Learning the Ropes

Over twenty volunteers turned out to help with a wide variety of conservation jobs today, most of them helping to clear….

Wednesday, February 29th 2012

A Watery Day

The wetland  looked bleak in this morning's dreary damp weather.  It was cold and there were no signs of frogs….

Tuesday, February 28th 2012

A Bird Ringing Day

As the bird ringers arrived this morning bird song filled the air.  Woodpeckers were heard drumming, Mistle Thrushes….

Monday, February 27th 2012

Fundraising and Eco Club

Early this morning saw Adam and Tony loading the display to take to Tesco for our day of fundraising.  Once there other….

Sunday, February 26th 2012

Frogs on the Blog

Many more Frogs were out through the scrapes today making the most of the sun and unseasonably warm weather. The water….

Saturday, February 25th 2012

Nice Weather for Ducks (and Moorhen)!

Five moths of three different species were caught in the Robinson trap last night. Satellite, Pale Brindled Beauty and….

Thursday, February 23rd 2012

Work in Progress

With the days lengthening, the race to complete all of the winter habitat work is on. An area close to the lake was thick….

Wednesday, February 22nd 2012

Ducks gallore?

It was a cold and squally morning when the 'A' Team met at Foxglove.  Today's task was to install, repair….

Saturday, February 18th 2012

Tree Walk and First Frog!

The Tree Identification Walk was well attended and Jez gave us a silvicultural tour of the woodland. In addition to identifying….

Thursday, February 16th 2012

Family Fortunes

Lots of families were here today, completing our half-term activity sheets.  As we bumped into them along the paths,….

Thursday, February 16th 2012

Getting to the Root of the Matter!

The milder weather has allowed the tree planting programme to continue and this work will soon be completed. The Tuesday….

Wednesday, February 15th 2012

Beethoven’s 5th

Richard was busy on Saturday at the Worky Day snapping photos of all the action.  He has kindly made this video montage….

Tuesday, February 14th 2012

Yellowhammers

Some of the Foxglove ringing team were at Bellflask Quarry near West Tanfield today.  This interesting site is used….

Monday, February 13th 2012

Where there’s a will there’s a ......sleigh!

Freezing rain yesterday and sub zero temperatures last night meant a very icy network of paths. With the birds hungry and….

Saturday, February 11th 2012

Work Update

We have been working hard in an area next to the scrapes, clearing Silver Birch trees.  Braving the rain today….

Friday, February 10th 2012

Foxglove Films

Volunteers are helping with more and more varied tasks. John Howard from U3A has stitched together this film of Blue Tits….

Thursday, February 9th 2012

Harlequin Ladybirds

First spotted in the UK in 2004, the Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) has undergone a population explosion.  Successive….

Tuesday, February 7th 2012

The Snow Cometh!

Yesterday's light dusting of snow continued through the evening and produced beautiful scenes around the reserve today. ….

Sunday, February 5th 2012

Snowy Saturday!

The forecast was right and at lunchtime the snow began to fall. At closing time there was just a light dusting as you can….

Saturday, February 4th 2012

Freezing Friday

With the ground frozen this morning, we were unable to continue planting trees in the clear fell area. With snow forecast….

Saturday, February 4th 2012