Yesterday despite the rain showers I once again visited Low Moor Banks on the Bee Orchid treasure hunt. And once again I failed to find a single orchid. Interestingly last years Bee Orchid area has seen a fairly large encroachment…
Exciting news from Low Moor Banks and…
Since the 20th of June I have been looking for the Bee Orchids and the Six-belted clearwing moth at Low Moor Banks. No look with the Bee Orchid but I did find a single SB clearwing moth and another Long…
Raw Nook NR on the radio…
I have received a couple of emails stating that they had missed my radio interview about Raw Nook NR and my wildlife records has it was broadcast at a different time on BCB radio as I stated. Not on for…
You wins some… you lose some…
Well lets start of with the one species that I cannot record…as it got away! well not literally. On the 25/5 I was netting around the Oak tree at the top of Raw Nook NR when I found a rather…
Sweeping brings results…
After all these years at last I have bought myself a sweep net. So if you see a strange man swishing a net about in our recording area..well it’s me. However, it’s bringing in rewards with various micro moths been…
Excellent Kingfisher news and…
Received some excellent news for Chris at Oakenshaw who has been diligently been watching a pair of Kingfisher at Woodlands country park which appeared to have be mating. He stated they seem to fly in & out in the same…
Radio interview & Kingfishers…
I’ts been a bit of a busy week. On Tuesday at Raw Nook NR I met Martin Bijl radio presenter local BCB radio 106.6 FM who presents the Bradford Keeping it Green radio show . He wanted to interview me…
Sightings updates…
Received some information from Chris at Oakenshaw. He has seen a kingfisher regularly at Toad Holes Beck pond during the last week.Very interesting in that I had a couple of spring and summer sightings last year of Kingfisher at the…
Spectacular Hawthorns…
Today I just simply stood stared and stared at the stunning Hawthorns show at Toad Holes Beck. But there was more joy as for the first time ever Canada geese have successfully bred at the site. Also the Coots have…
Dawn chorus…
In the past I have led Dawn Chorus walks to Raw Nook NR in spring. However, these are strange times so I thought I would try to bring a bit of joy by listening to our Dawn Chorus on video…
