Well I have just about recovered from the family day and ‘ALL’ night event with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Sarah Goldsmith, Peter Gurney and their excellent team put on the event and with so many experts on hand I knew…
After seeing my blog about Tree Sparrows in nearby Birkenshaw, Chris who lives in Oakenshaw contacted me with some exciting news! He wrote ” For at least the last three winters three Tree Sparrows have joined our resident house sparrows…
Yesterday I went for a new walk around the farmland at Birkenshaw which is about 3 miles east of Raw Nook NR. I had only been there a couple of minutes when I heard the call of an overhead Tree…
Firstly against all the odds the Coots at Raw Nook pond have a family! This morning I saw one small chick been fed deep in cover in the Bogbean. This is the first time the species has bred at the…
A record count of nine 14 Spot ladybirds were at Toad Holes beck yesterday. Interestingly they were all on Nettles and basking with their backs to the sun.
Yesterday I managed to find three 2-spot Lady birds at Caldene fields. Two of them were… well…spring was in the air. But on a serious note, this is a confirmed breeding record which is valuable information for the ecology of…
Yesterday at Toad Holes beck I was checking on whether the Coot eggs have hatched…and thankfully at least one pair are feeding chicks. However, I had a surprise when I saw the Terrapin which I personally have not seen at…
If anyone is interested in wildlife gardening and in particular establishing an urban wildflower meadow I brought out my latest Youtube video on How to maintain a wildflower meadow. Checkout my other wildlife gardening videos…Might be of interest… How to…
A Sedge Warbler was at Toad Holes Beck this morning. It was singing deep from within Dogwood and Bramble scrub. A male appeared at the same area last year on the 4/5 and sang for a few days before moving…
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