Received some excellent news about the possible Dark Mullein – Verbascum nigrum at Low Moor Banks from Joan Dobson ( Botanist) of BEES. She has confirmed that the plant is indeed a Dark Mullein and stated ‘ What a record for the…
Today I took my lure to the area where I have previously attracted the Six-belted Clearwing moth at Low Moor Banks. This area is near to Dealburn Road where there is an abundance of Bird-foot Trefoil however, the weather was…
I’m a firm believer in the saying ” Each to their own” and my knowledge of botany is well…OK. However, when I heard some of my botany friends were thinking of doing some survey work at Low Moor Banks…I thought…
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…
Tuesday was a busy but enjoyable day for me. Firstly it was an early start at the Vis-mig watch point but there were not many birds moving through. Then at 11.00 Sarah Goldsmith from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust had arranged a…
Today I went to look for the Bee Orchids at Dealburn road wildlife site. After a little searching I found an amazing 24 of these beautiful Orchids. Many are still to bloom so they should be on show till around…
Yes on the 20th of June 10 BEES descended on the Dealburn Road wildlife site where I am monitoring and recording the flora and fauna. BEES are the Bradford Environmental Education Service and we met up at the entrance to the site.…
Yesterday I took other members of the Low Moor & Oakenshaw conservation Group to look at the Bee Orchids at the Dealburn Road Woodland site at Low Moor. The walk started off really well one the rain stop and secondly…
Following the discovery of the Bee Orchids I thought I had just about calmed down…but there was more good news for our local area with 5 Southern Marsh Orchids appearing at Toad holes Beck at the usual site left of…
