Hi David - re your recent Secret Seat item - my understanding is that Spring Wood - your “old woodland next to Carterknowle Park” - is actually IN the Park; as it was all originally Abbeydale Grange School playing fields until the school was closed in 2010. It’s officially classed as semi-ancient woodland meaning its over 500 years old.
Not quite as old as Snaithing Wood between Millhouses Lane and Dobcroft Rd which according the Sheffield Ecology Unit is the oldest in the city - though regrettably not publicly accessible.
Nightjars seem to have that lovely dusty softness that owls have, as though you could sink your hands into their feathers. I was surprised to read that they are distant relatives of swifts, but seeing Andy Deighton’s photo from 2020, they do have a similar outline.
I was away in Staffordshire this weekend, staying in a Landmark Trust property, and I was pleased to see a very healthy number of swifts screaming their way around the old buildings we were staying in.
Hi David - re your recent Secret Seat item - my understanding is that Spring Wood - your “old woodland next to Carterknowle Park” - is actually IN the Park; as it was all originally Abbeydale Grange School playing fields until the school was closed in 2010. It’s officially classed as semi-ancient woodland meaning its over 500 years old.
Not quite as old as Snaithing Wood between Millhouses Lane and Dobcroft Rd which according the Sheffield Ecology Unit is the oldest in the city - though regrettably not publicly accessible.
Thanks Mike, I'll amend that. And I think Snaithing Wood needs investigating ...
I believe the petition banning grouse shooting is due to be debated in Parliament on 30th June.Should be interesting
Thanks for the heads up Teresa.
Nightjars seem to have that lovely dusty softness that owls have, as though you could sink your hands into their feathers. I was surprised to read that they are distant relatives of swifts, but seeing Andy Deighton’s photo from 2020, they do have a similar outline.
I was away in Staffordshire this weekend, staying in a Landmark Trust property, and I was pleased to see a very healthy number of swifts screaming their way around the old buildings we were staying in.