What’s in the Box?!

This afternoon we started checking our bat boxes with help from members of local Bat Groups and some of our volunteers. Thank….

Friday, September 30th 2016

Wind, Wet and Pond Snails

It was strange not having Stacey with us to start the day…. as stated in the previous blog she will soon be heading….

Thursday, September 29th 2016

Migrating South

After another summer at Foxglove, the autumn is upon us and the time has come for me to head South back to the Antarctic….

Wednesday, September 28th 2016

Fungi and Tree Removing

The Tuesday Volunteers had a busy day. Colin set to work edging the paths around the field centre which now looks much tidier.….

Tuesday, September 27th 2016

Birds, Voles and Schools

This was not the standard Monday morning; I had very little time in the office doing the usual Monday morning routine and….

Monday, September 26th 2016

Plants of Autumn

There are still many species of flowers in bloom across the reserve, but not in the numbers as two weeks ago.  Fewer….

Sunday, September 25th 2016

A Special Eco Club

On arrival the wind was blowing fit to bring down the conifers!  This was not good as Eco Club was heading to the ringing….

Saturday, September 24th 2016

Raking and Aching

It was a fairly calendar clear day on the reserve today which enabled us to tick a few jobs off the ever growing job list.….

Friday, September 23rd 2016

A Sunny Thursday

Today dawned bright and sunny but breezy. The volunteers spent a large part of the day out on the hay meadow by Plovers'….

Thursday, September 22nd 2016

A Small Miracle

We have many groups of young people come to visit us and we run exciting activities for them to help them enjoy and learn….

Wednesday, September 21st 2016

A Mixture of Jobs

Today was Tuesday. Tuesday as always, means volunteer day, when we get lots of useful outdoor tasks done. Today was no exception.….

Tuesday, September 20th 2016

Bodgers and Baling

The weekend was dominated by Meadow Pipit ringing, and also the late cut of the wild flower meadow. The meadow needs to be….

Monday, September 19th 2016

More Mipits

As readers of the blog know the Mipit Season starts around the end of August and continues on to the beginning….

Sunday, September 18th 2016

Snippets

There have been many sightings of Painted Lady Butterflies feeding on the late summer flowers.  This one was moving….

Saturday, September 17th 2016

Blue Skies

It’s been a beautiful day to be outside today, perhaps sitting in the shade with a cool drink and/or a book. It’s….

Thursday, September 15th 2016

Misty Magic

It’s been a damp and misty day at Foxglove today – making it perfect for viewing cobwebs… …and….

Wednesday, September 14th 2016

Monday Checks

It was a typical start to the week, office work then out, especially as the weather was bright and sunny. Doing the various….

Monday, September 12th 2016

Out of the Ordinary

It is the Mipit season so of course the weather forecast is usually for wind and rain, cold and the first frosts. ….

Sunday, September 11th 2016

Lots of action (including on camera)!

There’s been so much going on today – and photos and details haven’t all reached me yet – so I’ll….

Saturday, September 10th 2016

Fencing and Jobs

Today was much quieter than yesterday with a lot of time spent preparing for the car boot sale in Bedale tomorrow. However,….

Friday, September 9th 2016

Quiz Answers and Results

A blog with no pictures tonight as instead the Results for the Sweet and Confectionery Quiz are now out. The winners this….

Thursday, September 8th 2016

Where is it? How disappointing!

It’s been another lovely day here at Foxglove: The sun’s been shining, we’ve been working on water levels….

Wednesday, September 7th 2016

Following the flow

Today the water levels didn’t look quite right down at The Scrapes so we set about investigating… We examined….

Monday, September 5th 2016

24 Years

The last CES of 2016 has been completed.  Tony did some very quick calculations. 'I will try to extrapolate….

Sunday, September 4th 2016

Heath and Bugs

Yesterday we were busy from 5.30am until 4pm with our final CES of the year. I have mentioned before about the CES, or Constant….

Friday, September 2nd 2016