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The ancient oak trees here are home to some seriously cool residents, including all three native woodpecker species, all of which are thriving in London’s parks
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The Sixty-Sixth Bird: Corncrakes in the Dales
“And still they hear the craiking soundAnd still they wonder why—It surely can’t be undergroundNor is it in the sky”— John Clare, The Landrail, 1832 A Missing Voice In the archive of the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, there is a bird list. It was compiled by Marie Hartley — writer, illustrator, and devoted chronicler…
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Ten Great Sites to See Spring Migrants in the Yorkshire Dales and Beyond
The cuckoo, hobby, redstart, spotted flycatcher and pied flycatcher make extraordinary journeys from Africa to Britain each spring. If our recent article on spring migrants inspired you to go looking, here are ten of the best places in the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding area to find them. The pied flycatcher didn’t feature in our spring…
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Four Epic Journeys: The Spring Migrants That Herald the British Summer
The Cuckoo — Five Thousand Miles to a Yorkshire Dale It’s early morning in Langstrothdale in the central Yorkshire Dales. The skies are blue and spring is finally gathering momentum. After a journey of some 5,000 miles, the cuckoo is back. His call lifts from the stand of pines just across the infant River Wharfe…
