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A residential field centre, based in the outstanding Yorkshire Dales offering a beautiful location f

This Centre, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, occupies a large Georgian country house, leased from the National Trust. Malham Tarn is an unusual lime-rich upland lake, set amid a variety of habitats with a range of nationally-scarce species. To the west of the Tarn is an area of fen and raised bog, while the surrounding grassland has areas of limestone pavement and a rich flora. The woodland

around Tarn House is also of conservation importance. The Tarn and its associated wetlands and woodlands form a National Nature Reserve. The reserve is part of the much larger Malham-Arncliffe Site of Special Scientific Interest. The area's importance in an international context is recognised by its designation as a RAMSAR site and as a Special Area of Conservation. The National Trust manages the reserve in partnership with Natural England and the Field Studies Council.

03/02/2023

09/09/2022

It was with the very deepest regret that we heard of the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Her commitment has been an inspiration to us all throughout the period of her reign. She will be remembered for dedicating her life to the service of our nation. In particular, we pay tribute to her commitment to the creation of woodland canopies here in the UK and across the commonwealth.

We offer our condolences to our Patron, His Majesty the King and all members of the Royal Family at this sad time.

Photo: Her Majesty the Queen planting trees at our Slapton Ley centre in the 1980’s

21/07/2022

We’ve had some fantastic moths this month! Here are some of our favourites!

👉 Elephant hawk moth
👉 Poplar hawk moth
👉 Burnished brass
👉 Beautiful golden Y
👉 True lovers knot
👉 Green carpet moth
👉 Large yellow underwing
And so many more!

Which nocturnal animals have you seen recently?! For help with identifying check out our FSC ID guides and the What’s flying tonight website for location specific hints!

And don’t forget to join in with the !

02/06/2022

They have arrived! The Lady’s Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium calceolus) are in bloom!

With stories of bundles of these orchids being sold at Settle and Skipton market... their populations then diminished in the Victorian times by orchid collectors 😮

But luckily there are a few natural populations and some like these which were propagated by Kew gardens and The National Trust!

They are cold hardy and calcium loving orchids and one of the largest and rarest in the UK! How lucky are we!? 😍

31/05/2022

A fantastic day of solitary bee identification! 🐝

Huge thank you to and all who came for organising a wonderful day of bee identification! 🐝🌼

🐝 First photo showing the Clarks mining bee (Andrena clarkella)! An early spring bee which relies on Willow pollen!

🌼 And the last showing the Common Carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)! (Not a solitary bee but still a wonderful find!

The tutors, Ben and Paul found several other solitary bees including a potential fist ID here at Malham Tarn... Panzer’s Nomad bee (Nomada Panzeri) a solitary bee that is parasitic to Andrena bees! 😮🐝🌼

29/05/2022

What a fantastic week with geography and biology trips here at Malham Tarn! 🌍🗻

With Heatherton house girls and St. Mary’s Colchester visiting to explore the beautiful cave formations! 🔦

Well done to all the bright girls who came to visit! And well done for all your hard work on river studies in the rain! ☔️

22/04/2022

Happy ! 🌏🌍🌎

Enjoy this picture of the beautiful Pen-y-Ghent! ⛰

Although everyday is earth day we take this opportunity to celebrate the wonderful planet we call home and all the wildlife it is home to aswell!

Take pride in being apart of this incredible world, cherish and protect it as best we can!

So take this opportunity to be thankful for each organism great and small, for the wonderful geological formations, the sea, earth, everything between and all that it provides for us! 🌎🌞🌝🌸🌳🦔🐠🦎🕷🦋🐝🐸

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29/03/2022

This weeks is the beautiful Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)! 🦢

These wonderful birds stopped at the tarn this weekend on their migration back to Iceland! 🧭

They typically visit and breed in upland lakes, feeding on reeds and vegetation. In Iceland some of their feeding grounds contain high amounts of iron which stain their feathers a coppery colour 🇮🇸

17/03/2022

We had the pleasure of having some of the amazing people from stay with us this week! And we wanted to share their fantastic posters raising awareness of the climate and biodiversity crisis and how we can work together to build upon behaviour change 🌎

Magpie are a brilliant marketing agency specialising in community engagement and behaviour change, working together with brands towards creating a lasting and positive impact on our world! 🌎🌼🌳🐝🦉

Thank you Jules Caron, Kim Somerville, Dr. Grainne Dickerson, Tom Salmon and the rest of your wonderful team, we hope to see you back at Malham Tarn again soon!

12/02/2022

It’s nearly Valentine’s Day so to help share the love here are some sustainable and homemade gift ideas!

You could try...

🌼 seed paper hearts
🦔 wildlife themed cards
🍁 homemade wrapping paper
🧁 baking a sweet treat
🐝 or you could donate to a charity or buy a gift from their website

So who ever you’d like to show your love to you can also share your love of wildlife!
💙💚💛🧡❤️💜🖤💖

Address

Malham Tarn Field Centre
Settle
BD249PU

Telephone

+441743852100

Website

http://www.field-studies-council.org/

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