We are going for wet & dry Nosterfield Nature Reserve habitat creation nursery. We've plenty of Great Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathum) for the fen. Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) from seed collected from Thornborough middle Henge is coming into flower & will be returned to the Henge.

Treepopper useful even on small willow! Bluebells looking great, with just an occasional white flowered ones. Another busy volunteer day.

Another great 'Muck -In' team who planted 480 Tufted Sedge (Carex elata) in Pennycroft before coffee on Saturday. Not forgetting 3 more vols pointing walls. A very good turn out.

Bit late for wildflowerhour & only 1 tiny Cowslip for #cowslipchallenge , but Primrose & the hybrid False Oxlip.

Another 1000+ plants adding to a new wetland area on Pennycroft, part of Heidelberg Materials UK Ripon city quarry restoration. Supplied & planted by vols. fom Nosterfield Nature Reserve specialist nursery. Bringing wetland habitats back to the Ure Valley.

Here in N. Yorkshire it is still rosette time. Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris), Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) & a native dwarf Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla filicaulis Ssp. vestita)

Great team for the Muck-in on Saturday. Many more tree shelters removed before pleading and dead hedging. Many thanks all.

Sorry, tweeted from wrong account by mistake, all about High Batts.

Delighted to see that almost all the planting in Pennycroft is still there. After nearly 2 weeks under metres of water, whether it has survived is another matter. These wetland plants are pretty tough.

The reserve is carpeted with snowdrops, looking spectacular.
(photo C.Slator). Great time for a visit.

The Thursday volunteers were busy dealing with some of the damage done by the recent floods. Repairing damage, filling holes and fencing off dangerous areas of washout in Pennycroft.

Many thanks to the great team for Saturday's Muck-in. A lot of tree-shelter removal (nobody's favourite job) and coppicing done. The reserve is flooded again today.

The earliest of High Batts Snowdrops are showing well in pencil bud today. It won't be long before the full display develops. Harrogate District Naturalists’ Society
wildflowerhour

A prickly job for the Thursday vols today, pollarding hawthorn along the ride.

Another great Muck-in morning yesterday on Pennycroft. Over 400 plants of 5 species from Nosterfield Nature Reserve habitat creation nursery planted. Most of the plants are Great Fen Sedge (Cladium mariscus). Quarries & Nature Hanson UK QLA

Checking that the recently planted Cladium from the habitat creation nursery Nosterfield Nature Reserve survived last week's flooding. The plants seem fine.

Many thanks to Muck-in vols. who started the fen planting on Pennycroft with 300 Great Fen-sedge (Cladium mariscus), grown at the habitat creation nursery Nosterfield Nature Reserve followed by coffee & raking after mowing, on a lovely sunny morning.

Carline Thistle doing very well in the upper part of Hall's Clearing - at least 150 flowerheads. Occasional late flowers of Clustered Bellflower in lower part of clearing.

A group of 6 of the rare Thistle (or Yorkshire) Broomrape Orobanche reticulata growing on Pennycroft, marked to prevent accidental damage. The flowering stems seem quite short this year, so there may be more we've not spotted yet. Natural England Field Unit 🕷🦗🐸🐌🦇🦉🦊🐍🌿🌳🍄

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