High Batts

We are pleased to be able to confirm that the viewing hides will open again on 17th May 2021, when the next easing of Covid restrictions comes into force. There will be some changes to use to meet the legal

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

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