On Friday the 21/11/25 at the large pond (Tiffin’s pond) at Toad Holes Beck I watched an Otter for about 10 minutes both in the water and exploring the bank. The animal was in excellent condition. This is my second…
A Parachute Arrives…
Above is a very tiny Twig Parachute Marasmiellus ramealis. I found this stunning fungi on a small Silver Birch twig at Raw Nook LNR yesterday. Please see the video on my YouTube Urban Wildlife Tips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5JuOlb4Yg_K3f8Cz_mHDg The fungus is…
Following on from Saturday…
Relating to John Gavaghan (fungi expert) visit to Raw Nook LNR on Saturday he found an unfamiliar fungi which he took away for further research. He emailed me to say the species was a Garland Roundhead – Stropharia coronilla (opposite) Which is…
Three new fungi found at Raw Nook LNR
On Saturday 25/10 I met up with John Gavaghan a knowledgeable Fungi expert at Raw Nook LNR. He had kindly agreed to come along and do some fungi survey work as he is a lot more knowledgeable of the subject…
Winter is on it’s way!
Yesterday at Caldene fields two winter visitor had arrived into the UK from the Scandinavia area. A single Fieldfare and 3 Redwings were resting in a tree with a further 13 Redwings flew overhead. On the 14th of October a…
Great Time for Fungi
If your interested or just like fungi Raw Nook LNR is the place to be right now. There are a lot of fungi out at the moment and within the next two weeks more will appear. Sadly I am not…
Thinning out the Bogbean…
On Saturday it was our conservation’s group (Low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation Group) workday. For years we have watched the expanse of the Bogbean which is rapidly taking over the pond at Raw Nook LNR and have pondered over how…
Sweeping up with the Oakenshaw Walking Group
This morning I escorted the Oakenshaw Walking Group around Raw Nook LNR & Toad Holes Beck. However, the weather was coolish and dull so there were few butterflies about… So I thought what about an ‘ insect sweep ‘ of…
Bad & Good News!!
Let’s start with the bad news first..we the Low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation Group arrived at Raw Nook LNR on Saturday to do some conservation work. We were greeted by this all this Litter!…So disheartening…So a message to those irresponsible…
Bumper year for the Butterflies…
The UK’s Butterflies are doing well at the moment due to the good weather and our recording area is no different. Sightings of the once common Common Blue butterfly have been sparce in recent years however, this year two males…
