Saturday was our workday at Raw Nook LNR. Our task was to clear the Rosebay Willowherb and Bramble from the lowland heath habitat. Even though we cleared the area last year it was becoming choked so it had to be…
Red Kite and other sightings
Behind with my sightings recently due to work at home. However, I had an excellent sighting of a Red Kite first seen over East Bierley cricket pitch on the 7/7 and the following day, probable the same bird circled Caldene…
Not Just One Bee BUT…
As regular readers will know my blog is about wildlife at Low Moor & Oakenshaw. However, today I make an acceptation. Clare our chairperson for our conservation group was taking her dog for a walk in a field near to…
Nuthatches appear again!
This morning I heard and saw a pair of Nuthatches at Caldene fields. This is probably the pair that visited our area last year. Both birds flew off low to the N. Raw Nook LNR and Toad Holes Beck has…
Spreading the joy with Tiffin Sandwiches
Today I had a meeting at Tiffin Sandwiches LTD Low Moor who have just bought the large pond and surrounding area adjacent to their premises and Toad Holes Beck a LWS (Local Wildlife Site) Following the meeting I have nothing…
Spectacular…
Visited Low Moor Banks yesterday in the rain but it was worth it as the Southern Marsh orchids were showing off!. I counted a total of 114 flowering orchids which is slightly down on last years count of 146. Received…
Land at Toad Holes Beck is SAVED!
I have some BRILLIANT EXCITING NEWS! Remember the local press story of ”A GREEN oasis in the middle of a Bradford industrial estate has been sold at auction.” The green space off Commondale Way, just off the Euroway Industrial Estate, sold for…
Possible major threat to Toad Holes Beck…
We, the Low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation group has been aware that this privately owned area which is directly adjacent to Toad Holes Beck was to be sold. Well the sale has been completed. Until any information or proposals come…
Exciting times at Low Moor Banks
I visited Low Moor Banks on Saturday mainly to look for any Lesser Whitethroats at the site, which sadly they weren’t. However, as I was walking on one of the paths in the lovely sunshine I stopped as small dull…
Trying to inspire others!
I have heard about planning applications that threaten a large well known wildlife site and all the conservation groups and the public rally round to protect the site. This is brilliant…But what happens if it’s that small woodland or pond…