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Risedale Rangers

A team from Risedale Sports and Community College have been helping out with a habitat management and conservation work over….

Visitors to the Foxglove will notice some changes as they drive along the main access road; staff and volunteers have been….

One member of the bird ringing team lives close to Salisbury Plain and has recently been catching Redwing and Skylark. He….

After several weeks, Tuesday night's weather was suitable for the moth traps to be put out. We did not expect too….

Finally, the six hundred trees kindly donated by Bettys Tearooms are all planted. This has been a huge job made easy by many….

At the weekend, some of the bird ringers visited a different site where there are plenty of reed beds. The sunrise over one….

A lot has been happening at Foxglove lately! Volunteers have been as busy as ever working on all kinds of jobs. Roof repairs….

Along Risedale Beck there are two ponds that are created by diverting water from the Beck. In both cases the water gathers….

On the last net round, about 4pm, taking the nets down there was a surprise in the nets, a female Crossbill. The light was….