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Tree Creeper - Zander Watt

The Eskdale River Restoration Project

During his university summer holidays, Telling our Story volunteer Zander Watt joined Chris Watt, River Restoration Assistant for the day to explore the little-known tributaries of the River Esk…

Filey Beach Clean September 2023 - TOS Sara

Waves of Waste - Filey Beach Clean

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust run volunteer Waves of Waste beach cleans on several Yorkshire beaches throughout the year. Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteer joined Wave of Waste Volunteer…

Filey Brigg Rockpooling, Howard Roddie

Low tides and high times

Given the choice of a day on the beach looking under rocks at Filey or a slightly different day at a more secret Yorkshire gem, telling our story volunteer Howard Roddie chose to put his wellies…

Planting Seagrass, Simon Tull

Super Seagrass

For his September blog, Telling Our Story volunteer Simon headed to Spurn Nature Reserve to get an update on YWT’s exciting Wilder Humber Seagrass Restoration Project, delivered in partnership…

Purple Hairstreak © Allen Holmes 2020

Butterflies Surprise at Barlow Common

Telling our story volunteer Howard Roddie didn’t know the difference between a red admiral and a comma butterfly, so he booked a place on the volunteer butterfly surveyor training. He took a few…

Honey bee, Weybeck's pasture - TOS Volunteer Sara

Weybeck's Pasture - A Celebration of Summer

Excited to see her local reserve in the new edition of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust guidebook “Discover Yorkshire’s Wildlife”, Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers visited on a sunny day…

Yorkshire Wolds View, Simon Tull

Exploring East Yorkshire's Rich Chalk Landscapes

This August, Telling Our Story Volunteer - Simon headed out to highlight three of our less visited nature reserves where geology combines with good habitat management to create some wildlife…

A Hebridean sheep grazing in a field. Photograph by Tom Marshall

Shearing - the long and short of it

Telling our story volunteer Howard Roddie decided he needed a haircut and thought he might get one for free. So, he headed off to the final Hebridean sheep shearing day of the season but he got…

Photo Credit, Simon Tull

A Visit to Yorkshire's Lands End

Telling Our Story Volunteer, Simon headed out to Spurn to collect his first story, he met volunteers and voluntary trainees on a Task Day where they were brushcutting. There, he discovered the…

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