Thanks to our Volunteers

There were 10 volunteers here today and they completed a variety of tasks in the brilliant sunshine. A huge amount of timber….

Tuesday, June 29th 2010

Foxglove at Cape Wrath

The Foxglove team at Cape Wrath caught and ringed these two Red-throated Diver chicks today. The fluffy chicks below were….

Monday, June 28th 2010

Boardwalk and Bird Quiz

Steve's team were busy over the weekend and started to lay the boards onto the frames of the new boardwalk. As you can….

Monday, June 28th 2010

Eco club quadrats

The theme for this week's Eco Club was that of a “Plantlife” walk. Armed with their quadrat frames our young….

Sunday, June 27th 2010

Black Bryony

The warm weather continues although it was overcast today. The butterflies didn't seem to mind and Speckled Wood were….

Friday, June 25th 2010

Welcome shelter complete

he warmer weather, especially in the evenings, has meant that the moth trapping yesterday was very successful. We had 41….

Thursday, June 24th 2010

Chickweed scones!

Contractors were hard at work today. Trevor's team continued to build the new information shelter as you can see here.….

Tuesday, June 22nd 2010

Tawny Owl and Buzzards

When the sun made its re-appearance this morning along with it came this delicate Ragged-Robin. Although it is very close….

Sunday, June 20th 2010

Age Concern, Darlington

Today we had another visit by the Age Concern group from Darlington. Fifteen people came to have a guided walk around the….

Friday, June 18th 2010

Bee-keeping weekend

An update on the weekend activities first. The moth trapping total was a grand 85 species. There were seven new species to….

Monday, June 14th 2010

Moth morning and the flower walk

It has been a very busy day here today. Charlie and the moth trappers were here at 7.30am to see what delights awaited in….

Sunday, June 13th 2010

Volunteer day picnic

Foxglove volunteers enjoyed a picnic today to celebrate National Volunteer Week. Last year it was sunny and people sat out….

Tuesday, June 8th 2010

Common Butterwort

Although the weather has been damp today there has been plenty to see around the reserve. On the wetland the fluffy black….

Monday, June 7th 2010

Hector and McDuff

Fraser and McGregor (pictured here) have now moved on to pastures new as the job they came to do (grazing the moorland) has….

Thursday, June 3rd 2010

Swallow on the wetland

This Swallow was hard at work again today building a nest on the wetland hide! Elizabeth took this picture from inside the….

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010