We will be running four balsam bashing sessions in July (weather permitting). If you would like to join us please feel free to come along to one of the sessions listed below: If you plan to attend please ensure you
Here are the highlights of what happened on the reserve in May. 2nd May – A stoat was captured on camera climbing up to one of the veteran alder trees. 7th May – A small team of volunteers worked incredibly hard to
Our April round-up video, helped to be created by some of our brilliant supporters! Plus read the highlights of what happened on the reserve in April. 21st April: A team from Yorkshire Water came to do some river fly sampling
Our March round-up video, helped to be created by some of our brilliant supporters! Plus read the highlights of what happened on the reserve this month. 5th March – Adam Forster, an ex-pupil and local arborist, kindly made and donated
There’s a bird which occurs regularly on the Reserve, but which at this time of the winter isn’t that easy to see up close. Amongst the tops of the alders among the ditches and beck there are regular flocks of
On Friday 17th October David Watkins undertook out latest Moth survey and below are the species recorded on that night.
Come and celebrate with us at Townend Field on Thursday 2nd October at 2pm. Join us for the ribbon cutting and a chance to walk the footpaths and see the School field!
What a brilliant start – thank you to everyone who came along to our very first members’ gathering! It was wonderful to see so many friendly faces and hand out membership cards in person. We heard inspiring updates from trustees
The purchase has OFFICIALLY gone through and the Upper Ouse Conservation Trust are now the incredibly proud new owners of Townend Field; protecting the land for the community, for education and of course, for nature. Dame Judi Dench has recorded
We’ve got something really special lined up! With kind permission from the landowners, our trustee Graeme Jackson is now leading guided walks around Townend Field—and they’re already proving a hit! Our first walk kicked off today, and the feedback was
