Work in the Orchards

Woodland maintenance generates an incredible amount of brash.  While we try and use as much of the cut material as possible….

Friday, January 31st 2014

Work continues on the reed bed

Work continued today on the area of reed bed which we cut yesterday. There was a lot of material to move across slippery….

Thursday, January 30th 2014

Work in the Reed Bed

Today the Adams and Lizzie have been working on the reed bed. This is a continuation of work to improve the quality of the….

Wednesday, January 29th 2014

January Ringing Recoveries

This interactive map below shows some of the ringing recoveries we have received from the BTO this month.  Red….

Monday, January 27th 2014

Bird Count in the Back Garden

Yesterday the RSPB Garden Bird Watch was carried out in the back garden at Foxglove.  Sixteen species were recorded. ….

Monday, January 27th 2014

More Nest Boxes

Members of the bird ringing team were out again replacing nest boxes on the training area.  The weather changed from….

Sunday, January 26th 2014

A Donation of Trees

With work commencing on a new local access road alongside the A1 several areas of recently planted trees and hedges have….

Thursday, January 23rd 2014

Work on Wednesday

Today we have been tidying up the fallen and leaning trees in an area of woodland adjacent to the Beck. This will prevent….

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014

Work continues along the Beck

Our regular team of Tuesday volunteers were out in force today. The group of 15 continued work on the Hazel coppice along….

Tuesday, January 21st 2014

Along the Beck

With sustained high rainfall over the past couple of years, Risedale Beck has been regularly flooded and areas are now in….

Monday, January 20th 2014

Foxglove AGM

Our AGM is being held a week on Tuesday (28th January) at 2pm in the Field Centre.  Come along if you would like….

Monday, January 20th 2014

Exidia recisa

Exidia recisa is a winter fruiting fungus that grows on dead willow branches. In dry conditions is dries up and can shrink….

Saturday, January 18th 2014

A Job Well Done!

The Thursday gang once again found themselves in the conservation store at Piave Lines to finish organising the last few….

Thursday, January 16th 2014

First Day

Hello, it's Lizzie here. I've just spent my first day on the reserve, its been a good day getting to know some of….

Wednesday, January 15th 2014

Data Entry

It has been mentioned several times on the blog that we have two computer programmes for entering information, IPMR for the….

Friday, January 10th 2014

Stepping up to the Challenge

The Thursday volunteers were back in today and completed several jobs around the reserve including improving a section of….

Thursday, January 9th 2014

Ladybirds

At the end of the year there were several reports about how different species had fared.  At Foxglove, ladybirds, of….

Thursday, January 9th 2014

Back in the Woods

Team Tuesday were back in after the Christmas break and worked at the far end of the woodland continuing from the worky day….

Tuesday, January 7th 2014

Brambling

The bird ringers were ringing at another site this morning.  There was a beautiful sunrise as they put up the nets.….

Sunday, January 5th 2014

New Year Walk

Volunteers and visitors enjoyed a guided walk this morning to welcome in the New Year.  The route went along Risedale….

Thursday, January 2nd 2014

The Last Day of 2013

No change with the weather this morning as the flower hunters set off in the wet!  The Red Route was walked initially….

Wednesday, January 1st 2014