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Participants on the Sheffield Walking Festival on Wharncliffe Heath,
September 2017 (see Archive).
One of the young Pied Flycatchers from a nest box on Wharncliffe Heath,
being ringed and checked for health, 2016
What's Happening at Wharncliffe? May 2016 attendees (see Archive).
Members of the Hunter Archaeological Society and friends enjoying a
refreshing lunch on Wharncliffe Crags, March 2016 (see Archive).
University volunteers clearing bracken brash as the first stage towards
creating a varied herb layer in this area of wood pasture in the
northern enclosure, February 2016 (see Archive).
The University of Sheffield Conservation Volunteers, October 2015, after
some hard and wet birch bashing (see Archive)
The same glade after bracken clearance (see Archive)
One of the bracken-dominated glades tackled on 19/7/15
Clearing areas of bracken brash to encourage the growth of heathy wood
pasture vegetation, December 2014
Martin E. King
Green Tiger Beetles making more Green Tiger Beetles. 18th May 2014. See
Archive
Members of S Yorks Bat Group and Wharncliffe Heathlands Trust observing
a Brown Long-eared Bat, one of five found in the same bat box on the
reserve, April 2014
Smoke from cut and burning Rhododendron blocks out the sun on a
day of sunny spells and hail showers. March 2014 (see Archive).
Wood-Pasture Generation. Sheffield University Conservation Volunteers
cutting and raking bracken. March 2014
The result of a bracken clearing day, September 2013. We are hoping to
turn parts of the reserve below Wharncliffe Crags into wood-pasture and
heath.
An old coppiced oak is reduced from 5 stems to 3 during the gales of
November 2013. There are many examples of such trees in Wharncliffe
Wood, presumably coppiced to fuel the charcoal burners for the metal
furnaces before coal was commonly used. Since coppicing ceased these
trees have grown into large multi-stemmed specimens, and who can guess
how old is the coppice stool.
Rufus and India Shetland cattle on Wharncliffe Heath, 2/11/13
  
Southern Marsh Orchid (left), Heath Spotted Orchid and Common Spotted
Orchid (right) on YWT reserve Agden Bog, where our livestock are
grazing to maintain and improve botanical diversity. Summer 2013
Female Noctule Bat found in one of the bat boxes, Oct 2013
Green Tiger Beetle on Wharncliffe Heath, June 2013. A voracious predator
of other invertebrates and an indicator species of heathland
Lopping birch regrowth 7/4/13
Natterer's bat. One of 21 from a box on Wharncliffe Heath LNR 13/10/12
We have been working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to initiate grazing
on their Agden Bog reserve near Bradfield. After years of work (both in
the field and at the desk) two of our Shetland bulls were released onto
the reserve at the end of September 2012. They will be on there for a
short time, munching coarse grasses and rushes, and creating bare ground
with their poaching, to allow the more delicate plants (Sundew,
Butterwort, Heath Spotted Orchid etc) to thrive. We await to see the
benefits over the coming years.
Emptying the moth trap on a damp morning in May 2012
Grass snake, Spring 2012
Viviparous lizard, Spring 2012
Smoke blocks out the sun on another very warm day to cut and burn
Rhododendron! October 2011 (see Archive)
Tired but content after clearing birch on a very hot day in October,
2011 (see Archive)
Local Explorer Scouts and DoE candidates helped members of the local
community and trustees at two conservation events in 2011 (see
Archive).
Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus), Wharncliffe Heath LNR, Oct 2010
Brown long-eared Bats in a bat box in Wharncliffe Heath LNR, October
2010
Derek Whiteley explaining the mysteries of the Sherman trap October 2009
(see Archive)
Wharncliffe Heath Bank Vole October 2009 (see Archive)
A Wood Mouse under close inspection Oct 2009 (see Archive)
"Dominic", the young Shetland bull, at Wharncliffe Heath,
July 2009.
Male Common Pipistrelle from one of the bat boxes on Wharncliffe Heath
nature reserve, July 2009 (see Archive)
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Male Soprano Pipistrelle from one of the bat boxes on Wharncliffe Heath
nature reserve, July 2009 (see Archive).
Ken Dorning pointing out some of the geological features on Wharncliffe
Heath LNR.
Hoof fungus ( Fomes fomentarius) on
birch, Wharncliffe Heath LNR, Autumn 2008
Young male Long-eared Bat. Autumn 2008
Male viviparous lizard. Spring 2008
The impact of one year's grazing on brambles in the new enclosure. The
enclosure is on the left of the fence line. 30/03/08
Sheep and a late fall of snow. 23/03/08
University of Sheffield students get a day in the field as part of their
studies 15/03/08
Birch Bash.
Shetland sheep and Yorkshire tyke
The top of Wharncliffe crags
The impact of grazing on birch on the heath. The grazed area is on the
right of the fence.
Wharncliffe Crag
Shearing Hebridean sheep.
New born lamb April 2007
Clearing Rhododendron ponticum.
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