Last year Clare our chair person arrange a workday with employees of the Yorkshire Building Society at Raw nook NR. Some helped dig up sapling Silver Birches which were encroaching into the heathland. Whilst others helped clearing small patches of…
On Saturday 25/5 I decided to leave our recording area and visit the nearby Dealburn Road ( Woodland site ) at Low Moor with the aim of doing some survey work. I have kept wildlife records for this promising wildlife…
It’s far too early in the season to suggest moths appear to be increasing in numbers and species this year in our recording area. However, I started recording moths late this year…14th of May. And so far I have recorded…
On Saturday we had our groups work day at Toad Holes Beck. We had planned to repair some steps, tidy up the gravel path adjacent to the pond, widen the grass paths and do a litter pick.Peter from the YWT…
Feeling happy today as yesterday I found what I thought was an unusual wasp species at Raw Nook NR. I took some details and photos and did some research…and more research but I was looking at the wrong family…It was…
On the 6th of May I visited Dealburn Road ( opposite the Low Moor tip on Dealburn RD) to see if I could find a Lesser Whitethroat which bred last year at the site. I was in luck with a…
Just received this very exciting newsletter from Sarah of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust about the Bradford Urban Discovery Project, which delivers play and volunteering activities in greenspaces in South West Bradford. So if you or your family want to get…
Received a recent photo of an early morning Roe Deer at playing fields near Odsal Top. Given that the top of South Bradford Golf course is not far away from where the deer was seen it could easily make it’s…
You may recall that the meadow at Raw Nook NR has been neglected over the years which has encouraged grasses to push out the native flowers thence over the years I have starting to record fewer butterfly and moth species…
Today I conducted a survey of spring migrants that are passing through or staying to breed on the local patch. I first started at Caldene fields where there is a nice male Wheatear (passage) which arrived yesterday and is feeding…
