Flowers

Saturday, April 29th 2023

The cool weather is keeping many of the flowers 'on hold'. If you look back at the April blogs of 2021 and 2022 you will notice a big difference. This raises the question were they too warm or is this April too cold?

Bird Cherry shows its leaves quite early in the spring and are they often covered by greenfly. The buds appear and suddenly there are flowers!

One of the apple trees in the orchard has just about opened its flowers.

Bluebells can be seen on the bank along Risedale Beck and many other places across the reserve. At the minute the buds are staying tightly closed.

A reminder of the Dawn Chorus Walk on Monday 8th May, starting at 0530. If you are interested please book your place through the web site or contact the reserve managers.

We are going to trial some new methods of recording to enable us to have more detail about the species that call Foxglove home. The monthly observation board will still be available. More information will be available shortly.

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Access to the Reserve: OPEN with limited access

Monday 18th March 2024 |

The reserve is now open, although again with limited access.

Visitors will be able to access the reserve with the use of key fobs provided at the pass office upon entrance to the camp, or will be provided entrance and exit through the access gate by an officer from the camp Guard Room. In this case visitors will need a mobile phone to call the Guard Room when they wish to exit the reserve.

Please be aware that due to these circumstances, entering and leaving the reserve might take a little longer than usual.