Maintenance around the reserve

Farmer Keith collected the corral today and left us with a circular feeder for the cattle. This will ensure that the 4 boys….

Tuesday, March 31st 2009

The Hawfinch

There was great excitement at Foxglove this morning as a Hawfinch was caught during our bird ringing session. This bird,….

Monday, March 30th 2009

Cold weather visitors

In spite of the cold weather around 20 visitors came to Foxglove today. Around half of these were visiting Foxglove for the….

Sunday, March 29th 2009

Dismantling the corral

Phil, Hannah and Jack helped to dismantle the corral today much to the amusement of the four highland cattle. Hector, McGregor,….

Saturday, March 28th 2009

Help from C Company of the Scots Guards

Another sunny day at Foxglove. Willie continued to re-surface the access road. Chris and Heather came in to volunteer today.….

Thursday, March 26th 2009

Pupils from the Dales school

Despite disruption due to the re-surfacing of the access road, Foxglove was a hive of activity today. Pupils from the Dales….

Wednesday, March 25th 2009

Growing tadpoles

The tadpoles in the classroom tank are growing by the day as you can see in the photo. At this rate they will be frogs before….

Tuesday, March 24th 2009

Buds and Twigs walk

Today has been busy with lots of visitors. Although the weather looked promising the wind got up and the day turned cold.….

Monday, March 23rd 2009

Melsonby Primary School

36 pupils from Melsonby Primary School came to explore and discover at Foxglove today. The children listened to chiff chaffs,….

Saturday, March 21st 2009