Risedale Rangers

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

Wednesday, January 29th 2020

Halo Thinning

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

Tuesday, January 28th 2020

Skylark

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

Monday, January 27th 2020

Moths and More

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

Saturday, January 25th 2020

Orchards and Hedges

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

Thursday, January 23rd 2020

An Interesting Catch!

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

Monday, January 20th 2020

A Busy Week

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

Thursday, January 16th 2020

Restored Ponds

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

Monday, January 13th 2020

An Impromptu Ringing Session

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

Sunday, January 12th 2020

Odd Jobs

With drizzle on the weather forecast, it was decided to catch up on maintenance jobs around the reserve. The team split into….

Thursday, January 9th 2020

A Slower Pace

The Wednesday volunteers worked at a slightly slower pace than yesterday, but achieved a great deal.  A walk around….

Wednesday, January 8th 2020

Forward Planning

Foxglove has the largest area of Willow Carr in Swaledale. This is managed by coppicing in blocks; there are five compartments….

Tuesday, January 7th 2020

A Fantastic Turnout

Almost thirty people gave up their Saturday to attend the first weekend Winter Worky Day of the year! With such a large turnout….

Sunday, January 5th 2020

Hedge Planting

Dry days are good ones to be out working on the moor. In order to plant up some of the remaining trees (donated by Bettys….

Thursday, January 2nd 2020

All the Firsts

The first day of a new decade and our first event of the year, a New Year's Day Walk.  Our route took in Risedale….

Wednesday, January 1st 2020