A WEST Yorkshire writer and artist has produced an annotated book of woodland walks in the Bradford district. From small pockets to large swathes, Bradford is rich in woodland. Chris Goddard has mapped areas from well-trodden St Ives and Shipley Glen, to smaller, lesser-known woods including Buck Wood in Thackley and Chellow Dene off Haworth Road. Heaton Woods, Goit Stock Wood in Harden and Shipley’s Hirst Wood are among those featured in this charming publication which focuses on the Aire Valley. “Woodland is often very well-preserved,” says Chris. “Hidden in the trees you can find historic features such as wells, old tracks and sometimes the trees themselves are of historic interest.
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A member of a Bradford birdwatching group who began a ‘lockdown bird list’ last year has recorded 79 species in the three-mile radius around her home. Now Chris Gill, who belongs to Airedale & Bradford branch of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is encouraging people to find pleasure during lockdown by recording different birds they spot. Chris Gill decided in March to note down every bird she saw and to date has recorded 79 species including the sand martin, little grebe, peregrine falcon and reed bunting. “From the very first day of lockdown I was determined to hang on to as much of my own personal normality as possible. So in pursuit of this goal I decided to walk every day for at least two hours and to list every bird I saw.
PEOPLE taking advantage of this weekend’s winter wonderland to go sledging or snowball fighting are reminded to stay as far as possible away from others to avoid spreading Covid-19. Government guidelines say you can go out for exercise as a household but if you meet up with others then more people are put at risk.
Bradford Council is asking residents to stay as local as possible and to try to avoid exercising in the most popular places if the number of people there makes it difficult to social distance. Places like parks and green spaces such Chellow Dene and Shipley Glen have been so crowded at popular times that safe, social distancing has been impossible along the narrow pathways and other areas.