Paul Marfell
@ampluralelf.bsky.social
A West Yorkshire birder and photographer. I have a blog - marfell.me.uk - where I post quite a few of my photos.
Wharfedale Nats at Rodley NR. 7 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wh...
Wharfedale Nats at Rodley NR. 7 July 2026
On Tuesday 7 July 2026 Wharfedale Nats had an exclusive visit to Rodley Nature Reserve. The photos are broadly arranged as Butterflies, Bugs, and Birds, and to a great extent this was also the chro…
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July 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Wharfedale Nats at Rodley NR. 7 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wh...
Sand Martins in Shipley. 11 July 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/sa...
Sand Martins in Shipley. 11 July 2026.
These are a few from a short walk along the Leeds Liverpool canal from Fox Corner, Otley Road to just past the Dock Lane swing bridge. The header image is of a Sand Martin leaving its nest which is…
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July 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Sand Martins in Shipley. 11 July 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/sa...
Wildlife at High Royds Pond. 18 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wi...
Wildlife at High Royds Pond. 18 July 2026
I am thinking of making a small solar powered “fountain” using two urns we have had in the garden for years and on the way to the garden centre I stopped off at High Royds Pond (the lin…
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July 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Wildlife at High Royds Pond. 18 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wi...
Skippers and Common Blues near the River Aire. 3 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/sk...
Skippers and Common Blues near the River Aire. 3 July 2026
Photos from a visit to the Meadow between the River Aire and the back of Sapper Jordan Rossi Park and along the River Aire through Denso Marston Nature Reserve and beyond. Peacock Butterfly caterpi…
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July 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Skippers and Common Blues near the River Aire. 3 July 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/sk...
Photos, mostly from Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve of the Wharfedale Naturalists Society. The Bramble Stem Gall caused by Bramble-stem Gall Wasp (Diastrophus rubi) was a new one for me. Tap on the image or link to see/read more. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/no...
Northcliffe Wood & Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits. 28 March 2026
Some photos from a couple of places I visited on 28 March 2026, Northcliffe Wood and Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve – one of the Wharfedale Naturalists Nature Reserves. The hea…
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July 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Photos, mostly from Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits Local Nature Reserve of the Wharfedale Naturalists Society. The Bramble Stem Gall caused by Bramble-stem Gall Wasp (Diastrophus rubi) was a new one for me. Tap on the image or link to see/read more. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/no...
Butterflies at Potter's Pits, Shipley. 28 June 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/bu...
Butterflies at Potter’s Pits, Shipley. 28 June 2026.
With warm weather tending to bring butterflies out, on Sunday 28 June 2026, I went to Potter’s Pits again and was not disappointed with the numbers. A downside of the warm weather is that the…
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June 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Butterflies at Potter's Pits, Shipley. 28 June 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/bu...
Fox Cubs in Shipley. 27 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/fo...
Fox Cubs in Shipley. 27 June 2026
Sand Martins, Chiffchaff, Ringlet Butterfly and Fox Cubs in Shipley.
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June 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Fox Cubs in Shipley. 27 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/fo...
Dragonflies at Gallows Hill Nature Reserve, Otley. 22 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dr...
Dragonflies at Gallows Hill Nature Reserve, Otley. 22 June 2026
On Monday I had a walk around Gallows Hill Nature Reserve by the River Wharfe in Otley. The stars of the visit were the male and female Broad Bodied Chasers. Other things spotted were Damselflies, …
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June 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Dragonflies at Gallows Hill Nature Reserve, Otley. 22 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dr...
Wildlife in the Wildflower Meadow, River & Canal. 20 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wi...
Wildlife in the Wildflower Meadow, River & Canal. 20 June 2026
Moths, butterflies (Large Skipper, Ringlet & Meadow Brown) Dragonflies, Damselflies, Ducks and Daisies from a walk down by the river Aire, through the Wild Flower Meadow next to Denso Marston N…
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June 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wildlife in the Wildflower Meadow, River & Canal. 20 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/wi...
More Rare Seed Bugs on Baildon Bank. 19 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
More Rare Seed Bugs on Baildon Bank. 19 June 2026
In my previous post I said that I need to check what plants are growing on Baildon Bank that might be of interest to the seed bug Horvathiolus superbus. So on Friday I went to have a look, and thes…
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June 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
More Rare Seed Bugs on Baildon Bank. 19 June 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
Horvathiolus superbus. 14 June 2026. Baildon Peace Garden, Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood & Roberts Park www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/14...
14 June 2026. Baildon Peace Garden, Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood & Roberts Park
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…
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June 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Horvathiolus superbus. 14 June 2026. Baildon Peace Garden, Baildon Bank, Midgeley Wood, Walker Wood & Roberts Park www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/14...
DMNR Celebration Day 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm...
DMNR Celebration Day 2026
Today was the Denso Marston Nature Reserve Celebration Day. Steve, the warden, was pleased with the attendance, over 100 people turned up. Aire Rivers Trust, RSPB, British Dragonfly Society, BTO bi…
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June 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
DMNR Celebration Day 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm...
Bark Beetles. May 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ba...
Bark Beetles. May 2026.
A few photos of evidence of Bark Beetles. The header image shows the galleries left by one set of larva as they ate through the bark. The same tree is shown below but in the header it has been crop…
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June 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Bark Beetles. May 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ba...
Drumming Snipe and a few other birds on Baildon Moor. 5 May 2026 on Baildon Moor www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/5-...
5 May 2026 on Baildon Moor
These are a few photos from a visit to Baildon Moor early in May 2026. The header image is the only one I edited into a shape that better suits a header, it is a view of the wind farm and shows one…
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June 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Drumming Snipe and a few other birds on Baildon Moor. 5 May 2026 on Baildon Moor www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/5-...
Blackcap, Nuthatch and Chiffchaff youngsters - Early June 2026 in Denso Marston Nature Reserve www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ea...
Early June 2026 in Denso Marston Nature Reserve
On 5th & 6th June 2026 I went down to Denso Marston Nature Reserve. The reason for the second visit was to confirm the ID of a fungus that I had found on a rotting log. The header image is a ph…
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June 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Blackcap, Nuthatch and Chiffchaff youngsters - Early June 2026 in Denso Marston Nature Reserve www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ea...
Roe Deer. April & May 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ro...
Roe Deer. April & May 2026.
I have been out a few times over the last couple of months with my camera and have been lucky enough to see Roe Deer at various locations. The header image is of three of them walking along before …
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June 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Roe Deer. April & May 2026. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ro...
A few photos of Hare taken over the last couple of months. Hare. Apr & May 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ha...
Hare. Apr & May 2026
I have been out a few times over the last couple of months with my camera and have been lucky enough to see Hare at various locations. The header image is of a couple of Hare and a Lapwing. As usua…
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June 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A few photos of Hare taken over the last couple of months. Hare. Apr & May 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ha...
Rodley NR, 30 May 2026 - good views of Chasers and Little Egret. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ro...
Rodley NR, 30 May 2026
A few photos from a visit to Rodley Nature Reserve on a sunny Saturday, 30 May 2026. A few Little egrets and some photos of two Dragonfly species that I am pleased with. The header image is of a Sw…
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June 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Rodley NR, 30 May 2026 - good views of Chasers and Little Egret. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ro...
Tap on the image or link for more Bempton Cliffs, 20 May 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/be...
Bempton Cliffs, 20 May 2026
These are a few photos from a visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs on Wednesday 20 May 2026. The header image is of a line up of Guillemots with a lone nesting Razorbill trapped in an alcove. As usual you …
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May 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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More Bugs. DMNR Again - 18 May 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm...
DMNR Again – 18 May 2026
These are a few new things from Denso Marston Nature Reserve except for the Weevil (Green Nettle Weevil, Phyllobius pomaceus) that is the header image and the Grey Wagtail chick with parent. As usu…
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May 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
More Bugs. DMNR Again - 18 May 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm...
Goldcrest, Brimstone, Azure Blue from 15th & 16th May 2026 at DMNR www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/15...
15th & 16th May 2026 at DMNR
Two visits to Denso Marston Nature Reserve, 15th & 16th May 2026. On both visits I took my long lens and macro lens. The first visit majored on birds with the long lens, and the second visit ma…
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May 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Goldcrest, Brimstone, Azure Blue from 15th & 16th May 2026 at DMNR www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/15...
Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Swallows, Wheatear, Buzzard, Red Kite, Skylark, Chaffinch, Wren, Curlew, Song Thrush, Pheasent, Reed Bunting, Green Hairstreak, and Horsetail.
Tap the image or link to see/read more. More Baildon Moor. 27, 28, 29, & 30 Apr 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
Tap the image or link to see/read more. More Baildon Moor. 27, 28, 29, & 30 Apr 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
More Baildon Moor. 27, 28, 29, & 30 Apr 2026
Having been on a Baildon Moor walk with Bradford Urban Wildlife Group I fancied a few more times up there. So four trip later, I have some photos. The stars of the 27th were the Grasshopper Warbler…
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May 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Grasshopper Warbler, Whitethroat, Swallows, Wheatear, Buzzard, Red Kite, Skylark, Chaffinch, Wren, Curlew, Song Thrush, Pheasent, Reed Bunting, Green Hairstreak, and Horsetail.
Tap the image or link to see/read more. More Baildon Moor. 27, 28, 29, & 30 Apr 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
Tap the image or link to see/read more. More Baildon Moor. 27, 28, 29, & 30 Apr 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/mo...
Ants, Bees, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies and Cannabis on Baildon Bank. 24 April 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/an...
Ants, Bees, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies and Cannabis on Baildon Bank. 24 April 2026
A few photos from a walk with my camera along Baildon Bank. I was keeping my eyes and ears open for Green Woodpecker – heard but not seen. But I was also looking for the solitary mining bees …
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May 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Ants, Bees, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies and Cannabis on Baildon Bank. 24 April 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/an...
Emperor Moths with BUWG. 25 April 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/em...
Emperor Moths with BUWG. 25 April 2026
These photos were taken on a walk lead by Bradford Urban Wildlife Group. We had two goals – to see Green Hairstreak butterflies and to entice Emperor moths to show themselves. TL;DR we saw bo…
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May 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Emperor Moths with BUWG. 25 April 2026 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/em...
2026 18 Apr. Denso Marston Nature Reserve & canal. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/20...
2026 18 Apr. Denso Marston Nature Reserve & canal.
This walk with my camera started off as a guided walk by the warden Steve but as is often the case I continued my wanderings after Steve had finished. The walk started at 10:00am but after walking …
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April 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
2026 18 Apr. Denso Marston Nature Reserve & canal. www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/20...