Green Veined White
Hoverfly
Ditto
Juv Mink.
Meadow Brown on ragwort
Ditto
Ditto
Small Skipper
Small Skipper on grass seed head
Small Skipper feeding on clover
Speckled Wood
Gatekeeper
Hoverfly
Gatekeeper on Ragwort
Common Darter Dragonfly
Willow Warbler
Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group is a registered charity. Number 1176233
Sunday 27 July 2014
Butterfly Count and grasses, July 26th 2014
Around 30 members and visitors met in the car park on another very warm day. The conditions were perfect - sunny and calm. We split into two groups and covered most of the Nature Reserve in three hours. Butterflies were in abundance all over the reserve.
Some of the party assembles to decide on the route
Back over the Bailey Bridge. A grey wagtail was on the river and two well grown goosanders were seen near the weir
We met at the bird feeding station for some refreshments.
Denise Howorth took these super pictures of three of the butterfly species
A full list of butterflies and grasses will be published later
Some of the party assembles to decide on the route
Back over the Bailey Bridge. A grey wagtail was on the river and two well grown goosanders were seen near the weir
We met at the bird feeding station for some refreshments.
Peacock |
Small Skipper |
Denise Howorth took these super pictures of three of the butterfly species
A full list of butterflies and grasses will be published later
Speckled Wood |
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Bird Report: 2011/2012. Another chance to buy one
Geoff Smith from the bird group will be down at Cromwell Bottom, bird feeding station or if raining in the car park, between 11 am and 12 noon this Saturday 26th July if anyone would like to purchase a combined 2011/2012 report from him.
£6.50 per copy (please have the correct change if possible) - a good interesting and informative reference.
Cash preferred OR a cheque made payable to C B C G (Calderdale Bird Conservation Group)
£6.50 per copy (please have the correct change if possible) - a good interesting and informative reference.
Cash preferred OR a cheque made payable to C B C G (Calderdale Bird Conservation Group)
Sunday 20 July 2014
Saturday 26th July
Annual Butterfly Count at Cromwell Bottom
and Graham Haigh from Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group in Cromwell Bottom car
park More info ...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Bird Report 2011/2012
Geoff Smith from the bird group will be down at Cromwell Bottom, bird feeding station or if rainy in the car park, between 11am and 12 noon this Sunday 20th July if anyone would like to purchase a combined 2011/2012 report from him.
£6.50 per copy (please have the correct change if possible) - a good interesting and informative reference.
Cash preferred OR a cheque made payable to C B C G (Calderdale Bird Conservation Group)
Well done to Nick D for collating the records and putting it together so well. Thanks to Geoff for making these available on site (unless it's pouring down !.)
I can personally recommend this publication. A great deal of work has gone into this and is well worth purchasing for two years records. Bruce (CBWG)
David (CBCG)
£6.50 per copy (please have the correct change if possible) - a good interesting and informative reference.
Cash preferred OR a cheque made payable to C B C G (Calderdale Bird Conservation Group)
Well done to Nick D for collating the records and putting it together so well. Thanks to Geoff for making these available on site (unless it's pouring down !.)
I can personally recommend this publication. A great deal of work has gone into this and is well worth purchasing for two years records. Bruce (CBWG)
David (CBCG)
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Work party 12th July 2014
14 volunteers came along to help clear some of the remaining balsam. They were:- Allan, Am, Bella, Bruce, David, Graham, Joe, John, Julian, Mike, Richard, Shelagh, Simon and Stuart. The day became very hot and humid in amongst the trees but a great deal was achieved with the help of "slashers" and just pulling the balsam. The party split into several groups. Some cleared the path edges.
Its early but already very warm |
David shows Joe the overgrown path edges |
Thursday 10 July 2014
Wednesday 9 July 2014
From The Undergrowth
Bird id required please this was at Cromwell yesterday .Sorry about the poor quality as i only had my macro lens on and it was just about to start raining. gwh
From The Undergrowth
Sunday 6 July 2014
Bird id required please
Taken up by the old mooland pub on the way to fly flats not sure what it is may be just a common but looked a bit different. gwh
Wednesday 2 July 2014
From the open growth.
With burnet moths on the go now for a week or two at Copley and my local cemetery I thought I'd pay a visit to Tag meadow on Monday to see the spectacular numbers on show there. Normally they number in to their hundreds across the entire meadow so I was more than a little surprised to see..........none at all!
Has anyone else seen them here this year?
Most photos I took were of flighty moths and butterflies so only these two escaped the re-cycle bin. Also seen were lots of Shaded Broad-bars and a single Latticed Heath.
Straw Dot
Crambus pascuella.
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