Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

Welcome The Lower Ure Conservation Trust What to see this season

Welcome

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

What to see this season

what to see at nosterfield this season

The Lower Ure Conservation Trust is a charity dedicated to the restoration of once productive sand and gravel quarries to varied, wildlife-rich habitats.

 

We run Nosterfield Nature Reserve, near Ripon in North Yorkshire, now widely regarded as one of best examples of wetland grassland in the north of England.

All photography, unless otherwise stated, provided by Whitfield Benson.

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LATEST NEWS

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Nosterfield Dragonfly Report 2025
Nosterfield Dragonfly Report 2025

The extended periods of sunny weather in 2025 resulted in a better year for damselflies and dragonflies, with dry conditions also having an impact in late summer.

Read about the species recorded on Flasks Fen, the Reedbed and Main Reserve in the annual report written by Keith Gittens.

Nosterfield Bird Review January 2026 
Nosterfield Bird Review January 2026 

Welcome to Andy Hanby’s first blog of the year - good numbers of Golden Plover, Fieldfare and Pochard were among the highlights in January.

Community Engagement and Events Update
Community Engagement and Events Update

Find out more about events and educational visits at Nosterfield Nature Reserve in autumn 2025, including woodland activities, fungi identification, practical conservation and autumn leaf Gelli printing.

 
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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Community Work Day
Mar 14
Community Work Day

Join us for our next community work day, where we’ll be making fish refuges from coppiced willow. We’ll be installing the refuges in one of the lakes to provide shelter for small fish, allowing them to grow to a larger size and thereby providing food for birds such as bittern or osprey!

Birds and Words
May 23
Birds and Words

Join Caroline Matusiak, winner of the 2023 Ripon Poetry Festival for this free, family-friendly workshop at Nosterfield Nature Reserve

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A very impressive 23 new moth species for Nosterfield Nature Reserve were recorded by the moth trapping team in 2025. This takes the total number of species recorded at NNR to an incredible 703! Find out more in the 2025 Moth Report, written by Cha
24: Finally, a huge thank you to all our volunteers, partners & funders who have made this such a wonderful year! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
23: It’s been fantastic to welcome #dementiaforward Time out Together groups to the reserve for 23 visits over the course of the project. We’ve also hosted 23 educational groups, including home education groups, local primary and second
22: Bee, hoverfly and fenland plant identification are just a few of the 22 wildlife ID sessions for our regular volunteer team throughout the project. Thanks to everyone who led an ID workshop for us! #heritagefunduk
21: During the course of the project, we’ve offered 21 events for families including pond dipping, Little Explorers and our October woodland session #heritagefunduk
20: Today we would like to focus on the work of all our brilliant volunteers. Throughout the project, volunteers have completed a staggering total of 18,500 volunteering hours. This includes practical conservation and volunteering in the Habitat Crea
19: In March, we welcomed His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire Johanna Ropner and Deputy Lieutenant The Countess Peel to celebrate the work of LUCT's incredible volunteer team. Following a visit to the main reserve and a chance to see v
18: This year's wildlife highlights include a visit from a Red-necked Phalarope in autumn. This Red List species- no bigger than a starling- breeds in the Arctic and then spends the rest of the year out at sea. We have also recorded over 20 new mot

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