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Lopping birch regrowth 7/4/13
Natterer's bat. One of 21 from a box on Wharncliffe Heath LNR 13/10/12
We have been working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to initiate grazing
on their Agden Bog reserve near Bradfield. After years of work (both in
the field and at the desk) two of our Shetland bulls were released onto
the reserve at the end of September 2012. They will be on there for a
short time, munching coarse grasses and rushes, and creating bare ground
with their poaching, to allow the more delicate plants (Sundew,
Butterwort, Heath Spotted Orchid etc) to thrive. We await to see the
benefits over the coming years.
Emptying the moth trap on a damp morning in May 2012
Grass snake, Spring 2012
Viviparous lizard, Spring 2012
Smoke blocks out the sun on another very warm day to cut and burn
Rhododendron! October 2011 (see Archive)
Tired but content after clearing birch on a very hot day in October,
2011 (see Archive)
Local Explorer Scouts and DoE candidates helped members of the local
community and trustees at two conservation events in 2011 (see
Archive).
Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus), Wharncliffe Heath LNR, Oct 2010
Brown long-eared Bats in a bat box in Wharncliffe Heath LNR, October
2010
Derek Whiteley explaining the mysteries of the Sherman trap October 2009
(see Archive)
Wharncliffe Heath Bank Vole October 2009 (see Archive)
A Wood Mouse under close inspection Oct 2009 (see Archive)
"Dominic", the young Shetland bull, at Wharncliffe Heath,
July 2009.
Male Common Pipistrelle from one of the bat boxes on Wharncliffe Heath
nature reserve, July 2009 (see Archive)
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Male Soprano Pipistrelle from one of the bat boxes on Wharncliffe Heath
nature reserve, July 2009 (see Archive).
Ken Dorning pointing out some of the geological features on Wharncliffe
Heath LNR.
Hoof fungus ( Fomes fomentarius) on
birch, Wharncliffe Heath LNR, Autumn 2008
Young male Long-eared Bat. Autumn 2008
Male viviparous lizard. Spring 2008
The impact of one year's grazing on brambles in the new enclosure. The
enclosure is on the left of the fence line. 30/03/08
Sheep and a late fall of snow. 23/03/08
University of Sheffield students get a day in the field as part of their
studies 15/03/08
Birch Bash.
Shetland sheep and Yorkshire tyke
The top of Wharncliffe crags
The impact of grazing on birch on the heath. The grazed area is on the
right of the fence.
Wharncliffe Crag
Shearing Hebridean sheep.
New born lamb April 2007
Clearing Rhododendron ponticum.
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