Nosterfield Tuesday 3rd Feb in the morning had pair of Goldeneye, plenty of Oystercatchers, Curlews and x1 Ringed Plover @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

An imposter amongst the ducks. One of two Shags seen @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social at the weekend. Unusual to see them inland. Part of a small influx of birds seen on North Yorkshire lakes following Storm Chandra and recent foggy weather.

Celebrating World Wetlands Day, 2026 Photography thanks to Whitfield Benson #worldwetlandsday #wwd2026

23 new moth species for Nosterfield Nature Reserve were recorded in 2025, taking the total number of species recorded to 703! Find out more in the 2025 Moth Report, written by Charles Fletcher: www.luct.org.uk/blog/2026/1... Photography: Charles Fletcher and Helen Hays

Please be aware that the Main Reserve car park will be closed for the morning on Monday, 26th January. Many thanks for your understanding Photography: Whitfield Benson

2 Bitterns on show today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen both in flight and slipping around on the ice. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Bittern on the ice today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen. I may have missed this bird at first but thankfully Tim Scott pointed it out to me. It finally crept out of the reeds after we'd watched in for abut 20 minutes @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Aconites & snowdrops already in flower in Masham Churchyard and a fleeting male Firecrest at the end of the rainbow, Green Lane @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Bonkers!

Try both the NEW Swarovski-Optik Balance AT/ST Stabilised Spotting Scopes @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social DL8 2QX this Sunday 10-1pm? Also HikMicro Habrok Thermal/Optical/IR Binocular range - All available to buy - RSVP @teesbirds.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

3 of the 8 Grey Partridge seen in front of the main hide @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this morning #northyorksbirds

LUCT's next community work day is on Saturday 8th November, 10am -1pm! For more details, visit: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Red-crested Pochard on Kiln lake @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this afternoon @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Join us for 'Birds and Words' with local poet Caroline Matusiak 28th October, 10am - 12pm We'll explore the reserve, listen to readings from Caroline’s poetry collection and work on writing activities inspired by what we see and hear www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Great to see almost 2000 plants for Nidderdale National Landscape leaving the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Much of the material was collected in Nidderdale, bulked up in the nursery, and will be used to enhance a network of new upland ponds & scrapes.

A few hours at a grey and cold @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday. A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂). Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.

Cladium mariscus grown in the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social being planted into some rather challenging clay, starting a new area of quarry restoration.

Aged 6-18 years? Join us for our next conservation club! 🌳 Tomorrow, Saturday 18th October from 10am -12.30pm. We'll be working in the woodland, clearing recently coppiced logs and brash and building dead-hedges. www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Join us for our next wellbeing walk at Nosterfield Quarry, this Wednesday 15th October! Meeting at 10am at the Quarry Car Park, we have a gentle walk around Kiln and Flasks Lake. To find out more, visit: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Red-necked phalarope showing well in lovely morning light @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

We are getting Marsh Lousewort establishing in our created fen habitat @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social at last. We'll have to deter the deer from taking all the seed for a while yet. @judywebb.bsky.social

Autumn activities at Nosterfield Nature Reserve and Nosterfield Quarry! Find out more at: www.luct.org.uk/events-1

Excellent day at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social managed by the Lower Ure Conversation Trust. Lovely people to chat to and plenty of birds including this Red Necked Phalarope spinning away. (I need a better camera!)

Red Necked Phalarope, Palaropus locates, @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this evening passing its time spinning round , 12 pause 17 , then 15 more pause feed then spin again, frequently shadowed by a Herring Gull. @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

The Red-necked Phalarope was showing well at Nosterfield this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

Red Neck Pharalope still at Nosterfield at 8:30 this morning. Apologies for distant photo but thanks to Andrew for keeping me updated @andrewwappat.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

A real treat to see the Red-necked phalarope @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this afternoon, certainly attracted a few folk to see it 🤪 @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Red-necked phalarope, Nosterfield NR this morning. Few photos of underwing, mantle and bill. Good discussion here at the always cracking @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

Red-necked phalarope, Nosterfield NR. Feeding well. Many thanks to Dave Belshaw for original spot. Good to catch up with @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social briefly after a while too. @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

@nosterfieldnr.bsky.social area today, Little Stint, Ruff, Ringed and Little Ringed Plover on main reserve lake with c35 Pink-footed geese over. Flasks mud had Ruff, Knot, Snipe and Yellow-legged Gull @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

We had a fantastic wellbeing walk on Wednesday, including great views of Marsh Harrier, Bittern and Osprey! Our monthly walk follows a 2.5 mile route, with an emphasis on enjoying time outdoors in nature. Join us for our next walk, more details below: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Our next Little Explorers group is on Monday, 22nd September! We'll be exploring the reserve, making bird feeders, creating art using autumn leaves and reading a seasonal story. To book a free ticket, please follow the link below: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Highlights @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today, Osprey, Marsh Harrier and Bittern from Reedbed. Ringed Plover, Flasks mud. Peregrine, Ruff, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Snipe and Bar-tailed Godwit from main hide @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Autumnal @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today. 22 Widgeon on Kiln c20 Siskins south over Flasks. Common Sandpiper on Flasks mud. Reserve lake - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Ringed and Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Ruff and Snipe, Wheatear, Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Our next wellbeing walk is on 17th September! For more information, visit: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Analysis of quadrat data shows fen-meadow at Flasks Lake has +/- equal floristic similarities to 3 closely-related NVC plant communities (M22 Blunt-flowered Rush fen-meadow, M24a Hemp Agrimony subcommunity of Purple Moor-grass fen and S24 species-rich reedfen). V promising for such young habitat.

The newest members of the team arrived today at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

Join us for our next community work day, 13th September from 10am - 1pm! We'll be scrub cutting and dead-hedging in the woodland around Kiln Lake. For more information, visit: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Spaces still available! Free wildlife photography workshop this Friday with Whitfield Benson See link below for more information and to book tickets: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20... Photography by Whitfield Benson

Planting of this marginal fen zone at the @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed began in February 2023. It's maturing well, showing that good quality wetland habitat can be established relatively quickly. Some management of reedmace is needed.

Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social main lake; Marsh Harrier, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler at quarry. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A good trapping session at Nosterfield NR last night. A bit influx of Scrobipalpa ocellatella with 51 trapped. Neocochylis hybridella new for VC65. Also new for the VC was Homoeosoma nebulella. @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @jillwarwickno1.bsky.social

The fen-meadow at Flasks @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social provided a colourful backdrop for our wetland creation workshop today. This habitat has been established within the past 7 years on what were originally bare silt flats, using local-origin plant material.

The tussock fringe was only planted in October 2021, as a joint project with @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social. This shows that some fen plant communities can be established quite quickly under favourable conditions, using local-origin plants.

Fen Creation Workshop, 8th August - spaces still available This fascinating workshop will cover planting techniques, establishing a wetland plant nursery, sourcing seeds and the biodiversity of the new wetland. More information on the link below: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Fen-meadow at Flasks @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social with a colourful mixture of Yellow & Purple Loosestrifes, Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil, Marsh Thistle, Meadowsweet & Blunt-flowered Rush. This is becoming, increasingly, a self-organising plant community closely resembling semi-natural examples.

Nationally endangered Greater Water-parsnip was re-introduced to @teeswildlife.bsky.social Coatham Marsh in autumn 2023 using plants grown by @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social. Great to see this imposing wetland umbellifer looking v much at home today, w plenty of flowering plants. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Pool among Great Fen-sedge, Flasks Fen @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social. This habitat was established by planting only 4 yrs old but has matured rapidly despite challenges from wave-wash, siltation and invasive Crassula helmsii. Fen creation workshop Friday 8 August: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/202...

We have two tickets still available for the free butterfly walk at Nosterfield Quarry on 2 August! Follow the link below for more information: www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

High summer is prime time for wetland flowers, and the fen-meadow at Flasks is particularly colourful now. Insect favourites include Hemp Agrimony and Parsley Water-dropwort.

This delicate, pale flowered orchid smelt faintly of hyacinth. I'm assuming its one of the Fragrant Orchids but I profess no expertise. In sandy grassland at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today.