Natural History in Barnsley
A walk around Gosling Moor, an historic wood pasture, with some ancient and veteran trees, mainly looking at the trees themselves and the invertebrates they supported.
With a person at each corner, we held a sheet under various species of tree and gave a branch a shake.
We counted the species of invertebrates that fell into the sheet.
Oak had most as expected with Rowan not far behind.
Wednesday 18 May saw our annual evening visit to the Gunthwaite area, walking from Gunthwaite dam to Gunthwaite Hall Farm: ancient paved tracks, field paths, hedgerows, pastures, woodland and an impressive veteran tree.
There were lots of woodland flowering plants alongside the tracks and in the woodlands, although this year the summer migrant birds were missing.
