan's visit to Kenya

Click on the Cheetah on the right to look at some fantastic shots of Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara

Friday 12 September 2014

Next two Meetings

       
Saturday 20th September - Cromwell Bottom Practical Day
Join us to help manage this unique reserve. Meet at 9:30 in the car park.

                                                     * * *
Wednesday September 24th
Indoor meeting at Spring Hall Mansions, Huddersfield Road, Halifax. Meet at 19:15

                                                     * * *
Saturday 27th September - Cromwell Bottom Practical Day
Join us to help manage this unique reserve. Meet at 9:30 in the car park.

All welcome to these events.

Monday 8 September 2014

Just for information to all, this months nature article in the Brighouse Echo will be in this week from Thursday onwards. yours Graham

From The Undergrowth

A few from this morning .gwh
Male Common Blue

ditto

ditto

ditto

A very large spider on the grass stalks ?

ditto

ditto

Common Darter

Moths from the Moth Night

Go to the moth link at the top to look at some of the moths and have a go identifying them. Or click here.

Pictures courtesy of Barry

More Fungi at CB








These were abundant on an old tree stump.

Our thoughts were Sulphur Tuft. They looked like something out of a fairy tale.







These two were somewhat larger and nearby. No I.D. yet.

From The Undergrowth

Hi all a few from last Friday and i need help with ID'S please as i have strayed away from my normal stuff . gwh
Grey Wagtail

wasp ?

fly ?

Speckled Wood

Fungi ?

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Hover fly ?

ditto

And one from the great north run on Sunday