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Did you know? - 
We are sad to report the recent death of Robert Starling, (far right of picture) who has served as Secretary of Craven Conservation group for many years. 
Outdoor events:
Those attending the outdoor events should be appropriately dressed (spare clothes, waterproofs, walking boots, sun-hats, sun-block etc.). Bring food and a drink. Contact the event leader in advance, to see if dogs are permitted. Non-members will be asked to make a donation of £2.00 to cover CCG’s insurance costs.
SAFETY NOTE
Event leaders have the discretion not to accept participants who are not suitably equipped or whom they consider unable to participate safely. Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure safety, participants join in at their own risk.
EVENTS CALENDAR 2017
(Note there is also a Google Calendar lower down, but it needs updating)
Wed 18 Jan
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Curry Night at the Rushee Restaurant, Settle |
Mon 30 Jan |
Bones in Caves |
4 Feb |
Bank Newton Meadow Project: This is a project which CCG supports. The first work party at Bank Newton meadow will be on Saturday morning 4th Feb, 10.00 am for a couple of hours. The work will be digging out some young trees and blackthorn that are all going to new homes. I am also having a burn up (some young Ash) and there will be some general clearing to do. Please bring spades, loppers and saws. Parking is limited so please car share. The postcode is BD23 3NT. If you can't make this one the next will be planting seeds and plugs in late Spring. Please contact Melanie Fryer . |
Sat 25 Feb 10:00 – 15:00 |
Practical Conservation at Cleatop Park Wood Local Nature Reserve |
Mon 27 Feb |
RSPB Investigations: 'From the camo to the courtroom' |
| 4 March: | Bank Newton Meadow Project: - Conservation work postponed till fri 31 March due to waterlogging of soil |
Th 16 Mar 7.30pm |
Talk on Gisburn Forest, Past Present and Future by Martin Colledge-Tosside village hall (map) Organised by Friends of Bowland |
Thurs 23 March 19.30 |
Planning Meeting (Note change of date - it was 2 March in our printed Newsletter) |
Mon 27 Mar 19.30 |
Moth Trapping for ‘River Flies’ An illustrated talk by YNU Yorkshire County Recorder, Sharon Flint. A talk for moth recorders, angler’s and anyone interested in Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies. Want to know what’s lurking in your moth trap apart from the moths? Want to know your Speckled Peter from your Caperer, your Blue-winged Olive from your Yellow Sally? Then this is for you! Townhead Court (across the road from Townhead Surgery) in Settle, entrance £3 for non-members and £1 for members. All welcome. . |
Fri 31 March 10am |
Bank Newton Meadow Project: This is a project which CCG supports. 10am for 2 hours: Bank Newton meadow project work party. This Please contact Melanie Fryer |
Sat 8 April |
YNU Conference at York:- On Local Nat History Societies. It is important that several/many people go from CCG. Please contact Judith, Sharon and Melanie if you are interested. We would like to take a display about what we are doing. |
| Th 27 April and Sat 29 Apr | There will be two work parties at Bank Newton Meadow- starting at 10.00 am for a couple of hours. We need to get a good amount of seed sown so please bring a rake. These will be the last work parties before September. Please contact Melanie Fryer before coming. |
Sat 6 May |
YNU Bryophyte Event - Arkengarthdale
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| Sat 13 May | Saturday 13th May 10:30am. Join Sharon & Peter Flint to explore the trails in Gisburn Forest, visiting Bottoms Beck and some nearby marshy areas to examine aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. There should also be good botanical interest. Meet at the Stocks Reservoir car park at the foot of School Lane (SD7320356517) at 10:30am. This is a pay and display car park with a charge of £3.00 for All Day Parking. Please dress appropriately and stay as long as you wish (bring a packed lunch or alternatively there is a café at the nearby Gisburn Hub). |
Sat 20 May |
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union - VC 64 Meeting near Fewston - All CCG mmembers welcome as an affiliated society of the YNU. At YNU meeting there are usually some quite expert naturalists in a range of topics - Arrive at the meeting in good time and try(?) and find the leader and then decide what topic you woud like to investigate and stay with that (relative) expert or group of people. I expect there will be a group going from Settle so do contact Judith for details |
Sat 27 May
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Springtime in the Taham Fells (near Bentham)
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| Wed 31 May | Botanical Recording. - See CCG hard copy newsletter. Near Cautley in Howgills |
| Wed 14 June | Botanical Recording. - See CCG hard copy newsletter. Howgills |
Thurs 1 June |
Twistleton Scar Geology Walk from Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale |
Sat 10 June |
YNU VC65 Meeting - Freeholders & St. John’s Wood, Aysgarth |
Thurs 15 June |
YNU Entomological Section - Ingleborough, Colt Park & Ribblehead Area |
| Mon 19 June 18.30 | Plant survey along the Old Railway embankment; Ingleton Help Roger and Liz Neale survey the botanically rich old railway embankment at Ingleton. Easy walking (just one stile to negotiate). Meet at Ingleton Community Centre car park (SD693730; LA6 3HG). Refreshments after at Higher Westhouse. BOOKING ESSENTIAL by phoning Roger & Liz on 01524 241155. |
| Thur 29 June 18:30 | Wild Flowers at Borrins Farm Join Helen Sergeant to explore the wild flowers of this lovely site. Approaching on the B6479 from the south: pass through the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, then after about 1.5 miles, a track leads off on the left over a cattle grid. Follow it up the hill and then keep round to the right for a third of a mile to reach Borrins at SD784748 (BD24 0HX). |
| Sat 1 July 10:00 | Wild Walk by the Canal |
Wed 5 July 10:30 . |
Taythes Gill – VC65 Botanical Recording See printed magazine |
Thurs 13 July |
YNU Entomological Section - Ingleborough, Colt Park & Ribblehead Area |
30 July
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CANCELLED - DUE TO BAD WEATHER FORECAST Magnificent Meadows & Insect Day - visit an upland hay meadow undergoing restoration and help identify the insects: - Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, Ingleton, LA6 3AX
- SD 740 792 - Easy walk from Ribblehead or Chapel-le-Dale to Broadrake – approx. 2 miles either way..Walk distance e.g. 5 miles/8km < 1 mile once on site Magnificent Meadows and Insect Day at Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale
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Sun 6 Aug 10:30 |
An Exploration of Kingsdale Rocks and their Wildlife
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| Sat 12 Aug 10:30 | Rawthey Ramble – VC65 Botanical Recording Park at the car park near SD71229789 100m before Rawthey Bridge (if you can’t see the bridge you have not gone far enough as confusingly there is another car park beforehand). Commencing near Rawthey Bridge, we will explore shake holes and swallow holes on the northern part of Bluecaster before visiting some fine riverside habitat. Distance, 4km; difficulty, moderate. |
Sat 12 Aug |
YNU Botanical Event |
| Sat 19 Aug | Freshwater Life of Malham Tarn Join Sharon and Peter Flint exploring the Fen boardwalk and the shoreline of Malham Tarn looking at still and running water life. Meet at the Water Sinks car park at the southern end of the tarn (SD894658) |
| Wed 6 Sept: 18:30 | Heath Snail Hunt at Lower Winskill Join Tom Lord to search for the Heath Snail Helicella italia. Meet at Lower Winskill. Limited number of places, PLEASE BOOK with Tony Moverley, preferably by email tony.moverley@gmail.com or on 01729 825464. |
| Thur 7 Sept: 19:30 | Planning Meeting All members are welcome at the Meeting Room at the Friends Meeting House, Settle. |
| Thur 19 Oct: 19.30 | Planning Meeting All members are welcome at the Meeting Room at the Friends Meeting House, Settle. |
| Mon 23 Oct: 19:30 | Managing our Waterways in the North & Ecological Challenges: Illustrated presentation by Jonathan Hart-Woods, Environment Manager with the Canal & River Trust. He will discuss some of the current issues arising from invasive plant and animal species, fish passage, pollution and water quality. At Townhead Court (across the road from Townhead Surgery) in Settle, entrance £3 for non-members and £1 for members. All welcome. |
| Sat 28 Oct | Fungus Foray Join Jane Rushworth and Archi McAdam on a local foray around Giggleswick - See a write up of it here |
| Sat 18 Nov | YNU AGM inthe afternoon, Natural Sciences Meeting in the morning 10.30am-4pm- RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Ln, Harrogate HG3 1Q |
| Thurs 23 Nov: | Annual General Meeting. All members are welcome ar the Meeting Room, friend Meeting House, Settle |
| Mon 27 Nov 7.30pm | Birds of the Yorkshire Dales Illustrated Talk by Ian Court of the YDNP. Townhead Court (across the road from Townhead Surgery) in Settle entrance £3-00 for non-members and £1 for members. All welcome |
| Wed 17 Jan. 19.00 | Curry Night at the Ruchee Restaurant, Settle It's barbain curry evening, bring a bottle and a friend. Please confirm with Melanie Fryer by evening of Friday 12 Jan (rubyanne577@gmail.com) |
More events of outside organisations of interest to members
Wed 16 Aug |
Magical Moths at Ingleborough |
Thurs 24 Aug |
Twistleton Scar Geology Walk from Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale |
Sat 9 Sept |
YNU Conchological & Freshwater Ecology Event |
Sat 14 Oct |
YNU Bryophyte Event |
Those attending the outdoor events should be appropriately dressed (spare clothes, waterproofs, walking boots, sun-hats, sun-block etc.). Bring food and a drink.
Contact the event leader in advance, to see if dogs are permitted.
Non-members will be asked to make a donation of £2.00 to cover CCG’s insurance costs.
SAFETY NOTE
Event leaders have the discretion not to accept participants who are not suitably equipped or whom they consider unable to participate safely.
Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure safety, participants join in at their own risk.
CRAVEN CONSERVATION GROUP EVENTS Google Calendar - Events Jan-Dec 2017
(CCG Blue....... YNU Brown)
The Craven Conservation Group Google Calendar is a public calendar. If you already have a Google calendar you can add single events to the whole calendar to your Google calendar automatically.
For single events - click on the event and then click the Copy to my calendar button on the bottom right of the balloon.
For the whole calendar just click the + Google calendar button on the bottom right
EVENTS OF OTHER GROUPS
Kirkby Lonsdale Supporters Branch of Cumbria Wildlife Trust Click for events - details from 015242 41155 |
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Now you can find out about events run by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union (YNU) at their website and by some of the forty or so other natural history societies throughout Yorkshire which are affiliated to the YNU
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Natural England Conservation working parties in Craven Conservation Group local area: |
Volunteering for Natural England At Colt Park Barn - usually on Thursdays. Please contact Natural England |
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust See Volvox Calendar for details of work at Salt Lake, Southerscales, and and other YWT Reserves Work parties at Grass Wood (grid ref. SD 985652) Meet at the reserve car park. Bring
gloves and a flask of coffee. We will be doing general maintenance
jobs. 2016: Wednesday 21st December Meet at 9.30am, meeting point will be indicated by a ‘Working Party Notice’ Gordon Jackson gordon39@btinternet.com 01756 796967 |
| Reserve Management Saturday 7th January Wednesday 11th January Wednesday 25th January Saturday4th February Wednesday 8th February Saturday18th February Wednesday 22nd February Saturday 4th March Wednesday 8th March Saturday18th March Wednesday 22nd March Meet at 9.30am, meeting point will be indicated by a ‘Working Party Notice’ |
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The YWT Grass Wood Management committee is also looking to add a few names to the list of volunteers who warden the wood during summer weekends. If you are interested, please contact Gprdon Jackson For all the dates shown please meet at 09.30 at the Quarry Car Park off Grass Wood Lane (NGR 985652), unless directed otherwise. The instructions below were given several years ago and may or may not still be relevant:- (Get more details from Gordon) The location of the work site will be shown on the reverse side of the YWT notice board for those that arrive later in the day. Regular volunteers are reminded to bring the tools with which they were issued. A limited range of tools can be loaned to irregulars. Robust working clothes, and lunch for a full day (weather permitting), are also required. The exact nature of the work will depend on conditions, the number of volunteers present, and the results of contractor's activities. More than one working party may be formed on the day, depending upon priorities and opportunities. All volunteers are asked to be mindful of health and safety issues and our collective responsibility to each other when working. Do not hesitate to ask questions if there are aspects of our work that you would like explained further or that concern you. | |
| Yorkshire Dales National Park Guided Walks and guided walks of other organisations. Guided Walks in the the Yorkshire Dales, on various natural history topics. Run by the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Although aimed primarily for tourists, These are very good value for money for locals too. and we don't have to travel far to get to the walks. |
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Natural History and other courses at Malham Tarn Field Centre.(e.g. Grasses, algae, mosses, moths, and many others). Malham is 7 miles from Settle. It is usually possible to attend these courses as a day student. Highly Recommended as a holiday. Also see Grasses courses led by J.A. Also Courses at Kindrogan Field Centre in Scotland |
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Plantlife |
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Fungi Links See also the websites of The Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group The North West Fungus Group (Includes Cumbria Lancashire, Cheshire and Clwyd) Information on fungi |
Weblinks you may like
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Weblinks you may like Rainforest-save.blogspot.com - Judith (webeditors) blog on raising money to save wildlife habitats North Craven Herigate Trust - Good articles in past issues. North Craven Historical Research Group - Giggleswick Scar Project Tony Dilger Photography - TG is a CCG member. Good photos Craven Speakers Club, Skipton - Identifying molluscs- easy online key to garden slugs and snails Yorkshire Dales National Park Biodiversity Action Plan Craven District Council Local Biodiversity Action Plan (outside YDNP) Corio Raptor Care - Providing Care for Sick and Injured Birds of Prey Harlequin ladybird survey - News- A new ladybird has arrived in Britain . But not just any ladybird: this is the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis , the most invasive ladybird on Earth.- Look out for sightings in Craven as it comes north.
Sites that link to us: |
| Terry Whitaker would like to receive butterfly and moth records for this part of Yorkshire VC64 and VC65. Non members are very welcome to contribute results too. See the Yorkshire butterfly distribution map that the records contribute to. |
Craven Conservation Group Home Page . email CCG Secretary email CCG WebEditor