LUCT NEWS
July birdwatching round up
An exciting second half of July more than made up for a slow start. Great White Egret, Common Scoter, Little Gull, Wood Warbler & Yellow-Legged Gull feature in this month’s highlights!
June birdwatching round up
Avocet chicks, a rare Willow Tit sighting and a possible first breeding pair of Meadow Pipits feature in June’s birdwatching highlights. We also see the very beginnings of the autumn wader passage.
May birdwatching round up
A first recording of Meadow Pipits and sightings of both migrant and regular Ospreys were among some of this months highlights. Read on to find out more!
Restoring the Swale & Ure Washlands - Project complete!
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund project, ‘Restoring the Swale & Ure Washlands’, has now come to an end so it seems like a good time to take a look back over the past year and see what we’ve achieved!
April birdwatching round up
April brought with it more spring migrants and other surprises too! Read all about it in Andy Hanby’s birding round up.
Northern Nature Reserves & Curlew Conservation
Becky Bailey, Associate Director at Temple Ecologists and trustee for Yorkshire Naturalists Union, came to visit us at Nosterfield Nature Reserve. For World Curlew day she discusses this amazing bird and its significant decline in recent years.
March birdwatching round up
March was an exciting month for birdwatchers at Nosterfield, with sightings of the first osprey and little ringed plover for the year.
February birdwatching round up
From large flocks of whooper swans and pink footed geese to the first ringed plover of the year - thanks to Andy Hanby for his comprehensive February bird report.
January birdwatching round up
A great start to 2022 for bird watchers with records including hen harrier, red-necked grebe, bittern, great white egret and siberian chiffchaff!
Expanding habitats - an update
Despite it’s challenges 2021 has been a very successful year for habitat creation. Find out more about our progress and the lessons that we’re learning along the way.