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Bridget Flanagan
Published:
4:00 PM March 1, 2021
A Spring tapestry of snowdrops and aconites at The Elms in Houghton.
- Credit: OUSE VALLEY TRUST
Although it is too early to say winter has definitely gone, we can see and hear the signs of spring. The lengthening days trigger our native birds to prepare for the breeding season and their singing is increasing.
The laughing cry of the Green Woodpecker – traditionally called a ‘yaffle’ - echoes around the woods, whilst the Spotted Woodpecker doesn’t sing to attract a mate, instead he drums or hammers on the tree trunks.
The Great Ouse Valley Trust.
2020 was a tough year for everyone. The countryside, our local parks and gardens have been our salvation, nature our anti-depressant. Which is why the Wharfedale Naturalists Society wanted to celebrate the diversity of plant and wildlife here in the dale. Asking its members to join in their first-ever Christmas plant hunt and birding competition. Aiming to end 2020 on a high, looking forward to happier times ahead. The task was to record as many plants in flower (excluding those in gardens) or birds seen either in the garden or countryside over the festive period (starting Saturday, December 19, and finishing Sunday, January 3). Everyone was asked to keep within the spirit of the times and restrictions, submitting records from within five miles of their home, as the crow flies.