Nature Notes

Published regularly in the Ilkley Gazette and the Wharfedale Observer, these informed comments on local wildlife are written by Society members Jenny and John Dixon.

It's always a pleasure to visit the land of the dragons
Storm damage
Moth-eating
Not a wasp!
The ephemeral orchid
Blue streak
Birds and galls
Nocturnal tawnies thrive
Look out for seven swans a swimming this season
Listen out for the foxes bark
Fowl watching is a good January outdoor activity
Early signs of Spring showing
Badgers at bluebell time
Hybrid vigour
Scheming cuckoos pick foster parents carefully
Scolded by a stoat protecting young
Cuckoos put paid to the expression 'bird brain'
You can help them make it through the night
Screaming frogs!
Woken by the woodpecker tapping at the window
Blue tit time
Evening birding
Orchids and an outing
The wildlife entertains
Tough, simple Male
Dusty Shears and Twin-spot Carpet
Keep an eye out for dragonflies whizzing about rooftops
A bouncing bird
Seashore scene
Hints of Autumn
Growing paeans
Remember summer?
The micro-world
Real robins
Waterlogged hogs and racing squirrels
Winter coats
Signs of life
Beginners please
Herpetology
Spring gathering
War and love
May morning
Sun Lane
Easy wildlife
Wild stories
Fun with fungi
Awaydays with slime
Mustelids
I'm dreaming of a white squirrel!
Visiting birds
Eccentric butterflies
Back garden birds
Life underground
Jelly on the lawn
Mixing it with moorhens
Spring search
Moth magic

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