This juvenile heron was fishing by the weir yesterday afternoon.

From the Undergrowth

A few from the last few weeks, The Cuckoo's are from Taylor Lane and taken on Friday morning 28th august.

Little Egret

Adult Male Cuckoo

DITTO

DITTO

ditto

Juv Cuckoo

ditto

Southern Hawker

Brown Hawker

Common Darter

Brown Hawker

Openday

Hi all I would just like to thank everyone for making Saturday a great event , special thanks to the ladies for keeping our refreshments going and to the guys for setting up and pulling down all the gear, and last but not least to all the visitors we hope you all enjoyed the day . Yours Graham

Open Day at Cromwell Bottom - goods on display

We're spending our AVIVA grant money now, and the Open Day was a great chance to show off some of our purchases - and to talk to people about how we'll be using them. Here's our pond dipping equipment - enough for a group of 20 to all have a go at scooping creatures out and inspecting them safely close up.
We've also got bat detectors and our next purchase will be a moth trap so there'll be lots of things happening down here at Cromwell Bottom through the year.

We'll publicise dates here on the blog as we get organised, so keep checking for updates!

      

We hope you can spot the AVIVA certificate amongst all the items on display?

Open Day at Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve 22nd of August 2015

The weather (always the priority) started a little doubtful, however the day turned out fantastic. Lots of families called in to have drinks and cake and to take part in Tombola and raffles. Pictures, books, DVD's were bought for our donations, there were animals to pet, including pythons, coral snakes, hissing cockroaches and bearded dragons - all harmless!

The bird display was very popular with little owl, Brown Wood owl, Gyrfalcon and Harris Hawk being fed. The Soft Toys on the "Little Paws Rescue" were a hit with the children. Biscuits, cakes, tea and coffee in huge quantities. Two guided wildlife walks were given during the day.

                                       
                                                          Little Owl

Some of the buns and cakes




More pictures HERE

WATCH OUT FOR THE THIEVES!

I thought everybody might find this interesting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3200221/Get-lunch-Incredible-pictures-barn-owl-fighting-hungry-kestrel-s-mid-air-swoop-snatch-vole-caught.html#ixzz3j4E52dZJ

As if surviving man & cold spells wasn't enough!
 

Little Egret

Taken on Tues 11 August.

Little Egret today.

Little Egret

         Little Egret spotted on river before flying towards Brighouse,
         so keep your eyes peeled it might pop up again.

Work Party this Saturday the 8th

Hi all
A reminder.

There will be a volunteer working party meeting this Saturday the 8th to finish off painting, path clearing and grass cutting.

Please meet at the Cabin at 09:30 am