Tag Archives: Anglers Country Park

Another Outing, 24 May 1873

Wakefield Express- 31 May 1873 WAKEFIELD NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY On Saturday last the members of this Society had a field-day at Nostell, Ryhill, and Wintersett. It was a beautiful day, and nature decked in her spring garb of ever-varying green, displayed … Continue reading

Posted in Meetings, Nature notes | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Haw Park & Anglers CP field meeting

Our group of about 12 were pleasantly surprised to be met by Pete Smith, with a collection of moths he had trapped on Saturday night, identified and put into magnifying boxes for us to see, including the beautiful carpet moth, … Continue reading

Posted in Meetings, Nature notes | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Wild flowers at Anglers Country Park

The bright morning soon clouded over but within a few hundred yards of the car park we came across the first few northern marsh orchids and a hybrid common spotted orchid amongst a waving cloud of meadow buttercups and fading … Continue reading

Posted in Nature notes, Sightings, Wildflowers | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Little Auk at Wintersett

With little auks being seen off the coast in good numbers over the last few days, it may not have been entirely unexpected that one would turn up inland but it was certainly a massive find for one birder at … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Rarities, Sightings | Tagged , , | Leave a comment