The opening of the wonderful Vergette Wood Meadow at Etton for visitors has produced a large number of photos for our gallery featuring pictures taken in June. The meadow – normally kept closed and used during autumn and winter to graze sheep – has been left to nature since the start of the year to … Read more
It’s been a miserable May weatherwise – but it hasn’t stopped Langdyke members getting out and about and enjoying the countryside after the many months of Coronavirus lockdown. The Trust has been able to resume work parties and also some outdoor guided walks – including three socially-distanced Nightingale walks at Castor Hanglands. And it is … Read more
Spring is a time for busy bees – so it is appropriate we have chosen this picture as our image of the month for April. It is of a Clarke’s Mining Bee – Andrena clarkella – an early spring bee that forages almost exclusively from sallow blossom. It was taken by Sarah Lambert during a visit … Read more
Our new visitors to the Etton Maxey Nature Reserve – a herd of Belted Galloway cattle – have been attracting a lot of camera attention from nature-watchers during March. So we have chosen this photo of one of them, taking a rest from the job of grazing the pastures, as our image of the month. … Read more
A single Roe deer has been fascinating visitors to the Etton Maxey Pits nature reserve for many months now. It seems to have joined up with the Trust’s flock of sheep and can often be seen with them. The shot above shows it apparently playing hide and seek with this ewe. It was taken by … Read more
Another new year and another set of January images recording the wonderful nature all around us. We are kicking off 2021 with this fabulous picture of a green woodpecker photographed by Sarah Lambert on the Etton Maxey reserve. It is our image of the month for January. Each month we select photographs taken by our Facebook … Read more
December has been a relatively mild month with only a few frosty mornings to enjoy. Luckily Michael Jarmanwas out and about early to capture this shot of the sheep at Barnack Hills and Holes. We’ve chosen it as our image of the month for December. Each month we select photographs taken by our Facebook members and … Read more
The magic of autumn’s vibrant colours is reflected in a host of images taken at Langdyke’s reserves during November. This late afternoon shot shows the splendour of Swaddywell and captures the reserve in all of its glory. It was taken by Duncan Kirkwood and we have chosen it as our image of the month for … Read more
Here it is … with a wing span of more than eight feet this Lammergeier – commonly known as a bearded vulture – is our image of the month. We’re breaking our own rules. Normally we only feature photos which have been taken in and around Langdyke reserves. But we’re making an exception this month. … Read more
Here’s an unusual shot – a Ramshorn snail enjoying the autumn sunshine (slowly, of course!) near the cabin at Swaddywell Pit nature reserve. The photo – which we are making our image of the month for September – was taken by Duncan Kirkwood. Each month we select photographs taken by our Facebook members and posted on … Read more