Nature Notes – December 2024

Pink Footed Geese

The first 2 weeks of November were warm and dry with plenty of sunshine and no heavy frosts. Many flowers were still in bloom and on a couple of days my mahonia was covered in honeybees, wasps and peacock butterflies.

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Bedale Hunt dogs out of control

Fox hiding under a tree

Bedale Hunt dogs were dangerously out of control in Scruton on Sat 26 Oct. They were on the village green and were seen pursuing a fox and worrying sheep in a field near the church.

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Nature Notes – November 2024

Nature

A third of all European curlew breed in Britain, many in the Dales and Northern Pennines. To help stem their decline, a research project rings the young birds and has fitted GPS trackers to 17.

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Solar Farm News – AMPYR Solar Europe

AMPYR Solar logo

Scruton Community Liaison Group has been contacted by AMPYR Solar Europe with the news that the company has acquired the Scruton Solar and Battery Storage project from Lightrock and Bluefield. Ampyr say they will construct and operate the solar farm in strict accordance with Lightrock’s design and will honour all the commitments made by the…

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