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Author Archives: Roger Gaynor
Butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies at Stanley Ferry Flash
Today, Stanley Ferry Flash produced my first sightings this summer for purple hairstreak and gatekeeper butterflies. The purple hairstreak was sheltering (out of the sun?) high up in a willow bush and surprisingly some distance from the site’s main areas … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, dragonflies, Stanley Ferry Flash, Wakefield widllife
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Field meeting at Thorpe Marsh YWT Reserve
There was a good turn out of Society members at our field meeting on Sunday 10 June at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Thorpe Marsh. We were well rewarded with a wide variety of interesting bird, plant and insect … Continue reading
Posted in Meetings, Nature notes
Tagged insects, Thorpe Marsh YWT, Wakefield Naturalists' Society
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Swan skirmish at Nostell Priory
Yesterday, Sunday 18 March, during another arctic blast I witnessed a male mute swan, known as a cob, chase off an unwelcome visitor to the lower lake at Nostell Priory. The newcomer was no doubt seen as being too close … Continue reading
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Tagged bird behaviour, mute swan, Nostell Priory, territorial behaviour, Wakefield wildlife
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Thornes Park in Winter
This week during the current Arctic weather I have been unable to reach my usual local wildlife watching countryside haunts. However, while travelling along Thornes Road, Wakefield I stopped briefly for a look at the lake at Thornes Park. There … Continue reading
Autumn butterflies
Chilly evenings and shortening daylight hours remind us that summer is now slipping away and autumn is here. This is confirmed by a bounty of sloes and elderberries, together with a good crop of acorns. A further sign of the … Continue reading
August field meeting at Nostell Priory
The Society’s final outdoor meeting of a full summer programme for this year attracted a very good attendance on 13 August 2017. Members were greeted with a fine sunny morning and treated to some special wildlife sightings as we walked … Continue reading
Ringlet butterflies at Nostell Priory
Last week Wakefield enjoyed a mini heat wave, which was encouraging for our local butterflies. This week we have seen an abrupt and very wet change in our weather with any sunshine in short supply; a real dampener for any … Continue reading
Baby bird boom
Happily, this spring appears to have been kind to many baby birds with good numbers of fledglings of various species seen during my local wanderings. At home, noisy queues of starlings and house sparrows jostle for position at the garden … Continue reading
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Tagged fledgling birds, house sparrow feeding young, Wakefield wildlife
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Yellow is the colour at Stanley Ferry Flash
The colour yellow was certainly in fashion today during my walk around the woodland and waterside edges at Stanley Ferry Flash. Most eye-catching was a number of wandering brimstone butterflies often flying too fast to follow and to get a … Continue reading
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Tagged brimstone butterfly, marsh marigold, Stanley Ferry Flash, Wakefield wildlife
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Butterflies at Engine Wood, Nostell Priory
On the edge of a large nettle bed close to Engine Wood I watched a male small tortoiseshell butterfly establish a courtship territory. It was basking in the morning sunshine and suddenly taking flight high into the sky to investigate … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, Nature notes
Tagged butterflies, Engine Wood, Nostell Priory, Wakefield wildlife, Yorjshire
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