Category Archives: Sightings

Getting into the Groove

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Roger Gaynor

These days I am doing the same local walk so often I can imagine I am cutting a groove in the tarmac along Jerry Clay Lane, Wrenthorpe.  This lane is my gateway to a small island of surviving countryside around … Continue reading →

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Spring Walk

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Richard Bell

Setting out on our morning walk we are surprised by the piping call of three oystercatchers as they skirt the edge of Coxley Woods.  Our regular one hour walk involves a lot of road walking but is proving enjoyable with … Continue reading →

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Spring butterflies

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Roger Gaynor

While in the garden on Tuesday 24 March I spent some time watching two buzzards soaring higher and higher above me in a beautiful clear blue sky.  Only when I looked down I noticed three very mobile butterflies – peacock, … Continue reading →

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Wild flowers at Brockadale

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Sue Gaynor

Beautiful Brockadale -what a variety of flowers and butterflies! Although we were too early for bee orchid, common spotted orchids were just coming into flower, perhaps a couple of weeks later than usual..  The car park is always a good … Continue reading →

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Bramham Park wildflowers

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Sue Gaynor

A glorious morning for a tranquil walk along the wildflower paths of 18th century Bramham Park, for a very small charge we were able to enjoy this peaceful garden awash with swathes of ramsons interspersed by leopards bane and the … Continue reading →

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Dawn Chorus and Bluebells

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Karen Nicklin

Sunday 6 May was International Dawn Chorus Day, a worldwide celebration of nature’s symphony. It is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of May, and is a great opportunity to get out early and listen to the sounds of birds as … Continue reading →

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WIld flowers at Ledsham Vale

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Sue Gaynor

t was a warm, muggy cloudy morning for our last walk of the season where our aim was to find autumn lady’s tresses, a tiny spiralling flower hiding in low grass.  Amongst the damp grass along the main path we … Continue reading →

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Wildflower walk, Old Moor RSPB reserve

Posted on July 25, 2017 by John Gardner

A lovely morning for our wildflower walk with a full range of wonderful colours from white hedge bindweed, sneezewort, wild carrot, white water lily to the yellows of wild honeysuckle, yellow loosestrife, fleabane, ribbed melilot and greater spearwort to the … Continue reading →

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Wood Anemones at Brockadale

Posted on April 3, 2017 by John Gardner

I’ve just returned from a few days photography in Wiltshire/Dorset where I’ve been photographing firecrest, great bustard and Dartford warbler and, as the spring weather continued, today I went over to Brockadale to see what spring flowers were on offer. … Continue reading →

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Waxwings in Crofton

Posted on January 17, 2017 by John Gardner

Earlier today, Chris Swaine tweeted his sightings of a small flock of waxwings near the former Slipper pub in Crofton. Although there seems to be hundreds of waxwings up and down the country at the moment, these are the first … Continue reading →

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