1 Jan

BSBI New Year Plant Hunt (1-4 Jan) . Contact Judith Allinson for Details for 2020

New Year Plant Hunt: It is likely that Judith will lead a CCG walk on 1 Jan - but - you can take part in this national event on any 3 hour walk within these four days wherever you are. BSBI website for 2020 and Past CCG NYPH events: 2019 , 2018 , 2017, 2016, 2015. It is easy to send in results using an app on a mobile phone.

https://nyph.bsbi.org/

Judith and Doris and (Hilary P) made a walk in Ingleton on 3 Jan and recorded 25 species.

Judith made a walk in Settle on 4 Jan and recorded 33 species

BSBI report

Mid Yorks Fungus Gp visit to Low Wood, Riddlesden. 10-12
The approach is from Riddlesden along Scott Lane to SE 060 434. Please contact the group first

Thur 16 Jan

7.30pm

Lichen Enlightenment.
Do you.. like
Lichens?

Craven's top ten Lichens -
How to recognise them;
Where to see them
What do they do?

Come to this talk -
Learn astounding facts about these vital organisms.
Take home a simple guide for identifying lichens on Langcliffe High Road - which should help you to identify lichens at home.

Entrance £3 for non-members and £1 for members. All welcome

Venue: St John's Methodist Church, Church St, Settle, BD24 9JH

Possible meeting Feb and April 10:00 – 15:00

Practical Conservation at Cleatop Park Wood Local Nature Reserve
Join us for the day at this local nature reserve. No previous experience needed. We will provide tools and work gloves. The practical work will be light and suitable for a wide range of fitness. Meet at 10.00 at Greenfoot Car Park for a half hour walk from Settle to Cleatop Park Wood. We will be back to Settle for 15.00. The event is run by Craven Conservation Group in partnership with the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. If you would like further details please contact Dom on 01729 822403 or even better email to dominick@env.leeds.ac.uk.

Mon 17 Feb

Cancelled -

Walk: Mosses and Lichens of Borrins Farm, Selside,  BD24 0HX,

Cancelled - The ground is already sodden, and after Storm Dennis due on Saturday and Sunday it will be even more so. Cancelled

If you would like to be informed when a future Mosses and Lichens walk will take place please email

We hope to reschedule this event later in spring.

. FOR EVERYONE this has been Cancelled -- (including children, provided they are accompanied by adults). 10am. (We will arrange a meetup at Settle Swimming Pool at 9.30 to offer/share transport) Please contact J Allinson if you would like to come to Borrins, just in case we alter times etc. Wrap up well.

Cancelled

If you would like to be informed when a future Mosses and Lichens walk will take place please email

We hope to reschedule this event later in spring.

Cancelled -

Thur 20 Feb: 7.30pm

Talk: "Farming Patterns in Craven - Malham Moor over the last 50 years" by David Hodgson. Members £1-00, Visitors: £3-00

Read the paper written by Deirdre Williams in 1963 here

Venue: St John's Methodist Church, Church St, Settle, BD24 9JH

Over 60 people attended David's talk. It included rainfall graphs showing how there are increasing numbers of days per year with extreme high rainfall. And that was before including data for 2020 e.g.>40mm and >60mm etc

Thur 19 March

CANCELLED

CANCELLED

and will be recheduled for autumn

Tony Serjeant “A week in the life of a Wildlife Conservation Officer in the Yorkshire Dales National Park” 7.30pm. Members £1-00, Visitors: £3-00. Venue: St John's Methodist Church, Church St, Settle, BD24 9JH

The 2020 YNU conference is being organised in partnership with the North and East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre (NEYEDC). Venue: Ron Cooke Hub, University of York, on the theme of "Biological recording for conservation management."

£25 for members of YNU, £35 for non members. We have 1 place available as a rep of CGG if you would like to go for the £25 rate. first come first served. It includes lunch and coffee and you certainly get your money's worth of talks

Sun 29 March

Cancelled -

YNU Bryological Section - Moss Walk to Littondale - An excellent opportunity to go out with intermediates and experts at mosses.

Scoska Wood and Brown Scar, Littondale -Meet at 10:00 am in Arncliffe, near the Falcon Inn SD931718.. Cancelled -

A Flower and Fern Walk in Thornton-in-Lonsdale Parish and a Wildlife Garden Visit, led by Roger and Liz Neale

Meet at Bank House, Higher Westhouse for a 10.30 a.m. start.  Bring a picnic.

Explore the flower-rich road verges of this upland parish to a view-point, then on to visit the old disused parish limestone quarry.  Return via fields to Bank House to explore Liz and Roger’s wildlife garden followed by tea and cakes – donations to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. 

Parking limited so please share cars.  Phone Roger to book and for further details on 015242 41155.  . Cancelled -

Postponed till 2021: Most likely date:

Sat 9 Oct: 9.am &

2pm

Postponed till 2021

Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Day and Craven Conservation Group:
"Settle Nature Day"

Morning: Natural History Event:
Stalls; microworkshops (20 min sessions) . Tea and Coffee;

Afternoon:
1.45pm: YNU: AGM:

2.30pm: Talk by Judith Allinson: Title to be confirmed: will include "Botanical highlights of Malham Tarn and area and natural history changes over the last 40 years." held at St John's Church, Settle, BD24 9JH

Zoom Social meeting for members: 7.45pm for 8pm, Friday 30 October: visitors who live in or near Craven welcome.

CCG Social Meeting by Zoom. (This is the date we should have had our AGM) - I will send the link

26 Nov

(7.15 - for) 7.30pm

Zoom Talk by Tamsin Candeland on Mosses.:
Join Zoom Meeting:-
https://zoom.us/j/96893982867?pwd=UGY5V09qV213VG9WNXExTEJxa0FsUT09

The talk will:
.         give some background information about mosses
.         show how varied they are and what features to look for to identify them
.         introduce some distinctive local species and suggest where to find them
.         give some tips for getting started if you want to learn more.

Yorkshire Naturalists Union (YNU)

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

Colt Park Thursday Volunteers:
Volunteering for Natural England At Colt Park Barn - usually on Thursdays. Please contact Natural EnglandSee Ingleborough NNR Facebook and Ingleborough NNR Twitter

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - See YWT North Yorkshire opportunities for volunteering
Grass Wood Work Party Days - check the list just above - N Yorkshire

North Craven Heritage Trust

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.

Plantlife - Own the Nature Reserce: Winskill Stones.

Rainforest-save.blogspot.com - Judith (webeditors) blog on raising money to save wildlife habitats

North Craven Herigate Trust - Good articles in past issues.

Tony Dilger Photography - TG is a CCG member. Good photos

Craven Speakers Club, Skipton -

English names of mosses

Friends of Dales Rail

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)

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.

Fungi Links
See also the websites of
The Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group

Sites that link to us:

Horon-in-Ribblesdale Parish website

Wharfedale Naturalists

YNU