YWT Harrogate Supporters Group

YWT Harrogate Supporters Group We are a group of volunteers that carry out tasks on YWT reserves in the Harrogate / Knaresborough / Ripon area.

The Supporters Group carries out tasks on YWT reserves at Staveley, Ripon Loop, Ripon City Wetlands, Bishop Monkton Railway Cutting, Burton Leonard Lime Quarry and Upper Dunsforth Carrs. Further information about the reserves is available from the YWT web site at http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves.

Thanks to volunteer, Mike for these photos from yesterday's 'balsam pulling' session at Staveley.Also thanks to voluntee...
08/07/2026

Thanks to volunteer, Mike for these photos from yesterday's 'balsam pulling' session at Staveley.
Also thanks to volunteer, Roger for leading the task day in Matt's absence.
Its all about teamwork! 😃

Thanks to Brian for these photos from Monday - sheep shearing day! 😃
07/07/2026

Thanks to Brian for these photos from Monday - sheep shearing day! 😃

Today's office.......😁Thanks to volunteer, Mike for these wonderful photos from our task day of pulling balsam at Ripon ...
30/06/2026

Today's office.......😁
Thanks to volunteer, Mike for these wonderful photos from our task day of pulling balsam at Ripon City Wetlands. 😃

Thanks to volunteer, Ros for these two photos from today at Ripon City Wetlands - common centaury & a common field grass...
30/06/2026

Thanks to volunteer, Ros for these two photos from today at Ripon City Wetlands - common centaury & a common field grasshooper. 😃

Wildflowers at Ripon City Wetlands. 🌸🌺🌼Our efforts of removing balsam since 2019 have certainly been rewarded in this ar...
30/06/2026

Wildflowers at Ripon City Wetlands. 🌸🌺🌼
Our efforts of removing balsam since 2019 have certainly been rewarded in this area (from the bandstand, through the willow arch to the footbridge towards Riverside Lagoon). 😃

6 volunteers joined YWT's INNS (Invasive non-native species) Officer Will Halls at Ripon City Wetlands for more balsam c...
30/06/2026

6 volunteers joined YWT's INNS (Invasive non-native species) Officer Will Halls at Ripon City Wetlands for more balsam clearance.
The volunteers worked alongside the footpath from the 'bandstand' towards Riverside Lagoon & along the ditch to stop the encroachment of balsam into the wildflower areas.
Great team effort! 😃

Many thanks to volunteer, Mike for these fantastic photos from yesterday's task day at Upper Dunsforth Carrs - balsam cl...
24/06/2026

Many thanks to volunteer, Mike for these fantastic photos from yesterday's task day at Upper Dunsforth Carrs - balsam clearance from a drainage ditch to prevent encroachment into the wild flower/hay meadows.
It was a tad hot for the volunteers! 🫠🥵

Bishop Monkton Railway Cutting 🛤After walking through the bramble & nettles it was orchids & wildflowers galore. 🌼🌸🌺We h...
22/06/2026

Bishop Monkton Railway Cutting 🛤
After walking through the bramble & nettles it was orchids & wildflowers galore. 🌼🌸🌺
We have certainly been rewarded from our 'mowing & raking' task days! 😁
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Whilst livestock volunteer, Mick was searching for cows and sheep at Staveley this afternoon his wife and mother in law ...
19/06/2026

Whilst livestock volunteer, Mick was searching for cows and sheep at Staveley this afternoon his wife and mother in law came across this delightful little creatures.
Mick says Apple AI confidently identifies them as bank voles however I used iNaturalist & Google lens & get field voles!
Can anyone ID these for us? 🤔

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