Barnsley Nats brings together people who share an interest in natural history and the wildlife of the Barnsley area. We have a programme of meetings and field visits throughout the year. Monthly indoor meetings take place from October to March at Worsbrough Common Community Centre. Field visits take place on the first Saturday morning of each month and on Wednesday evenings replacing the indoor meetings in the summer. See our programme page for details.
Our next field visit is to Anglers Country Park on Saturday 9 December.
Our next indoor meeting is our Social on Wednesday 20 December.
The RSPB suggestions for pond plants:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/water-for-wildlife/stocking-a-pond/
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust suggestions for pond plants (scroll down to bottom of page):
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-build-pond
Best wishes, Philip (KORS – Keep Our Rural Spaces)
Gordon and I are lucky enough to own the field beside our house. It has clay soil and had a persistently boggy area near a sycamore tree which locals said was a spring. We hired a digger and with the help of a contractor dug a sizeable hole last year. We are very pleased that this has been filling up nicely over winter and, in spite of some naysayers, has remained full to overflowing.
We are now thinking of planting some rushes and other flora to encourage wildlife, and would be happy if anyone could share some local experience of this. In particular plants that may encourage the water to clear if possible.