We want to encourage all who are local to New Earswick (or not!) to come together to create, develop & maintain our local natural spaces. Tweets by Sarah
CAN is taking a break from twitter … but not to our sessions! You can still find us on Tuesday and Saturday mornings from 10am.
We’re still on Facebook so you can keep up with everything there. 😀
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We’re at the big event celebrating the River Foss this weekend.
Willow Bank, New Earswick.
Willow bank is a big stretch of green by the river.
Pop over to our stand and say Hi!
A way to get involved with research about river health. It takes only 15 minutes to record all sightings of wildlife and or pollution for the national survey.
21st - 30th April
@onplanetpatrol
https://t.co/7jmvTCNXqj
Let us know your findings too!
#CitizenScience
See if you can spot signs of Spring around the corner, as shoots begin to show and #snowdrops start to bloom.🌱
Look for the nodding white flowers of snowdrops, each carried on a single stem, found in woodlands, parks & gardens and along riverbanks.
📷Jon Hawkins, Sadie McGlone
Operation Spring is apace !
Shoots and leaves young, fresh and new.
This week’s shakers and movers:
Tiny tansy leaves around old & new planting sites.
Bundles of juicy bluebell leaves.
The very first mms of wild garlic leaves poking up.
Daffodils in bud
For week 2 of #CouchTo10Mosses we have Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus), a beautiful, lawn-dwelling bryological jack-in-the-box! Here are your three key features to look out for:
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Ever feel like you're being watched? 👀
The alluring silver birch 'eyes', formed from lesions left by fallen branches, has earned them the folk-name 'The Watchful Tree', with many believing they were home to spirits that silently & patiently guard their forests #FolkloreThursday
So do join us at The Dormouse on Friday 12.30-3.30
Meet Annie & Newton
Pick some apples, make some juice and feel free to bring your apples to test my ID skills!
Fantastic day yesterday @RHSHarlowCarr & Northern Fruit Group’s apple event. Big thanks to all who helped with my mountain of apples for identification, and my many questions 🤓
On Saturday we planted out Tansy from @YorkGreenfields and @YSJSustain along the #riverfoss
Beautiful day, beautiful fungi and beautiful autumn colours.
We’ve been planting trees .
3 Oaks were transplanted from our tree nursery … complete with some spangle galls!
Wild service tree given a new stake - looking good. #teamwork#volunteer#york@TreemendousYork