Forest- in- Teesdale F. Sarker & S. Gater. 11th August The plan is to walk along the River Tees from Forest-in-Teesdale car park at Hanging Shaw towards Langdon Beck Hotel where we will enjoy a cup of tea or other refreshments, before a steady walk back along the hay meadows paths. The walk is […]
Eggleston 12/6/2018 Leader B Wood. Weather was fine and dry. 11 members met at Abbey Road and then travelled to Eggleston. We walked in a westerly direction on the Teesdale Way doing a minimum of recording as the main interest was Egglesburn Wood, We walked for approx 1 mile and then proceeded down the road […]
MORTON BRICK TRAIN DTNFC WALK. Tues. 19th June. Jill Cunningham After a dowsing of rain at Abbey Rd, 17 of us met up at Morton Park to walk through the narrow strip of nature area to the Brick Train. This was landscaped, planted and seeded soon after the sculpture and has grown and naturalised over […]
Cronkley Fell – Sunday 3rd June 2018 Twelve of us met ready to walk, we travelled to Hangingshaw car park above High Force. The weather was cloudy and looking across to Cronkley Fell it was shrouded in thick cloud, nevertheless we set off and walked down to Cronkley Bridge. The fields were covered with yellow […]
Outing to Low Barns 26th May 2018 Leader D.I.Griss. 11 members gathered at Low Barns on a warm sunny day for a quiet informal wander around the reserve. There was plenty to see with flowers out and plenty of insects showing. We called in at all of the hides and although the lake seemed fairly […]
Report on the visit to Bolton on Swale gravel Pits 22nd May 2018 Leader D.I.Griss. After some reorganisation caused by road closures 16 members gathered at the start of the lane at Bolton. It was a dull but dry evening cool enough to discourage any insect life. The first thing to gain our attention was […]
Field Club trip to the Lake District Sunday 3rd June 2018 Twenty two members and two guests from Cleveland Naturalists went on the coach trip to see the Ospreys at Bassenthwaite Lake. It was a warm day with fair visibility and we arrived at our first stop, Dodd Wood, at 10.30 am. We walked uphill […]
Field Club visit to Whorlton Village Sunday April 22nd Grid ref. NZ106148 13 members and 2 guests from Cleveland Naturalists’ attended the first field trip of the year on a walk through woodland and beside the River Tees. It had been a cool rather cloudy morning but the weather gradually improved and by 3.00 pm […]
Two Ospreys are sitting on three eggs in the Lake District for us. Out visit is June 3rd, still seats available on the coach, bring a friend. To book a seat contact Derek Risbey 07748968529
Cronkley Fell Outing Yesterday I did a recce of Cronkley Fell and quickly came to the decision to postpone the event. With such a late Spring the flowers were not to be seen, as snow was still lying in a gully . I would like to change the date to Wednesday 6th June, further […]