On Saturday it was the Low Moor & Oakenshaw conservation groups work day or should I say morning as it was very hot! We were tackling the spreading Himalayan Balsam at Toad Holes Beck and thankfully we found an area…
Exciting news from our neighbouring area
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…
Lots of Southern’s in Low Moor…
So far it has been an excellent year for the Southern Hawker dragonfly in our area. In the last few days I have recorded 9 freshly emerged insects, with 5 noted today at Caldene Fields. They seem to love garden…
Recent upsurge…
During the last few months I have noticed a welcome upsurge in local and non local people visiting Raw Nook NR. In addition some have been interested in our wildlife and have stopped for a chat. I have been asked…
Migrant Hawkers influx…
Yesterday due to the lovely autumn sunshine I thought I would survey the dragonflies at Toad holes Beck. As I was walking opposite the middle pond I noticed a blueish dragonfly. I first thought Oh! an Emperor but it looked…
News update and it’s back…
It’s been a busy few days…Firstly I attended a meeting on the 8th of August at Dealburn Road with members of YWT and Bradford council to discuss in the main the future of the site. There were some very encouraging…
Survey work reveals some interesting finds…
I have recently been conducting survey work at Raw Nook nr concentrating mainly on insects i.e. moths, hoverflies and other general insect orders. I am trying to build up a more comprehensive species lists for the insects that breed and…
Rare event…
Today in the sunshine and the brisk wind I glanced what I thought was a dragonfly at Caldene Fields. A closer look and I was right it was a Southern Hawker and it was egg laying! A fairly rare event…
Migrant Hawker at Raw Nook Nr…
Found a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly at Raw Nook Nr yesterday…a first for the site. The dragonfly as you can see from the photo’s appears to be newly emerged and could well have bred at the site…
