0545hrs-0700hrs. Heavy rain during the night, but fine here for now. Two Chiffs singing this morning, Dale and Claw. Also a new Lesser Whitethroat, just off Dalton Lane.
Lots on today but still hope to get out soon and report back.
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Bryan Yorke (1948-2022)
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In memory of Bryan John Yorke (3rd January 1948 - 28th May 2022) . A hugely knowledgeable but utterly humble man. He loved this area, and e... -
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This is a sketch showing how the Mipits were flying side on! (Click over sketch to enlarge) Thursday 3rd April 2014 (Forecast: Wind Ea... -
Some old Blogs with quick links:- Linnets - Extroadinary High numbers 2019 Visible Migration Bird Counts at Burton In Kendal ... -
COLD WEATHER THRUSH MOVEMENTS REPORTED IN SOUTH OF UK Yesterday (February 1st 2019) there were several reports coming through of a larg... -
Fieldfare - thanks to Richard Steel VISMIG STARTS Saturday 28th November 2020 Taylors Fields (Down in dip - area called tram at SD53918768... -
Redwing (photo: courtesy of Craig Bell) "Vismig, once tasted is compelling for the interested, and at times will be soul destro... -
Just a little sketch showing the directions of migration over Hutton Roof (Click over to enlarge) IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT HISTORIC R... -
Visible Bird Migration over Burton In Kendal - Autumn 2021 For earlier years please click over the year - Autumn Bird Migration over Burt... -
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APPLEBY HORSE FAIR photos from years past (Click here to see a further 560 - including the 2010 fair, then select and click to enlarge) (Ple...
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7th September - There was no improvement at all in the parlous common migrant situation today although there was some compensation in the form of a *Common Rosefinch* trap...
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Lots of Goldfinch - Overnight rain and early morning showers then dry until heavy evening rain. The only sunshine was hazy. A freshening SW wind end up being quite strong Nat...
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4th Sep - More windy and wet conditions meant most of the coverage was of the sea. The highlight was a *Grey Phalarope* which spent about an hour feeding offshore ...
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Coming Soon - Friends at Princeton sent me a list of new titles that will be available in the next few months, September-January 2027, to be exact. I share them with rea...
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Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus - I've long wanted to see this striking weevil and last weekend I decided to go looking for it. I know of a local site where there is an abundance of *Cramp...
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High Brown Fritillary (Arnside Knott Aug 2009)
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Paradise Lost (Paradise Terrace), Haslingden - *"Paradise Lost"* One penny banger, or a three penny jump jack or pinwheel, or maybe the funds only reached a liquorice stick or bubblegum card, I'd get fr...6 years ago
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Burton Swifts - Thursday 1st August 2019 week..... - *Monday 26th 2019* It is very possible we did miss some late birds this year. I had 3 separate reports of birds still present in the areas between the Ma...7 years ago
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Varietal forms of Epipactis atrorubens on Hutton Roof - Some of the varietal forms of Epipactis atrorubens which we have on Hutton Roof Top Row: The regular Classic Atrorubens on HR, Bicolor, Lutescens and Pal...
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Top O'th Slate photo - Nice old photo showing the Top O'th Slate (Click over to enlarge) Kindly shared to us by Michael Mullaney
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Abbott, Thomas - Private (11129) - Pte Thomas Abbott *6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment,* *Killed in Action,* *Died 9th August 1915* *Commemorated at the Helles Memorial.* N...
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Woodcroft Revisited - A 50s living history DVD - Here we have a great living history documentary about growing up in part of Rossendale in the 1950's. The DVD is really well produced by Ken Stott (remembe...
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Frogspawn at Calf Hey.... - Thanks Clifford (Hargreaves) for sending in this great photo of frogspawn on Calf Hey (taken on 23rd March 2010).* Please click over photo to enlarge...* ...
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Autumnwatch 2014
With Chris and Michaela (Photo: Jamie Normanton CWT)
Autumn Leaves
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Dalton 5th Nov 2010
Smoked Sunbeams
Arnside Knott - 31st Aug 2010
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Warton Crag 3rd July 2009
Marsh Helliborine
Carnforth 6th July 2011.
Birds of Dalton Crags and Hutton Roof
by Bryan Yorke
"Celebrating Our Swifts"
by Tanya and Edmund Hoare
50 Shades of Grey Limestone
Peter Standing
Orchids and Rare Flora of Hutton Roof
by Bryan Yorke
South Lakeland Bats
Gail Armstrong
Does the Honey Bee have a future
Dr. Fred Ayres
Butterflies of Hutton Roof and catch up
Bryan Yorke
Confessions of a Lunatic
Dr. Kevin Briggs
Badgers, scapegoats or villains?
Ian McMurdo
Rivers of South Cumbria
Jayne Wilkinson
Wild Morecambe Bay
by David Poole
Butterflies of the North West
Chris Winnick
Morecambe Bay Underwater Safari
Gordon Fletcher
Ferns of South Cumbria
Alec Greening
Leighton Moss
David Mower
On our Doorstep
Bryan Yorke
Saving Red Squirrels
Bob Cartwright
Moths of Morecambe Bay
Steve Benner
Hedgehogs
Rowan Worsman