Wet Weather and Wildlife

A team of intrepid volunteers turned out to help with practical site work today despite the grey and particularly wet weather….

Tuesday, January 31st 2017

Spring Like

The weather today was noticeably warmer than the previous week, a few flies buzzed around and the honey bees in the field….

Monday, January 30th 2017

The Year Is Moving On

Stacey has reached about half way through her time down at Signy and her chicks are growing up.  This is a Chinstrap….

Sunday, January 29th 2017

An Evening Exploration

As usual on a Wednesday we started the day by checking the moth trap we had put out last night. Finds today included this….

Wednesday, January 25th 2017

Toasting a Successful Day!

I arrived this morning at the same time as one of our volunteers, John. He had recently spotted an unusual bird at Easby….

Tuesday, January 24th 2017

Smiles, Spider Webs and a Shieldbug

It wasn’t just ringing that we were busy with at the weekend: On Saturday we also had a party of children in exploring….

Monday, January 23rd 2017

A Round Up

Checking on the ponies I thought I had an ideal shot of them, both more or less looking my way.  Then I downloaded it….

Sunday, January 22nd 2017

Back by Popular Demand: Get Your Cameras Out!

In 2016 we ran a photo competition to find beautiful pictures for the 2017 Foxglove Covert Calendar. The response we had….

Saturday, January 21st 2017

Worms and Vibrations

One of the jobs today was filling potholes in the access track. At this time of year they seem to develop especially quickly….

Friday, January 20th 2017

A Warm Winter Day

You know that it has been a warm winter day when you open the moth trap and have more than the usual one or two….

Wednesday, January 18th 2017

Tuesday Teamwork

Change was afoot today at Foxglove as our Tuesday volunteer team (with some help from the Dales School) started on another….

Tuesday, January 17th 2017

Looking Back

No ideas came to mind for the blog today, so I decided to look at earlier years, and reached 2009, New Year's Day Walk….

Sunday, January 15th 2017

Not Quite as White

The snow was still lying in places around Foxglove this morning. It looked quite pretty sitting in the hollows. But it was….

Saturday, January 14th 2017

A Flurry of Snow and Activity

The drive up the track this morning was …… interesting. The thin layer of snow had me wishing that my little….

Friday, January 13th 2017

Coppicing and Birds

As we’re at risk of sounding repetitive there won’t be much said about today’s main task of continuing….

Thursday, January 12th 2017

Lichens and Nest Boxes

The bitter windy day began with the checking of the moth trap. The trap itself did not yield any moths, but the white sheet….

Wednesday, January 11th 2017

And Still the Coppicing Continues…

Our Tuesday volunteers continued this year’s coppice block today as the main task, with help from the Dales School….

Tuesday, January 10th 2017

The Job List Grows

With the weekend Worky Day over today was a day of looking over what we had done and to assess the next stage of action.….

Monday, January 9th 2017

Frosty

The weather was very local today.  Some bird ringers travelled through light mist and sunshine whilst others braved….

Sunday, January 8th 2017

Undoing Work

Our main activities today were not particularly photogenic, as we were finishing off a report and preparing for the January….

Friday, January 6th 2017

Jobs Completed

There was a heavy frost and a chill which was with us for the whole day. What was good was the blue sky and the low winter….

Thursday, January 5th 2017

Spot the Pinecone!

Today was a day of odds and ends, with, among other things, trying to track down photos to confirm some of our moth records…….

Wednesday, January 4th 2017

Starling Murmuration

Winter is a busy period for the bird ringers and during the Christmas break the Foxglove Ringing Team have been….

Tuesday, January 3rd 2017

A New Year Starts

Happy New Year from us both and we hope you had a great Christmas. This was our first day back after the New Year and we….

Tuesday, January 3rd 2017

Birds Overtake Views

This morning the idea for the blog was to show some views of Foxglove.  Firstly, the reeds which at this time of year….

Monday, January 2nd 2017

Blue Skies - Thoughts of Summer

If you did not open the doors or look at the swaying trees and focused on the blue skies you could have thought that summer….

Sunday, January 1st 2017