On Friday 4 June only one family came, plus us leaders as the other families had gone away for half term - but we had a lovely time, and it is a superb time to visit the boardwalk at Malham Tarn Fen. It is a National Nature Reserve and Ramsar site.
Eco-Explorers is a group started in 2019 whereby families meet and do nature activities together - it is organised through Churches Together in Settle and district. We are keen to hear from more people in the Settle area who might like to join us for walks.
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| Photographing the Globe-Flowers |
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| The Goldilocks Buttercups are still out up here. They always have one petal deformed. |
Two insectivorous plants:
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| Sundew (Closeup) |
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| Butterwort - Actually seen near Watersinks |
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| Three young ash trees (planted a while after the previous mature ash trees got ring barked in 1979) have just been felled - see stump in centre of picture. They got Ash - Dieback |
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| Doplotomma alboatrum- a lichen on the barn opposite Shepherds Cottage |
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| Globe Flower Wood |
I had learned about Meadow Cranesbill Weevils at a YNU Zoom Chat meeting from Robert Hall of Wensleydale and Yoredale Naturalists - So when I saw a Wood Cranesbill just coming into flower outside Globveflower Wood and the flowers looked tatty - I suddenly realised who would be inside the flower:-
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| Zacladus geranii |
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| A buttercup nearby also attracting insects |
Here is a Coal-tit that the boys saw near their house two days earlier
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