High Batts Nature Reserve
The sun shone on the 17 members helping at the Muck-In Morning on Saturday 24th April 2021. One team painted fences, and a second (pictured, below) was tasked with weaving willow into frames. The third team (above) put up supports
Seventeen members came along for the Muck-In Morning to help with tasks including fence-painting, erecting supports and weaving willow fencing, reclaiming stakes and sorting tree-guards, and moving the mobile hide.
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.
High Batts is open again following the flooding just after Christmas. It’s rather muddy in places so please take care when visiting.
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
The Reserve will re-open on Wednesday 2nd December. Most of the flood damage has been cleared but paths may still be muddy so please take care. Covid-19 procedures are still in place so follow the signed route and practice social
The Reserve has been flooded during the past weekend and several areas are still inaccessible and there is much work to do because of the flooding. Because of this and the Covi-19 related lockdown, the Reserve is closed until 3rd