Two additional field visits: July 28th and August 1st 2023

Friday 28 July, 9pm: Mothing at Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Cliff Gorman has been in touch to invite interested Nats members to an evening ‘mothing’ at Carlton Marsh on Friday evening —if it’s not raining at 9pm!

Tuesday 1 August, ‘Yorkshire Day’: Dragonflies at Netherwood Country Park

Alistair McLean is leading a field visit at Netherwood Country Park for Dragonflies starting at 11am. It’s a joint venture of Sorby Natural History Society, the British Dragonfly Society and Sheffield Museums.

We visited the country park and its ponds a few months back —before the dragonfly season so now there will be more to see. The car park is off Bradbury Balk Lane, grid reference: SE 3956 0404. What Three Words : ///gateway.enveloped.bugs !!

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/netherwood-country-park-dragonflies/

Brockadale Nature Reserve: July 23rd 2022

Five Barnsley naturalists joined the Yorkshire Naturalist Union (YNU) field visit to Brockadale Nature Reserve. It’s a varied site on magnesium limestone. Although the meadows were somewhat parched, highlights for us included sightings of Silver-washed Fritillary and copious Banded Demoiselles over the river Went.