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Task Day next Sunday! Where to meet: Ivy House, Hollym. Located next to the council apron on South Carr Dales Road. Time: 10 am unless otherwise stated. What to bring: A packed lunch and drink, stout boots/footwear, waterproofs, warm clothing and work gloves. Tasks usually last 3-4 hours. Contact details:
The grey-green, oval, leaves of Great mullein had been just long enough in the sunshine for the hoarfrost to have melted. The moisture was still there as the leaves are covered in woolly hairs which later will appear in whorls around the tall stems. The flower spike appears at the
Majestic at any time of the year! But especially so when against a pure blue icy sky. The common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, is a biennial that produces lilac flowers and is a good food source for birds and nectar source for bees. This spiky brown seed heads were traditionally used
I found this brave little flower just before the heavy frosts hit at the start of last month. At first, without my glasses, I thought wild strawberry - but no. Look at the leaves. This is potentila montana. An introduced plant. Small, brave, and cutched up against a wall for
Common ash buds are very black, making the tree easy to identify in winter. The lateral buds are in opposite pairs. Ash trees make the perfect habitat for a number of different species of wildlife. Bullfinches eat the seeds and woodpeckers, owls, redstarts and nuthatches use the trees for nesting.
Considering the frost this is a particularly brave yellow version of the white-lipped snail or Cepea hortensis! The white-lipped snail's shell is smooth and shiny, with several spirals of varying sizes. It ranges in colour from yellow to pink, brown or red, and has a white band around the opening.
Why are there so many empty snail shells in one spot in the garden? Snail threats include: birds, rodents, beetles, parasites and sudden very cold weather. If you find an empty shell, it is very likely a predator rather than a parasite or climate effect. Song thrushes, blackbirds and robins
Spurn Bird Observatory
http://www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/
Birds of the Hull Area
https://sites.google.com/site/birdsofthehullarea/
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union
http://www.ynu.org.uk/
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
http://www.ywt.org.uk/
Hull Natural History Society
http://www.hullnats.org.uk
For footpath guides, CROW Open Access land maps and Natural England’s Nature spot sites use links in the Hull Natural History Society site.
Yorkshire Coast Nature
http://yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/
For residential and birding and botanical tours, safaris, workshops, lectures and talks, and wildlife photography courses, visit the Yorkshire Coast Nature site. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/
The National Plant Atlas
plantatlas2020.org.uk
NEYEDC – The Natural History of Yorkshire in 100 species
https://www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species