Winter Thrushes are well and truly in our area now with a minimum count of 90 Redwings seen resting at Caldene fields yesterday. A fieldfare was heard calling within the group. Of interest was a flock of 11 Bullfinches which…
Walkers and Talkers group get a BIG surprise!
On Monday the 26/10 I took the Walkers & Talkers from Oakenshaw on a Fungi walk around Raw Nook LNR in the pouring rain. One of the main aims of the walk was to explain the different parts of a…
Fungi meeting at Raw Nook LNR
On the 22/10 I invited John Gavaghan who has a keen interest in fungi and is very knowledgeable on the subject visited Raw Nook LNR. My knowledge on fungi is limited so my hope was John could find some new…
Conservation work at Raw Nook LNR
Following on from my last post about the removal of some, mainly Silver Birch at Raw Nook LNR our conservation group had a workday to manage the brush that was left. For those reading this for the first time the…
Important Management Work at Raw Nook LNR
Bradford Countryside and Rights of Way and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have been doing some vital management work at Raw Nook LNR. For many years the woodland within the reserve has grown increasingly dense, and the closed canopy has reduced the…
It’s Survived !
The pond at Raw Nook LNR/Caldene fields had almost dried up due to the constant hot weather with no rain during the summer. My fear was if the clay bottom cracked due to drought like it did a few years…
Walkers & Talkers…
On Monday I took the Walkers & Talkers walking group from Oakenshaw around Raw Nook LNR. Unfortunately the weather was cooler and dull with not a single butterfly seen, which was a big contract to previous sunny days where many…
Rare Butterfly Returns to Raw Nook LNR After 17-Year Absence
Yesterday I took a party from B.E.E.S on a nature walk around Raw Nook LNR. The weather was warm but very dull and I was a bit worried there would be few insects about to show and discuss with the…
Rare moth arrives at Caldene fields, Low Moor…
A Dewick’s Plusia – Macdunnoughia confusa moth was attracted to a NI Pheromone Lure at Caldene fields on the 25/7/26. This rare moth is a migrant although numbers are increasing and there can be little doubt that it is now breeding in…
Butterflies Everywhere! (Thankfully)
Given the abundance of Butterflies we have at the moment due to the hot dry weather, I thought I would do a Butterfly count today at Caldene fields. The count was always going to be an undercount due to size…
