High Batts Nature Reserve
Saturday 27th March was bright and breezy. Volunteers cheerfully tackled tasks including coppicing and fence-painting. Caroline kindly brought along some surplus food from Ripon Community House, which was much appreciated.
Volunteers present for today’s Muck-In Morning were split into two work parties. One was tasked with creating vertical banks in sandy soil, to provide suitable places for digger wasps to nest. The other party removed mesh guards from saplings in
Muck-In Sessions With the beginning of easing of lock down we are able to plan some Members’ Muck-In sessions, to give us a bit of a boost, as our maintenance work is behind schedule because our volunteer teams have been much reduced.
High Batts had to close on 20th January 2021 when Storm Christophe brought flooding to the Reserve. It reopened again on 27th January 2021.
Around 20 people attended the Muck-In Morning on Saturday 19th December. There was lots of enthusiasm and Christmas spirit, and many hands made light work of the tasks. Underneath the elm trees near the Pond Hide, hazel grows. The volunteers
We had a great day on 27th October 2019 at our autumn Open Day. Most of the visitors were new to the Reserve, and enjoyed the guided walks and displays. Children’s activities included the chance to climb onto one of
Our In at the Start project was the runner-up and highly commended in the Innovation category of the annual Biodiversity Awards run by the Mineral Products Association. We were up against stiff opposition from seven other projects, so are delighted
We’re now planning our events programme for 2020. Our programme for 2019 was well-supported by members who had a great time and learned a lot – as you can see from the photos in this post taken by those who
We were delighted to host a field excursion from the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union in mid-July 2019. The day was dedicated to surveying the species found on the Reserve and on Pennycroft, an exercise which has added greatly to our records.
We had a great Dawn Walk on 5th May 2019, to mark International Dawn Chorus Day. It was a bit overcast, but the birds were in good voice and we had some nice sightings. They included a pair of little