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Cowslips on Butler Hill
While walking on Butler Hill yesterday - a commanding mound on the edge of what was once the Royal Forest of Knaresborough - I came...

George Eglese
Apr 23, 2025


Jackdaws and Ash
The other day, we spotted a pair of jackdaws setting up home in a hollow of an old ash tree near the Garth, its branches bare and twisted...

George Eglese
Apr 14, 2025


The Observer: Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand?
We had small mention in The Guardian Observer this weekend as part of a wider piece on rewilding in Britain and grateful to...

George Eglese
Apr 12, 2025


'Bag and bin' not 'stick and flick'
Why we ask you to keep dogs on a lead in Knaresborough Forest Park. If you have walked on or near Knaresborough Forest Park recently, you...

Alison Organ
Apr 5, 2025


Bluebells and Memory
Each spring, the bluebells return, carpeting woodlands and hedgerows in a haze of violet-blue. This week, walking across the land, I...

George Eglese
Mar 28, 2025


Stewardship in unexpected places
'The Belmont Oak' This morning, a few of us were invited for a walk around Harrogate Golf Club, led by Head Greenkeeper Ken Ward....

George Eglese
Mar 25, 2025


What better way to spend the first day of spring?
Another meeting of the “Last of the Summer Wine” volunteer group today in beautiful sunshine on the first day of spring. A cracked cast...

Alison Organ
Mar 20, 2025


Second guided walk!
Yesterday, we held our second guided walk, and once again, the turnout was incredible. It fills us with so much hope to see just how many...

George Eglese
Mar 17, 2025
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