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Great to see almost 2000 plants for Nidderdale National Landscape leaving the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Much of the material was collected in Nidderdale, bulked up in the nursery, and will be used to enhance a network of new upland ponds & scrapes.

Cladium mariscus grown in the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social being planted into some rather challenging clay, starting a new area of quarry restoration.

The newest members of the team arrived today at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

Spaces still available! Free wildlife photography workshop this Friday with Whitfield Benson

See link below for more information and to book tickets:

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Photography by Whitfield Benson

Fen Creation Workshop, 8th August 10am - 1pm

Suitable for conservation practitioners, students and volunteers, this free workshop explores fen creation on a sand and gravel quarry

For more information, see the link below:

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

LUCT Open Morning — The Lower Ure Conservation Trust Moth trapping, bird ringing and an introduction to the work of LUCT’s volunteers at the fen creation area and well Wetlands Nursery.

LUCT open morning, 27th June 9am -12pm 🌱
Join us for moth trapping, bird ringing and to find out about the work of LUCT volunteers at Flasks Fen and the Well Wetlands plant nursery

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cowslip, Field Scabious & Small Scabious were among limestone grassland species planted on repaired sections of Thornborough Middle Henge last autumn. Grown by @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social nursery from seed collected on site. Good to see they've established, despite dry conditions.

Do you have green fingers and share a passion for North Yorkshire's wildlife?
If so, please apply to join our small and dedicated staff team, to help support our growing group of amazing volunteers 🌱

See the link below for more details:

www.luct.org.uk/blog/2024/4...

Come and visit Nosterfield local nature reserve, not far from Bedale.

Applications open for new Trainee Conservation Plant Nursery Manager role — The Lower Ure Conservation Trust We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to assist and support work in our conservation plant nursery and be trained to manage the running of the nursery into the future.

If you're interested in native plant conservation and habitat creation, @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social are looking for a part-time trainee nursery manager (2 days/week, £10.4K pa). Based at Nosterfield NR nr Bedale in North Yorkshire.
www.luct.org.uk/blog/2024/4/...

I'm chuffed too - it's such a great word isn't it!
I'll download and listen whilst I'm on the night train to Venice next month, to set the scene.

I haven't needed to hand pollinate my lemon or mandarin trees for them to produce fruit. Like yours they're out in the summer and inside during the winter, here in North Yorkshire. I'll need to hand pollinate the apricot in my greenhouse later on- such a lovely meditative job.

I always look forward to hand pollinating my greenhouse apricot in late Feb/early March. Beautiful flowers with the promise of so much more loveliness to come.

And when the lay person says "isn't it a beautiful landscape?", and I think "mmm, but where is the wildlife?"

Do come and see us at Nosterfield nature reserve and the Thornborough Henges between Ripon and Bedale.

'How to' guides based on our fen creation trials at Flasks Fen:
🌱Creating species-rich reedfen & Great Fen-sedge swamp
🌱Propagating Tufted Sedge & Great Fen-sedge from seed
🌱Monitoring Blunt-flowered Rush fen-meadow
🌱Safe planting techniques for shallow-water
www.luct.org.uk/plant-propag...

Rotter is the word, though I can think of some more appropriate modern ones too 😆. Clary is my favourite

Thank you, I missed that. I recently listened to the BBC production on Sounds, having also read the books. You'll love the whole series and how the characters change.

That's exciting news! Keep us posted please.

I spent 2 years from 1989 surveying all the pavements in the Yorkshire Dales for NCC and the Countryside Commission so the Limestone Pavement Orders could be made. Not a bad job!