Blog | Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve

All Hands To The Deck!

Once a year, chaff is brought to the reserve from a local farm. This is the waste from the combine harvester and contains….

Three Minibeast events took place at Foxglove throughout the day. These were led by Dr Roger and Rosy Key who are both well….

Heathland is an important piece of the 'habitat jigsaw' at Foxglove. This year the Heather is spectacular and is….

I went to check on Lark and Taurus, using the little gate onto Plover's Pool. No one in sight, opened the gate….

Friday night saw the reserve light up as Dr C Fletcher and his team set up nine moth traps in different habitats. Early….

CES 11 (Constant Effort Site) was completed today. Dawn was breaking as the bird ringers arrived. Thirty nine Bullfinces….

There are still many butterflies on the wing, this Brimstone was captured feeding in the wildflower meadow. Here are the….

Team Tuesday were out in force today and worked hard to upgrade a section of the red route. This is the easy access trail….

Members of the Swaledale Ringing Team based at Foxglove have just returned from a fourth bird ringing expedition to Northern Norway.….