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…
Buzzing at Dealburn road…
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…
BEES visit Dealburn road wildlife site…
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.…
Wet weather brings a welcome surprise…
The recent wet weather has been welcome…well by the Southern Orchids at Toad Holes Beck with a record count of 7 noted this morning.
Orchid walk turns up more surprises…
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…
The good news just keeps coming…
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…
I’ve been ‘Buzzing’ all day…
Today I went to a site in Low Moor to look at a Southern Marsh Orchid found by Joan Dobson of the Bradford Urban Wildlife group. But as I was taking some photographs of the Orchid a nearby plant caught…
Mild winter bird watch…
I have been thinking has this mild winter period had any effects on the bird species in our recording area. So today with the weather sunny with a fairly strong S/W wind and a temperature of 10c I decided to conduct a bird…
The Northern Orchid returns…
The Northern Orchid has returned to it’s usual spot at Toad Holes beck just beyond the steps leading to the Beck from Raw Nook Nr. There is just one plant at the moment but I think others will appear.
New plant species discovered…
I found a new plant species at Toad Holes Beck the other day…Sorry cannot report some kind of rare Orchid…but a humble Celery-Leaved Buttercup, in fact two have appeared by the smaller pond at Toad Holes Beck this brings the…
