Purple Bar moth

This Purple Bar moth was trapped on Tuesday night. Roy Crossley, our friendly dipterist was in today and left with a fine….

Friday, July 31st 2009

Workshop progress

Here you can see how far the workshop has come on. Harry is now working from a scaffold as he boards around the windows and….

Wednesday, July 29th 2009

Hemp Agrimony

It has been mixed weather today. Harry is back again working on the cladding of the new workshop. Hurrah! Through the scrapes….

Tuesday, July 28th 2009

Moth identification at Eco-club

Foxglove Covert Eco-Club had its third meeting today, the topic was moths. After identifying the moths caught overnight the….

Sunday, July 26th 2009

Strimming session

Today Andrew has his first strimming session. He enjoyed cutting back the long grass on the path behind the lake hide. Andrew….

Saturday, July 25th 2009

Messing about in the river!

There were 94 moths in the trap this morning of 32 different species. The one we had most of was the Large Yellow Underwing.….

Thursday, July 23rd 2009

Repairing the ditch

After a very wet Friday one of our paths had been washed out. The little ditch had overflowed right over the top of the bridge….

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009

Butterflies everywhere!

What a contrast to yesterday! The rain seems to have dried out already and the reserve is alive with butterflies. Species….

Sunday, July 19th 2009

Team building walk

On one of the wettest days of the year so far we went for a team building walk with personnel from Wathgill and Warcop! We….

Saturday, July 18th 2009

Mating Dark Green Fritillary

This Dark Green Fritillary was seen mating during a training day walk at Warcop. Although the weather was mixed and the rain….

Friday, July 17th 2009

Ringing Sand Martins

A group of bird ringers from Foxglove ringed Sand Martins at a local quarry last night. Here you can see Tony and Chris checking….

Thursday, July 16th 2009

Busy day on the reserve

It has been a busy day on the reserve. Firstly we have taken down an old bird hide which was in the scrapes and no longer….

Wednesday, July 15th 2009

CES ringing day

We have had mixed weather this weekend at Foxglove. Yesterday it was glorious and the bird ringers were here doing a CES….

Monday, July 13th 2009

Habitat walk with Mowbray School

Class 3P from Mowbray School came to do a habitat walk today. Whilst out walking they discovered a new moth species to the….

Saturday, July 11th 2009

Pond dipping with Richmond Beaver Scouts

Richmond Beaver Scouts did some pond-dipping in the scrapes at Foxglove yesterday evening. Amongst the catch was a Water….

Friday, July 10th 2009

Otter and Mink

There is a new addition to the classroom at Foxglove. The Mink (on the right) has been prepared by local taxidermist Brian….

Thursday, July 9th 2009

The new workshop

Work is continuing on the new workshop. Here you can see Harry, the carpenter, installing the cladding to the outside of….

Wednesday, July 8th 2009

Wildlife Crime Officer

Phil Hall, the new WCO (Wildlife Crime Officer) came to visit Foxglove today. He is pictured here on the left. He is based….

Wednesday, July 8th 2009

Young farmers from Hawes

A group of budding young farmers from Hawes visited Foxglove Covert last night. They just missed the thunderstorm and heavy….

Tuesday, July 7th 2009

CES visit 7

Bird ringing at Foxglove was very productive today with the highest daily total achieved for CES visit 7 in 17 years! In….

Monday, July 6th 2009

Mixed weather for Foxglove visitors

Mixed weather today meant that Middleton Tyas School, who were here with 50 children, had a dry, sunny morning and a very….

Saturday, July 4th 2009

Hare’sfoot Inkcap

Early this morning dozens of the fungus seen here were sprouting along the bark chipping path to the middle moor. By the….

Friday, July 3rd 2009

An exciting day at Foxglove!

We have had a very exciting day here as the moth trap was full this morning. We had over 50 species with over 140 moths in….

Thursday, July 2nd 2009

The Broad-bodied Chaser

The weather has been overcast and humid today. It has been volunteer day so we filled the hoppers with seed and started to….

Wednesday, July 1st 2009